Johnny Maxwell is just an ordinary boy, with an ordinary life and ordinary friends. And he loves video games. But as he plays at becoming humanity's last hope, shooting invading aliens out of a pixelated sky, a message comes from the last remaining alien spaceship: we wish to talk. And suddenly Johnny comes face to face with a very real alien race that needs his help. This isn't a game any more ...

"First published by Doubleday 1992"--Colophon