Ready Player Two by Ernest Cline - 2020

New York: Ballantine Books, 2020. CD2 - A first edition (stated with complete numberline) hardcover book SIGNED by Ernest Cline on the title page in very good condition in very good dust jacket that is mylar protected. Dust jacket and book has some bumped corners, wrinkling on the spine edges, light discoloration and shelf wear. AN UNEXPECTED QUEST. TWO WORLDS AT STAKE. ARE YOU READY? 9.5"x6.5", 370 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Days after winning OASIS founder James Halliday's contest, Wade Watts makes a discovery that changes everything. Hidden within Halliday's vaults, waiting for his heir to find, lies a technological advancement that will once again change the world and make the OASIS a thousand times more wondrous - and addictive - than even Wade dreamed possible. With it comes a new riddle, and a new quest - a last Easter egg from Halliday, hinting at a mysterious prize. And an unexpected, impossibly powerful, and dangerous new rival awaits, one who'll kill millions to get what he wants. Wade's life and the future of the OASIS are again at stake, but this time the fate of humanity also hangs in the balance. Lovingly nostalgic and wildly original as only Ernest Cline could conceive it, Ready Player Two takes us on another imaginative, fun, action-packed adventure through his beloved virtual universe, and jolts us thrillingly into the future once again.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.