"It's the year 2044, and the real world is an ugly place. Like most of humanity, Wade Watts escapes his grim surroundings by spending his waking hours jacked into the OASIS, a sprawling virtual utopia that lets you be anything you want to be. Somewhere inside this giant networked playground, OASIS creator James Halliday has hidden a series of fiendish puzzles that will yield massive fortune-- and remarkable power-- to whoever can unlock them. [But when] Wade stumbles upon the first puzzle, suddenly the whole world is watching, and thousands of competitors join the hunt-- among them certain powerful players who are willing to commit very real murder to beat Wade to this prize"--From publisher description.
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