The 4400® Promises Broken
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For both raising the bar and setting the stage, I tip my hat to my fellow authors of The 4400 novels: Dayton Ward and Kevin Dilmore (Wet Work), and Greg Cox (The Vesuvius Prophecy and Welcome to Promise City).
Just as valuable to me are the steady encouragement that I receive from my agent, Lucienne Diver, and the many votes of confidence that I’ve been granted by Paula Block and John Van Citters at CBS Licensing.
I would be remiss if I didn’t thank the creators of and contributors to www.the4400wiki.org, a research tool that I found invaluable while crafting this novel.
To series creators Roger Peters and René Echevarria, thanks for giving us this compelling new universe in which to play, dream, and tell tall tales. Kudos as well to the many fine writers who helped craft the saga of The 4400 (especially Ira Steven Behr and Craig Sweeny) and to all the fine actors who brought their characters to life—in particular, Joel Gretsch, Jacqueline Mackenzie, Billy Campbell, Conchita Campbell, Patrick Flueger, Chad Faust, Richard Kahan, Kavan Smith, Jenni Baird, Peter Coyote, Sharif Atkins, Tristin Leffler, Kathryn Gordon, and Mahershalalhashbaz Ali.
Last but not least, as is my custom, I’d like to list some of the soundtracks that served as musical links to my muse as I wrote this book: The Dark Knight (Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard), Quantum of Solace (David Arnold), Close Encounters of the Third Kind (John Williams), Mission: Impossible (Danny Elfman), and V for Vendetta (Dario Marianelli). Rounding out my playlist on this tale was Igor Stravinsky’s 1919 Firebird Suite.
Until next time, thank you for reading!
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
DAVID MACK is the bestselling author of more than a dozen novels, including Wildfire, Harbinger, Reap the Whirlwind, Road of Bones, and the Star Trek Destiny trilogy: Gods of Night, Mere Mortals, and Lost Souls. His first work of original fiction is the supernatural thriller The Calling.
In addition to novels, Mack’s diverse writing credits span several media, including television (for episodes of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine), film, short fiction, magazines, newspapers, comic books, computer games, radio, and the Internet.
Mack’s upcoming novels include Precipice, the fifth installment of the acclaimed Star Trek Vanguard series, and a new, expanded edition of Star Trek Mirror Universe: The Sorrows of Empire.
He currently resides in New York City with his wife, Kara.
Visit his official site: http://www.davidmack.pro.
Table of Contents
Part OneStrangers and Pilgrims
Part TwoThese All Died in Faith
Part ThreeThe Promises