Operation Bounce House - Matt Dinniman

Operation Bounce House - Matt Dinniman

Matt Dinniman

£22.00
  • Pages · 400 pages
  • Publication Date · 12/02/2026
  • Genre · Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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An Instant New York Times and Sunday Times Bestseller🔥 "Matt Dinniman has cooked us all up a deliciously terrifying gamer geek stew, mixing up Avatar and Ender's Game, with a dash of The Last Starfighter and Independence Day thrown in. This tale is more twisted fun than you can shake a joystick at." Ernest Cline, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Ready Player One 🔥 "Strap in and grab your pitchfork because Matt Dinniman is back again with a fast-paced stand-alone novel that's sure to leave you itching for more." SFF InsiderWHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU BECOME YOUR PLANET'S FINAL BOSS?THIS IS THE EPIC AND FAST-PACED NOVEL FROM THE MILLION COPY BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF SMASH-HIT DUNGEON CRAWLER CARL. - All New Sonoran colonist Oliver Lewis ever wanted to do is run the family ranch and keep their aging fleet of intelligent agriculture bots ticking. But now the colossal Apex Corporation has been hired to commence an "eviction action" - exterminate all life on New Sonora in preparation for a reboot. And they charge bored Earthers for the opportunity to design their own war machines, remotely pilot them, and make it a game. The game is called Operation Bounce House . . . And New Sonora is its playing field. Determined to defend the only home he's ever known, Oliver and his friends find themselves fighting for their lives against these machines. To earth it's a game, but to Oliver, it's war. *** Praise for Operation Bounce House ***"Irreverent yet heartfelt, nostalgic yet wholly original, with Operation Bounce House, Dinniman delivers another anarchic adventure rich with riotous characters and a plot that crackles towards chaos with all the alacrity of a dynamite fuse." Pierce Brown, bestselling author of Red Rising
"Fast-paced, clever, and with plenty of heart-the rare book that's both thoughtful and tremendously entertaining." James Islington, International bestselling author of The Will of the Many"Creative and well-written as ever, Operation Bounce House reminds me how much storytelling a great writer can pack into a single volume." Will Wight, bestelling author of The Cradle Series
"An all-hands-on-deck sci-fi war novel that pits the peasants against the plutocracy, pitchforks against spaceships, rock 'n' roll against oppression, and love against greed. you're gonna love every bloody page of it." Philip Fracassi, author of The Autumn Springs Retirement Home Massacre

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