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đ„ "Matt Dinniman has cooked us all up a deliciously terrifying gamer geek stew, mixing up Avatar and Ender's Game, with a dash of The Last Starfighter and Independence Day thrown in. This tale is more twisted fun than you can shake a joystick at.â Ernest Cline, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Ready Player One đ„Â
âStrap in and grab your pitchfork because Matt Dinniman is back again with a fast-paced stand-alone novel thatâs sure to leave you itching for more.â SFF Insider
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU BECOME YOUR PLANETâS FINAL BOSS? THIS IS THE EPIC AND FAST-PACED NOVEL FROM THE MILLION COPY BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF SMASH-HIT DUNGEON CRAWLER CARL. - All New Sonoran colonist Oliver Lewis ever wanted to do is run the family ranch and keep their aging fleet of intelligent agriculture bots ticking.
But now the colossal Apex Corporation has been hired to commence an âeviction actionâ â exterminate all life on New Sonora in preparation for a reboot. And they charge bored Earthers for the opportunity to design their own war machines, remotely pilot them, and make it a game. The game is called Operation Bounce House . . . And New Sonora is its playing field.
Determined to defend the only home heâs ever known, Oliver and his friends find themselves fighting for their lives against these machines. To earth itâs a game, but to Oliver, it's war.Â
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Hardback
Publication: 12 Feb 2026, Penguin
ISBN: 9780241804049
Extent: 400 pages