Earlier today, at New York Comic-Con, author Ernest Cline finally dropped the veil on the top-secret Ready Player Two, his long-awaited sequel novel to the 2011 runaway smash hit Ready Player One.
While it's been nearly a decade since his original novel, the sequel will pick up just days after Wade Watts completed James Halliday's epic Easter Egg hunt and send him on an even bigger quest that will leave the fate of both the OASIS and the real world hanging in the balance.
Read the official synopsis below:
Unexpected Quest Two Worlds at Stake
Are you ready?
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.
His original novel spawned a extremely successful live-action adaptation from the legendary Steven Spielberg that grossed over $582.9 million worldwide and starred Tye Sheridan and Olivia Cooke in the lead roles as Parzival and Art3mis, respectively. No word yet on whether this upcoming novel could spawn a sequel to the fan-favorite film.
Ready Player Two hits bookshelves worldwide on November 24.