Publisher's Summary Number-One New York Times Best Seller The thrilling sequel to the beloved worldwide best seller Ready Player One, the near-future adventure that inspired the blockbuster Steven Spielberg film.  Named One of the Best Books of the Year by the Washington Post “The game is on again. ... A great mix of exciting fantasy and threatening fact.” (The Wall Street Journal)  An 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 it, 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. ©2020 Ernest Cline (P)2020 Random House Audio