Posts Tagged ‘Point of Divergence’

Behind the Art of Star Trek: Seekers

The Trek Collective has posted a Q&A with Rob Caswell, the illustrator who crafted the covers for the new Star Trek: Seekers novels.

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They get Rob’s perspective on learning that his work had spawned a new officially licensed Star Trek novel series, and then he offers a look behind the scenes at the creative development process behind the cover art for the first two Seekers novels — which are now both on sale: Book 1 | Book 2.

It’s appropriate that Trek Collective should bring readers this exclusive peek behind the curtain. It was their articles — the first featuring Rob’s brilliant Blish Book Covers Remastered, and the second featuring his Lou Feck-inspired covers for the fictitious adaptations of an imaginary Star Trek spinoff series called The Seekers — that made me, Dayton Ward, and Kevin Dilmore aware of Rob’s outstanding work, and set the wheels turning in our cycle of inspiration, culminating in the new Star Trek: Seekers book series.

So, a tip of the hat to The Trek Collective!

 

Star Trek: Seekers #2 is here!

America, your long national nightmare is at an end: the second book of the new Star Trek: Seekers series is now on sale everywhere your favorite books are sold.

Star Trek: Seekers #2 - Point of Divergence

Star Trek: Seekers #2 – Point of Divergence, by Dayton WardKevin Dilmore, concludes the story begun in my novel, Star Trek: Seekers #1 – Second Nature. The three of us collaborated on the story for this two-part opening tale. After this, we’ll be telling stand-alone tales for a while, as the two hero ships of the series go their separate ways.

Will they ever meet again? Only time (and book-to-book sales) will tell!

Order your copy of Star Trek: Seekers #2 now, and be on the lookout for my next novel — Star Trek: Section 31 – Disavowed — coming to book retailers everywhere (in North America) on October 28, 2014!

 

Another SEEKERS podcast!

seekers2_croppedI know what you’re thinking:

“Dave, I don’t think you’ve recorded enough podcast interviews about Star Trek: Seekers. Could you post another?”

I sure can! Listen to me, Dayton Ward, Kevin Dilmore, and artist Rob Caswell discuss the new series with host Jason Hunt (aka scifi4me) of Live from the Bunker.

We taped the show on Monday, August 18; it will be available for streaming playback and download here starting tonight, Tuesday, August 19, at 11:30pm EDT.

Meanwhile, be on the lookout for STAR TREK: SEEKERS #2, Point of Divergence, by New York Times bestselling author Dayton Ward and Kevin Dilmore. It should be starting to appear in your local book retailers any day now, and its official release date for e-readers and online retailers is Tuesday, August 26!

 

Seek and Ye Shall Find … Seekers!

The long wait is ended, friends — Star Trek: Seekers #1 – Second Nature makes its official debut today!

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From the back cover:

A NEW MISSION

The late twenty-third century — Starfleet’s golden age of exploration. Desperate to stay one step ahead of its rivals, the Federation sends two starships, the scout Sagittarius and the cruiser Endeavour, to plumb the secrets of the vast region known as the Taurus Reach.

A DOOMED RACE

Drawn by mysterious energy readings to a lush green world, the crew of the Sagittarius find the Tomol: a species whose members all commit ritual suicide just as they reach the cusp of adulthood.

AN OLD FOE

The crew of the Sagittarius want to save the Tomol from their cycle of self-destruction, but first they’ll need to save themselves — from the most nefarious Klingon starship commander in history.

THE START OF AN EXCITING NEW SERIES BY
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR
DAVID MACK

Remember, Trek fans, Second Nature is just the first part of the series’ exciting two-part opening story. Its cliffhanger will be resolved in next month’s riveting new release, Star Trek: Seekers #2 – Point of Divergence, by New York Times bestselling author Dayton Ward & acclaimed author and scriptwriter Kevin Dilmore!

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Plus, stay tuned for more exciting Seekers news, because our return to Starfleet’s “Golden Age of Exploration” has only just begun….

Star Trek: Seekers is primed for liftoff…

As my literary co-conspirator Dayton Ward reported earlier today on his blog, the first two books of Star Trek: Seekers, our new (hopefully) ongoing series set in the era immediately following the events of the original series, have been listed on the Simon & Schuster website for pre-orders. Sort of.

I’ll let Dayton explain, with this excerpt from his blog post:

Star Trek: Seekers #1 – Second Nature, by David Mack – July 29th, 2014

Star Trek: Seekers #2 – Point of Divergence, by Dayton Ward & Kevin Dilmore, August 26th, 2014

Now, there’s a few things to note about these:

First, they’re listed as being only available in Kindle e-Book format. For those wondering, rest assured that the books also will be available as mass market paperbacks, along with all the various other e-Book formats.

Next, they’ve appended “Star Trek: The Original Series” to both titles. I suspect this is just related to whatever sales/marketing copy was sent out, as “Star Trek: Seekers” remains the series title. For whatever it’s worth, they did the same thing with Harbinger, the first book in the Star Trek: Vanguard series.

At the moment, Kevin is listed as the sole author of Book #2, which is just another example of how Amazon tends to dick up entries with more than one author. I imagine this will be updated/corrected in due course.

Eagle-eyed readers who remember the original pitch for the Seekers concept might be scratching their heads right now. Because Dayton and I have already been asked about this on Twitter, I might as well address the inevitable inquiries now. SEEKERS_promo_with_klingonsWhen we first announced the series, our vision was that the books would not have regular titles, only numbers, in order to evoke the retro look and feel of the old James Blish anthologies published by Bantam in the 1970s.

Long story short, we were overruled on this by the publisher. I’ll spare you the book-industry technobabble, but the simple explanation is that we were told the automated, meta-tagged, keyword-driven sales system that connects publishers, wholesalers, and retailers, would have suffered some kind of cyber-seizure if we had denied it titles. So, the books will now have titles. Win some, lose some.

In other Seekers-related news, we have been working during the past few weeks with artist Rob Caswell, whose mock covers inspired this whole project. We’ve prepped the cover templates for Simon & Schuster’s art department, and now Dayton and I are collaborating with Rob on the content and design of the cover art for the first two books.

For my own part, I expect to have a first draft of the book one manuscript completed in a couple of weeks and turned in to the editors before Thanksgiving, comfortably ahead of schedule. Then I can help my wife sort out our holiday obligations, and then I’ll get to work on my next Star Trek novel, Section 31: Disavowed, which will be a direct follow-up to A Ceremony of Losses, my just-released installment of The Fall.

Onward and upward, Trek fans!