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June911
Jun 15 2008, 04:30 PM
rolleyes.gif I just received some Great news and I'm on cloud nine. I just waiting to see if Greg Cox would like to post it himself so stay tuned. I believe our continuing efforts and perseverance are being rewarded.

To you spoiler junkies: The actual plot as yet unknown.

4400 LOONIES EVERYWHERE: CAN I GET A HALLELUJAH?......AMEN!!!! biggrin.gif

STAY TUNED AND SPREAD THE WORD!!


I know some of you saying you rather have it back on TV (me too), but a book is better than nothing. I use to think that way. You'd have to tie me down to get me to read. Then years ago I pick up a TV tie book of my favorite show at the time and discovered something, I could actually see the story in my head as I read. I still sometimes confuse stories I seen while reading and ones I saw on TV. Besides I'll name 2 major advantages books have over TV as yet:

1. Some characters that have been remove because the actors portraying them left due to money, other projects, etc. can be brought back.
2. Stories never developed because the technology just doesn't exist yet to pull it off. You can do anything in a book.

So think positive. The main thing we wanted was closure. Prayer answered!


06/27/08 Latest News

I fired off an outline for the new book to CBS last week. Now I'm just waiting for their comments and suggestions. This is standard procedure. Last time we went back and forth three or four times before we settled on the plot of THE VESUVIUS PROPHECY.

Best,

Greg


07/14/08 Latest News


I haven't actually starting writing the book yet, but I can report that the outline was approved by CBS. Meanwhile, Dave Mack is hard at work on the outline for the book after mine. (We spent a lot of time this weekend comparing notes and making sure we were both on the same page.)

Dave Mack is the guy who is writing the 4400 novel after mine. He's also an old friend of mine and a veteran STAR TREK writer. (He's written two episodes of DEEP SPACE NINE, plus several TREK novels.)

Greg


07/23/08 Latest News

I've been corresponding back and forth with a couple of the "4400" book authors trying to get a understanding of situation. Here's part of an email from Dayton Ward, one of "The 4400: Wetwork" writers.

At present, there are only the four 4400 books planned. Our book, like Greg's first book, were commissioned and written before the word came down that the series was canceled. Once that happened, plans for the next two books were changed to push the story beyond the Season 4 finale. Whether more books are commissioned (and if I/Kevin and I get to write any of them) will of course depend on how well these first four sell. I would very much welcome the chance to write another 4400 novel, as I'm a fan of the series from day 1 and loved the time we spent writing Wet Work. Obviously we hope fans will dig it and see that it was -- like Greg's book -- written by true fans of the show.

Thanks again!

Best,

Dayton


THIS MEANS PEOPLE before "The 4400 was canceled these books were in the works ALL were suppose to be tie-in books but the cancellation caused CBS to make the last 2 after Season Fours finale. We cried out for closure and personally if the writers posted a 2 page essay giving the conclusion to their plot line I would have counted myself lucky. Do you know how many shows end with no resolution? Now we are being offered a BIG BONE that could bring more closure and hopefully a continuing series. Greg Cox and Dayton Ward are like most of us devout fans of "The 4400" since the beginning. They both seem to agree that how well these books sell will decide if we get more. After all, when "The 4400" was canceled CBS paramount could have nixed the whole idea instead changing the next 2 to take place after "The Great Leap Forward".

USA taketh, CBS giveth back. I hope CBS makes a killing in sells and show USA how mentally challenged they are. So EVERYONE support these books cause I want more, more, more!!!!


P.S. Sorry for the rant but it makes me crazy every time I read a negative comment about us geting books. Now I'll shut up until next update

June


08/25/08 Latest News

Sorry I'm a little late in posting this. So this is what's happening to date in GC words.

I just finished the new UNDERWORLD book, so my plan is to take a few days off, then start working full-time on THE 4400 again.
Right now I'm on track to deliver the book by October so it can be published in August.

All I can is that CBS has approved the outline for the PROMISE CITY book and we're proceeding from there.
Just try to think of Dave Mack and I as a couple of new writers on the series.

Best,

Greg





09/04/08 Latest News


Hey everybody, be sure to check out dberry's post about interviews with authors Dayton Ward, "The 4400: Wetwork" Oct 2008 and David Mack, Season 5:Book 2, (tenative title)"The 4400: PROMISES BROKEN Oct 2009.

LINK: http://forums.usanetwork.com/index.php?showtopic=406428



So now we know both working titles, "Promise City" (Aug. 2009) and "Promises Broken" (Oct. 2009) and again it's pointed out if we truly want more these books need to sell!!!

Until next time keep the faith and buy books.




11/13/08 Latest News



Turned in the ms. to my editor last week. Now I'm waiting for her response.

Greg

Keep your fingers crossed!




12/03/08 Latest News


Well Greg is still waiting to hear back from his editor and CBS about his book. His editor is on jury duty. He says he saw Dave Mack at a party last week and he's still hard to work on his book, "Promises Broken". So stay tuned fellow 4400 loonies for future updates.





12/19/08 Latest News

I was just checking out Amazon.com and notice they have Greg Cox Season 5 book available for pre-order here:



http://www.amazon.com/4400-Welcome-Promise...1591&sr=1-4

The 4400: Welcome to Promise City (Mass Market Paperback)
by Greg Cox (Author)

List Price: $7.99
Price: $7.99 & eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping on orders over $25. Details
Pre-order Price Guarantee

Product Details
Mass Market Paperback: 304 pages
Publisher: Pocket Star (July 28, 2009)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1416543228
ISBN-13: 978-1416543220


P.S. I have it on good authority that you find out the answer about Tom and the syringe in the first scene. I don't know so don't ask me. I am marking my calendar. Oh the suspense!!!




2/1/09 Latest News


Here's the latest words from Greg Cox:

Not much new to report. The ms. has been approved by CBS. It's been copy-edited. No cover art yet, but I see it's already listed on amazon. At this point I'm just waiting for the typeset pages so I can proofread it one more time before putting it to bed. And, oh yeah, I still need to read Dave's ms.

Greg




3/1/09 Latest News


I see amazon also have there page up for David Mack's book you can pre-order.


http://www.amazon.com/4400-Promises-Broken...8921&sr=1-1


4400: Promises Broken (Mass Market Paperback)
by David Mack (Author)


List Price: $7.99
Price: $7.99 & eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping on orders over $25. Details
Pre-order Price Guarantee.



Product Details
Mass Market Paperback: 320 pages
Publisher: Pocket Star (October 27, 2009)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1416543236
ISBN-13: 978-1416543237


P.S. Until next fellow loons.



3/22/09 Latest News

Hi Guys,
I asked Greg Cox about the cover design and this was his answer.


No sign of the art yet. I'm dying of curiosity, but haven't wanted to bug my editor about it. I'm heading off to a science fiction convention in Seattle next month, though. I'm hoping I'll have something to show off by then!

Greg


P.S. Our fellow 4400loonies in the Seattle(PromiseCity) area going to the convention can get more news about the book.



5/13/09 Latest News

Hey Guys, Amazon has finally posted the book cover here: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detai...ER&v=glance


5/28/09 Latest News


FINALLY! A book description is up at Amazon:

The 4400 were only the beginning. Now anyone can become extraordinary. The rewards are great. But so are the risks. . .
Mere months have passed since a viral outbreak transformed Seattle. Over nine thousand people died horribly, while thousands more gained remarkable new abilities. The disaster has also left Jordan Collier, the charismatic leader of The 4400 Movement, in charge of the city, much to the dismay of the rest of the world.

To Collier's followers, the birth of "Promise City" heralds the dawn of a glorious new future that will forever change the face of humanity. But not everyone welcomes Collier's vision of tomorrow. An internationalconspiracy, composed of many of the world's most powerful figures, will stop at nothing to destroy the Movement, even if it means igniting an all-out war against Promise City.

NTAC agents Tom Baldwin and Diana Skouris find themselves caught in the middle of a historic clash as they try to save Seattle from both Jordan Collier and his mortal enemies...with the future of the planet hanging in the balance.

The saga of The 4400 continues.




7/18/09 Latest News


Here's a small excerpt put up on Simon and Shuster. Click on the Spoiler box for the spoiler junkies out there.



Spoiler:
Chapter 1
One

"It's time, Dad," Kyle said.

He handed his father a syringe of luminous amber fluid. Tom Baldwin turned the syringe over and over as he

contemplated the promicin shot in his hands. For most people, the illegal injection offered fifty-fifty odds of

gaining a remarkable preternatural ability -- or dying a horrible death. But Tom was destined to survive the

shot, or so he had been told. According to his son, the future meant for him to gain an ability of his own.

Maybe today...?

"Your ID, sir?"

The voice snapped Tom out of his memory, bringing him back to the present. Knuckles rapped against the

driver's-side window of his blue Chrysler sedan. He rolled down the window and handed over his ID to one of the

border guards posted at the barricade. A damp January breeze invaded the car, as well as the gassy odor of auto

exhaust. Dozens of vehicles were backed up on I-5 while they waited to be allowed to exit Seattle. Judging from

the boxes and suitcases strapped to the roofs of many of the cars, as well as the ubiquitous U-Haul trailers,

many of them were leaving for good.

Less than two months had passed since an outbreak of airborne promicin had ravaged Seattle, killing over nine

thousand people, and the city had yet to fully recover from the disaster. The fact that another nine

thousand-plus people had been endowed with unnatural abilities against their will had only added to the

instability. Not surprisingly, thousands of survivors, especially ordinary people with no special abilities, had

chosen to seek safer pastures elsewhere. Over four million people had once lived in the Seattle metro area;

nearly a third of that number had now pulled up stakes.

Tom couldn't blame them. Seattle was a dangerous place these days.

And getting more so all the time, he thought.

The guard examined Tom's credentials. A high-collared, pine-colored uniform with silver trim identified her as

one of Jordan Collier's self-appointed Peace Officers. "NTAC, huh?" The woman's face hardened; the National

Threat Assessment Command was not exactly popular with the followers of Jordan Collier, the undisputed leader of

the Promicin-Positive Movement, which had largely taken over Seattle, now known in some circles as "Promise

City." During the disaster, his people, who were immune to the plague, having already been exposed to promicin,

had stepped forward to maintain order -- and had yet to surrender Seattle back to the authorities. Although

Collier had yet to officially declare the city's independence, and had refrained from taking any formal title or

position, he and his acolytes were pretty much in control of the city's government and infrastructure. As far as

the Movement was concerned, NTAC, a division of Homeland Security, was part of the oppressive old order they had

usurped -- and best relegated to the dustbin of history.

"That's right," Tom said. He couldn't help wondering what kind of a special ability the guard possessed; all of

Collier's people had been changed by promicin in one way or another, and believed they had a sacred destiny to

change the world. Even the name of the disaster was controversial. Collier and his followers referred to it as

"The Great Leap Forward." Most everyone else called it "fifty/fifty."

He kept his voice neutral, not wanting to provoke her. The guard did not appear to be armed, but that hardly

mattered where p-positives were concerned. For all Tom knew, this woman could kill him with a thought. "I think

you'll find my papers are in order."

The guard squinted at his ID. "I suppose," she conceded grudgingly. "If I were you, though, I'd keep going and

never come back." She thrust the papers back at him. "Your kind doesn't belong here anymore."

Tom was tempted to point out that he'd been born and raised in Seattle and had as much right to live there as

anyone else, but held his tongue. He had more important matters to deal with today, assuming he ever got out of

the city. "See you later," he said curtly. "On my way home."

The guard scowled, but waved him on. An automated aluminum gate arm lifted to let him through. A pair of orange

metal pylons flanked the roadway. Although dormant now, the pylons were capable of generating waves of intense

pain when activated. They were Promise City's first line of defense.

Tom didn't bother to roll up his window before driving north as he only got about fifty feet before running into

a second set of checkpoints. This one was manned by grim-faced soldiers toting automatic weapons. Their uniforms

and insignia identified them as members of the U.S. Army. A guard approached the driver's side of the car.

Here we go again, Tom thought.

An uneasy stalemate existed between the federal government and Promise City. Needless to say, the Powers That Be

were hardly happy to surrender a major American city to a messianic drug dealer with a cultlike following, but

the extraordinary abilities of Collier and his people, as well as the futuristic technology at his command, made

taking back Seattle a risky endeavor. Even before the plague, Collier's community of p-positive revolutionaries

had managed to repel any government attempts to take them into custody. Now, with his army swollen with literally

thousands of new recruits, Collier was a force to be reckoned with -- and not only in Seattle. It was well-known

that he had sleeper agents, capable of generating tornadoes and hurricanes and God knew what else, positioned

throughout the entire country, ready to create havoc if the Feds tried to send in the troops to reclaim Seattle.

Which they're bound to try eventually, Tom thought. Everyone figured a major confrontation was inevitable, but

nobody wanted a city-sized version of Waco just yet, so forces on both sides were biding their time and holding

their breaths. Just like the rest of us.

He showed his ID to the soldier, a fresh-faced young man who looked to be about Kyle's age. The guard relaxed

only a little when he saw Tom's NTAC credentials. His armed comrades stood by warily, tightly gripping their M16

assault rifles. He didn't blame the soldiers for being edgy; they were on the front lines of an evolutionary

civil war. "Please exit your vehicle," the young guard requested. He stepped away from the car door.

Tom sighed impatiently, but didn't raise a fuss. He climbed out of the car. A tan nylon jacket, open-collar polo

shirt, and dark trousers protected his muscular frame from the elements. Sandy blond hair crowned his rugged

features. Haunted blue eyes hinted at the strain he'd been under for the last four years. He unzipped the

Windbreaker to reveal the sidearm holstered at his hip. The guard looked askance at the gun but let it go. Tom

stood by while the young soldier entered Tom's name and Social Security number into a handheld PDA, checking it

against an ever-growing list of known p-positive "terrorists." Drug-sniffing German shepherds checked out the

Chrysler to make sure Tom wasn't smuggling promicin out of the city.

Although openly distributed in certain neighborhoods of Seattle, the artificial neurotransmitter remained

strictly illegal throughout the rest of the world. Mere possession of promicin brought a mandatory prison

sentence, which hadn't stopped Collier and his disciples from trying to make the drug available to anyone who

wanted it, free of charge. And judging from some of the reports Tom had seen, Collier was succeeding in his aims,

despite the sort of stringent containment measures Tom was currently experiencing.

After giving his car a clean bill of health, the dogs came over and sniffed Tom as well, just in case he was

carrying any promicin on his person. He tried not to flinch as the suspicious canines invaded his personal space.

Good thing I left that syringe back home...

Tom sat on his living room couch, cradling the hypo in his palm. The eerie yellow glow of the promicin sent a

chill down his spine. He had witnessed firsthand the fatal effect of the drug on those unlucky enough to lose

their fifty-fifty shot at making history, watched bright arterial blood stream from their eyes and noses as

violent convulsions consumed the last moments of their lives. Taking the shot was like playing Russian roulette,

but with worse odds. His own sister had been killed by promicin less than a week ago, along with thousands of

other innocent victims...

I can't believe I'm seriously considering this, he thought.

"Go ahead, Dad," Kyle urged him. His son, a lanky young man with short brown hair, sat beside him on the couch.

He was dressed casually, in a striped white shirt and jeans. A book bag, containing a volume of mystic

prophecies, was strapped across his chest. Kyle had already taken the shot, against Tom's wishes, several months

ago and dropped out of college to become Jordan Collier's right-hand man. Tom didn't entirely understand how his

son's ability worked, but he knew that Kyle had acquired some kind of precognitive gift that had led him to a

mysterious book that seemed to prophesy the rise of Collier and the eventual coming of "Heaven on Earth." The

cryptic volume had also listed several individuals who were destined to play instrumental roles in the salvation

of the world.

Tom's name was on that list.

A few years ago, he would not have taken any of this talk about prophecies and destiny seriously. He had been a

hard-nosed federal agent with little patience for sci-fi gobbledygook. But that was before 4400 missing people

suddenly appeared outside Seattle with strange new abilities and no memory of where they had been. The 4400 had

turned Tom's world upside down, even before he'd discovered that their return had been engineered by time

travelers from the future as part of an elaborate plan to avert a mysterious future catastrophe. At first, only

those original 4400 returnees had possessed unnatural abilities, but once the neurotransmitter responsible for

their gifts had been isolated and replicated -- by a secret government-sponsored initiative, ironically enough --

the promicin genie had been let out of the bottle. Now, Tom didn't know what to believe. In this brave new world

of time travel, telepathy, astral projection, and every other kind of weirdness, why couldn't a musty old book

foretell his destiny? Especially if it had been planted in the past by the agents from the future.

But for what purpose?

"It will be okay," Kyle insisted. Certainty, and a near-religious fervor, shone in his gentle brown eyes. Unlike

his father, he had total faith in Collier and his vision for the future. "The book says you'll survive."

"I don't know," Tom replied, shaking his head. "I'm not sure I'm ready for this. Not after everything we've been

through lately."

His hand went to his left ear, where his fingers found an X-shaped mole hidden behind his earlobe. The telltale

stigma was a reminder that, less than a week ago, Tom had been Marked by conspirators from the future, who had

taken over the minds and bodies of prominent men and women in an insidious attempt to prevent Collier and his

followers from changing the future. The Marked, who belonged to a rival faction opposed to the time travelers who

had first returned the 4400 to the present, had injected Tom with microscopic machines -- nanites -- that had

replaced his personality with that of a ruthless imposter who had stopped at nothing, including murder, to carry

out the Marked's sinister agenda. In time, Tom's friends and allies at NTAC had seen through the imposter's act

and rid Tom of the invading personality -- but not before "Tom" had killed at least two men on behalf of the

Marked.

The murders still haunted Tom's memory, like a bad dream he couldn't quite shake. He glanced down at the coffee

table in front of the couch. The files on the killings, including the victims' photos and obituaries, were spread

out across the tabletop. The faces of Curtis Peck and Warren Trask stared up at him. He remembered killing both

of them.

Guilt stabbed him. Although he knew intellectually that he wasn't responsible for the men's deaths, that he had

been literally possessed by another mind when he had committed those murders, he still wasn't sure he could live

with the memories.

Kyle thought that taking the shot would make everything better. That it would justify all the pain and suffering

Tom had endured and open the doorway to a better future for the entire human race. Tom wasn't so sure.

"I just got myself back, Kyle. I just got those...things out of my brain." He placed the syringe down on the

table, next to the accusing photos. He looked at his son, hoping Kyle would understand. "I'm not ready to inject

another potion from the future into my body. Even if it doesn't kill me, I don't want to change anymore. I want

to be just plain, ordinary Tom Baldwin again."

"But..." Disappointment was written all over Kyle's long face. He had been pushing the shot on his dad for

months. "The prophecy, heaven on Earth...you have to take the shot. The future depends on it."

"Maybe," Tom said. He hated to let Kyle down like this. His son's newfound commitment to Collier's cause had too

often come between them. Still, he placed the syringe in a padded carrying-case and closed the lid. "But not

today."

"Okay," the guard informed him. "You're clear."

Tom got back in his car and drove past the checkpoint. Putting Promise City behind him, at least for the time

being, he drove north on I-5. Traffic was brutal for a Sunday afternoon, but eased up once he turned west onto

526. A short ferry ride carried him from the docks at Mukilteo to the southeast corner of Whidbey Island. From

there it was a quick drive across the island to his destination: Fort Casey State Park.

Located atop the steep cliffs overlooking the Strait of Juan de Fuca, Fort Casey had been erected in the 1890s to

guard the entrance to Puget Sound from naval attacks. Although it had been rendered obsolete by the advent of

airpower after World War I, the fort's imposing gun emplacements had been preserved as an historical monument.

The massive concrete batteries faced the surging waves below. Antique artillery was mounted on disappearing

carriages atop the weathered gray walls. Lookout towers peered out over the batteries. Dilapidated stairwells and

catwalks had once served the troops stationed here. A tall white lighthouse had been erected a little farther up

the shore, only a short hike from the abandoned fort. Its cozy, whitewashed appearance stood in sharp contrast to

the forbidding military ruins.

Tom remembered bringing Kyle here years ago. A nostalgic pang pierced his heart as he recalled how much the boy

had enjoyed exploring the old fort. Together, they had manned the ancient guns and pretended to fire upon

imaginary battleships. Life had seemed much simpler then. Now Kyle was a grown man, caught up in Jordan Collier's

dangerous ambitions, and the real invaders came from across time, not from the sea. Fort Casey was more obsolete

than ever.

A grassy field separated the parking lot from the batteries. On sunnier days, the field often attracted kite

enthusiasts who filled the sky above the fort with elaborate airborne constructions, but the dismal winter

weather had kept visitors away today. A clammy mist hung over the grounds. A steady drizzle fell from an overcast

gray sky. There was only one other car parked nearby: a black Lincoln Town Car with Washington plates.

Looks like we've got the place to ourselves, Tom thought. Probably just as well; whatever today's covert meeting

was about, it surely wasn't for public consumption. Why else choose such an unorthodox rendezvous point?

Curiosity, as well as the incessant rain, drove him across the field. He grimaced as icy water trickled down the

back of his neck; like most native Seattlites, he wouldn't be caught dead carrying an umbrella. A quick dash

brought him to an arched concrete doorway at the base of the nearest battery. A riveted iron door flanked the

open threshold. He darted into the murky confines of an abandoned shot and powder room. The unlit chamber was as

stark and barren as a prison cell. Greenish algae streaked the rough concrete walls. An empty elevator shaft

connected the powder room with the guns mounted on upper levels. Rainwater sluiced past the doorway, pooling on

the hard stone floor.

Tom shook the rain from his hair and glanced around the shadowy bunker. At first he didn't see anyone and

wondered if maybe he had ducked into the wrong storeroom. The old fort was full of secluded nooks and crannies,

which no doubt contributed to the location being chosen for this rendezvous. The dense concrete walls discouraged

electronic surveillance.

Not taking any chances, I see.

He was about to venture out into the rain again when he heard a rustle of motion behind him. His hand went

instinctively to his sidearm as he turned around to see a pair of figures emerge from one of the adjoining

storerooms. One was male, the other female. The former was nobody he'd been in any hurry to see again.

"About time you got here," Dennis Ryland said. "You're late."

© 2009 by CBS Studios Productions LLC. All Rights Reserved





7/23/09 Latest News



EVERYONE, This Tuesday July 28, 2009, that's 5 days, the wait is over. The first book that takes place after "TGLF" is here. So go forth everyone a buy. Show TPTB we are still here and still interested, and loyal to "The 4400" and we want more, more, more......


June


8/06/09 Latest News


Great Book!! Buy it and read it today. Can't wait to the next coming in October by David Mack.




8/24/09 Latest News

The book description for the next Season 5 book: Promises Broken by David Mack out !0/28/09. I Can hardly wait!!


4400 taken, 4400 returned. All were given startling new abilities. Now, if you are willing to risk it all, you too can be extraordinary. Is this what the future intended to ensure the survival of the human race?

Promicin -- which kills half of those who dare to inject it and grants paranormal abilities to those who survive -- is spreading across the globe and threatening to plunge the entire world into chaos.

One year has passed since Jordan Collier and his followers seized control of Seattle and renamed it Promise City. U.S. armed forces have surrounded Seattle, and each day brings Collier and his Promicin-Positive Movement closer to all-out war with the world's greatest military superpower.

However, the real threats are the Marked -- agents from the future whose identities are encoded into body-hijacking nanites. They were sent back to thwart the efforts of the 4400. The last three surviving Marked lurk in the shadows, working in secret as they prepare to deliver a deathblow to the planet.

Caught in the crossfire are NTAC agents Tom Baldwin and Diana Skouris. His son, Kyle, and her thirteen-year-old adopted daughter, Maia, are both more loyal to Jordan's movement than to them. And when the standoff between Collier and the U.S. military explodes into open conflict, Tom, Diana, and fellow agents wind up outnumbered and outgunned.

In the end, the fate of all mankind will rest in the hands of one man: Tom Baldwin.

About the Author
David Mack is the author of numerous Star Trek books, including Wildfire, A Time to Kill, A Time to Heal, Warpath and the critically and fan acclaimed series Star Trek: Destiny. With Marco Palmieri, he developed the Star Trek Vanguard series, for which he has written two novels, Harbinger and Reap the Whirlwind.

His other novels include the Wolverine espionage adventure Road of Bones, and his first original novel, The Calling, will publish in July 2009.

Before writing books, Mack co-wrote with John J. Ordover the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine fourth-season episode ?Starship Down? and the story treatment for the series' seventh-season episode ?It's Only a Paper Moon.?

An avid fan of Canadian progressive-rock trio Rush, Mack has attended shows in all of their concert tours since 1982.

Having recently fled corporate servitude, Mack now resides in a secret location with his wife, Kara.



9/06/09 Latest News


I just visited David Macks web site and saw he has the cover for the next book, "Promises Broken", up. Everyone should go have a peek here: http://www.infinitydog.com/book_promises.html

It's really nice. Come on October!


10/01/09 Latest News

Hey everybody wasn't that nice of David Mack to come the board to tell us about the 1st chapter being up and providing us with a link. I don't know about you but wish it was out now. Read and enjoy!

ONE

April 3, 2008
Naked and shivering, Roger Keegan awoke bound to a chair. He sat in the center of a pool of harsh incandescent light, but the room around him was pitch-dark. His feet were flat on the cold concrete floor. Metal handcuffs bit into his wrists, which were secured behind his back. All he could smell was ammonia.

Looks like a cellar, he thought. Am I still at the casino? He had come to Las Vegas for a few days of well-earned vacation: some cards, some strippers, maybe some surfand-turf. Somewhere between his six Cuervo-and-Cokes at the Mirage and his visit to a nearby gentlemen's club, something had gone very, very wrong.

A door creaked open in the darkness, but there was no light to draw Roger's eye. Footsteps were answered by crisp echoes as they drew closer.

Roger swallowed in a futile effort to expel the sour taste of metabolized booze from his tongue, which was coated in a vile paste. Squinting, the forty-two-year-old middle manager saw three dark figures step into the ring of shadow just outside his circle of light. Two looked like men; the other had the appealing curves of a woman.

The man on the left lit a cigarette, illuminating his brown face with a flicker of orange flame. Then he flipped his lighter shut, and all that remained was the red pinpoint at the end of his cigarette. Roger winced at the pungent aroma of tobacco. Whatever the man was smoking, it was harsh and bitter.

"So," said the man in the center. "This is him?"

"Yes," the woman replied. "He's been prepared."

Throwing fearful looks at each member of the trio, Roger said, "Wait a second, there's gotta be a mistake! I'm just a sales rep! My name's Roger Keegan, I don't -- " The clack of a round being chambered into a semiautomatic pistol cut him off.

"We should get started," said the man in the middle. He and his two compatriots stepped into the light.

They were attired in casual business clothing -- suits without ties for the men, a simple gray skirt-and-jacket ensemble for the woman. She was pale and blond, and held an odd-looking device with a syringe and a needle. Roger didn't recognize her or the black man with the cigarette. Standing between them, however, was a man with a graying beard who looked familiar.

It took Roger a moment to dredge the man's name from his memory. Then it came to him. "Holy crap!" he exclaimed, eyes wide with disbelief. "You're George Sterling! Is this a movie?"

The famous Hollywood producer-director ignored Roger and extended a hand to his male colleague. "Let's get on with it."

The black man handed Sterling the pistol. He and the woman stepped back as Sterling released the weapon's safety and looked at Roger.

"You're a lucky man," Sterling said. Then the movie mogul lifted the gun, pressed the muzzle to his own grayed temple, and pulled the trigger.

The shot resounded off the floor and walls as the left side of Sterling's head vanished in a pulpy red spray.

His body went limp, fell face-first at Roger's feet, and landed with a meaty slap. The pistol tumbled from his hand and clattered across the floor.

Blood spread in a swift tide around Roger's bare feet. Trembling now with fear and adrenaline, he shouted at the blond woman and the black man, "What the hell's going on?"

They didn't answer him. The blonde stepped forward, kneeled beside the dead Hollywood titan, and jabbed the needle of her gadget into the base of his skull, into his spinal cord. She tapped a touchpad on the side of the device. A moment later, a shimmering silver fluid began filling the syringe behind the needle, drawn up and out of Sterling's neck.

Roger yelled, "Who are you people? What is that?"

"You'll find out soon enough," the black man said, stepping behind Roger's chair.

The blonde removed the needle from Sterling's neck, stood, and walked toward Roger. "Hold him," she said.

Her cohort wrapped one muscular arm around Roger's throat and jaw. With precision and force, he twisted Roger's chin and immobilized his head.

"Stop!" Roger begged. "Please, don't do this!"

The woman met his plea with a cold smirk and icy blue eyes. "What is it you think we're about to do?"

"I...I don't know," Roger said, too scared even to guess.

Stroking his cheek, she asked, "Then why be afraid?"

While he was still concocting an answer, she jabbed the needle into the nape of his neck. Piercing agony traveled down his spine like an electric jolt. Then a searing heat flowed into him, purpling his vision and filling his head with vertigo.

He felt himself scream, but he heard only silence.

Jakes hadn't felt any fear as he'd pulled the trigger. This death would be merely an interlude, and a brief one at that.

Putting a bullet through his brain had still hurt, though.

He inhaled sharply as he felt his consciousness take root in a new form. This body's senses were sharp. He caught the competing fragrances of cheap cologne and expensive perfume.

His eyes opened, and he saw his fellow agents of the Marked. "I'm all right, Wells," he said to his male colleague.

They were each two or three bodies removed from who they had been in the future, before their identities had been encoded into nanites for their perilous undercover mission into the past. When they had first hijacked new personas, they had agreed to call one another by their new names, to maintain their covers and avoid confusion. With so few of them left, however, there was no reason not to revert to their true names.

Pleased by his new voice, he asked, "How long did it take?"

"Less than two minutes," Wells said. He glanced at Kuroda, who put away the nanite-transfer device. "The upgrades to the bonding process worked better than we'd hoped."

Jakes nodded. "Good. Then you won't mind untying me."

"If we must," Wells joked. He stepped behind the chair and removed the handcuffs from Jakes's wrists.

While his comrade untied the rest of his restraints, Jakes massaged his new wrists, scowled at the glare of the light above his head, and wrinkled his nose at the lingering bite of sulfur in the air. He looked at George Sterling's bloody corpse. It galled him to give up an identity that had blessed him with such vast wealth and influence, but it was for the best.

The Marked had recently suffered brutal setbacks in their covert war against the 4400 -- people abducted from far-flung parts of the world over the course of nearly six decades of the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, taken by agents of the future determined to alter the shape of things to come. Injected with the neurotransmitter promicin, which gifted them with extraordinary paranormal abilities, the 4400 had been returned en masse on August 14, 2004, in order to avert a catastrophe that would end the world as they knew it.

In other words, the returnees had been changed and sent back to erase the past and topple the future's last bastion of stable civilization, which the Marked were sworn to defend.

Unfortunately, the war had turned against the Marked. An assassination squad -- sent by Jordan Collier, the charismatic leader of the rapidly spreading promicin movement, and led by the ex-military telekinetic returnee Richard Tyler -- had killed seven of Jakes's fellow agents.

It was likely a matter of simple luck that Jakes had escaped Tyler's attack on Wyngate Castle, the opulent redoubt that George Sterling had built with his movie-industry millions. If not for a secret passage Jakes had added to the estate, he, Wells, and Kuroda would likely be dead.

They were now the last three agents of the Marked. They alone remained to save their future from Collier and his quasi-religious promicin movement.

As his bonds fell away, Jakes stood. "That's better," he said. Kuroda handed him his clothes. He dressed quickly, then walked toward the exit. Wells and Kuroda followed him. "I wired what's left of Sterling's fortune to the Caymans with the rest of our assets," Jakes said. "We can use that as startup capital."

Kuroda picked up her briefcase, in which she carried the new nanite-transfer device. "I still don't see how we're supposed to do anything posing as these nobodies," she said.

"Impersonating people in high places worked for as long as it could," Jakes said. "Now we have to lie low."

Wells was dismayed. "How does that help us? We've already missed our window of opportunity against Collier."

"Maybe," Jakes said. "Maybe not." He opened the door to the dimly lit stairwell, where the air was hot and stuffy compared to the cool confines of the subbasement. "That's why we have to make a new friend -- one who wants to stop him as much as we do."

Over their trudging footfalls, Kuroda said, "You've already made contact with this 'new friend,' haven't you?"

"Yes, I have," Jakes said. Even though his new body was relatively young and physically fit, the heat in the stairwell had rivulets of sweat running down his back as he climbed one switchback flight after another, back to the main floor.

Laboring up the steps behind him, Wells protested, "It's still too late. The date for the calamity came and went."

"I know," Jakes said. Pushing open the door to the ground level of the hotel under construction, he squinted against the glare of the late-afternoon sun. Wind like a gust from a furnace whipped his brown hair from his face. "But all that means is that Collier prevented the disaster he knew about." He permitted himself a malevolent smirk. "It's time to give him one he won't see coming."

© 2009 by CBS Studios Productions LLC. All Rights Reserved




10/27/09 Latest News


Hey everybody, the next book is out and it's a great read. Buy it today! Help keep the dream alive! We need big sales on these books.

June
Promicinjunkie
Jun 15 2008, 05:19 PM
That is good news... but tell me, you know if they need a talented, out of work writer to scribe out a few pages.... hmmm? wink.gif
Bubba_Bridges
Jun 15 2008, 05:32 PM
Hi Bubba here, that is good news. Thanks for passing that along. smile.gif
LilyLemony
Jun 15 2008, 06:22 PM
*perks up ears* Awaits further news. smile.gif
tomBurkhov
Jun 15 2008, 09:37 PM
Oh my god! Is this real? ohmy.gif

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June911
Jun 15 2008, 10:21 PM
There is nothing I hate more than a story left unfinished. I rather they never started it in the first place. So I being poor as a church mouse and can't always show support monetary-wise. I can email anybody and everybody who listen. So I tried Greg Cox because I know he had in contact with some of the people we want to reach or could find out if he would. This is the email I received from him. I hoping he'll come on the board and tell us more. I email him the board address.

Funny you should ask. I just signed the contract (like, yesterday) to write a new 4400 novel continuing the story from the tv show left off. This will be the first of at least two new books continuing the story.

Nothing definite on the plot yet. To be honest, we're still hashing that out. And whatever we come up with will have to be approved by CBS somewhere down the road. But I've already started work on some outlines and am chatting with my editor about the project tomorrow.

Which message board are you talking about? I tried to get backon the USA Network message board a few weeks back, and the 4400 Wikipedia seems to be shut down.

Anyway, hope this answers your questions, sort of. I appreciate your interest in the show!

Greg
LilyLemony
Jun 16 2008, 03:23 PM
Neat! He should ask the fans what we want! Now wouldn't that be awesome? smile.gif
amerirish
Jun 16 2008, 03:27 PM
QUOTE (LilyLemony @ Jun 16 2008, 04:23 PM) *
Neat! He should ask the fans what we want! Now wouldn't that be awesome? smile.gif


I couldn't agree more, Lily. However, my first thought is will he interview the writers & actors to get their perspective. That would be the best thing in my opinion.

Thanks for all the info guys! I still don't want to give up on a televised ending. Perhaps if the books sell well enough, we can get a miniseries! That would be beautifully ironic: a miniseries ending to a miniseries intended show laugh.gif
nonoitall
Jun 16 2008, 03:49 PM
Yay!!! I still want a televised conclusion to the series as well, but at least this way we could get something canonical.
Kryth
Jun 16 2008, 07:16 PM
QUOTE
Perhaps if the books sell well enough, we can get a miniseries! That would be beautifully ironic: a miniseries ending to a miniseries intended show




Exactly!!!!  laugh.gif



I still can't believe we're getting something at long last. GREAT news indeed. Here's hoping for a TV wrap up =)
faithwalker
Jun 16 2008, 10:34 PM
QUOTE (June911 @ Jun 15 2008, 11:21 PM) *
There is nothing I hate more than a story left unfinished. I rather they never started it in the first place. So I being poor as a church mouse and can't always show support monetary-wise. I can email anybody and everybody who listen. So I tried Greg Cox because I know he had in contact with some of the people we want to reach or could find out if he would. This is the email I received from him. I hoping he'll come on the board and tell us more. I email him the board address.

Funny you should ask. I just signed the contract (like, yesterday) to write a new 4400 novel continuing the story from the tv show left off. This will be the first of at least two new books continuing the story.

Nothing definite on the plot yet. To be honest, we're still hashing that out. And whatever we come up with will have to be approved by CBS somewhere down the road. But I've already started work on some outlines and am chatting with my editor about the project tomorrow.

Which message board are you talking about? I tried to get backon the USA Network message board a few weeks back, and the 4400 Wikipedia seems to be shut down.

Anyway, hope this answers your questions, sort of. I appreciate your interest in the show!

Greg


yea! i just signed up today so i could find out more about my fave show. i've been on board since the pilot about 5 years ago and tivo'd the first two seasons! i would love to be part of the effort to bring it back or get it with another ( sad.gif ) network. WHATEVER just bring it back!! a book is a "novel" (pardon the pun, couldn't help myself) idea, count me in!
June911
Jun 18 2008, 01:24 AM
BUMP
NTACvic
Jun 18 2008, 04:05 AM
That's fantastic!!!! smile.gif
mellio
Jun 18 2008, 09:22 AM
O M G !!!

I know I haven't been on the board in a while...but YAY!!!! I will so be there stalking the bookstore on the first sale date like all of the Harry Potter nutz (I like it too, just not enough to wait at midnight)!!! YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
mrb
Jun 18 2008, 12:09 PM
is the book out in the stores yet?
rharnish
Jun 18 2008, 02:21 PM
That is great news!!!! I LOVE the 4400 and I really want to know what happens and if Tom will actually take the promicin....
mellio
Jun 20 2008, 10:16 AM
I was looking for this thread and thinking that it got deleted but then I found it...PINNED!
zippylittlerat
Jun 20 2008, 09:55 PM
A book series?! Really?! WHOO HOOO! Finally, I'll pick up a book of my own free will, no matter how much spare time I have! 4400 fans everywhere, let's party!
djacobs
Jun 21 2008, 10:23 AM
Suggestion: start the book up in the future and work your way back. I don't read a lot of books, stories, novel or whatever you might refer to them as. But one thing is certain. I will read a novel on The 4400. This would be a very good thing for the continuation of the story. I'm in, put me down for two. laugh.gif
AllanKirkendall
Jun 21 2008, 10:50 AM
I just finished the 4th season on DVD and I couldn't believe it was over-so many unfinished story lines and the writers seemed so up for another season. Is there really going to be a Season 5? Just too good to be true and I will look for any novels that take up the story line. That is a HALLELUJAH and AMEN from this hooked fan. Al
QUOTE (June911 @ Jun 15 2008, 02:30 PM) *
I just received some Great news and I'm on cloud nine. I included a spoiler below for clues. I just waiting to see if Greg Cox would like to post it himself so stay tuned. I believe our continuing efforts and perseverance are being rewarded.
Spoiler:
CLUE: Interested in Season 5: the Book Series?


To you spoiler junkies: The actual plot as yet unknown.

4400 LOONIES EVERYWHERE: CAN I GET A HALLELUJAH?......AMEN!!!! biggrin.gif

STAY TUNED AND SPREAD THE WORD!!
Syco
Jun 23 2008, 08:55 PM
It's great news, but I've kinda got mixed feelings about it. I'm not a big book person, so it's not as great as actually finishing the story in video format. Buuuut it's better then nothing.
mrsl2
Jun 24 2008, 11:52 AM
QUOTE (June911 @ Jun 15 2008, 04:30 PM) *
I just received some Great news and I'm on cloud nine. I included a spoiler below for clues. I just waiting to see if Greg Cox would like to post it himself so stay tuned. I believe our continuing efforts and perseverance are being rewarded.
Spoiler:
CLUE: Interested in Season 5: the Book Series?


To you spoiler junkies: The actual plot as yet unknown.

4400 LOONIES EVERYWHERE: CAN I GET A HALLELUJAH?......AMEN!!!! biggrin.gif

STAY TUNED AND SPREAD THE WORD!!
I know some of you saying you rather have it back on TV (me too), but a book is better than nothing. I use to think that way. You'ld have to tie me down to get me to read. Then years ago I pick up a TV tie book of my favorite show at the time and discovered something, I could actually see the story in my head as I read. I still sometimes confuse stories I seen while reading and ones I saw on TV. Besides I'll name 2 major advantages books have over TV as yet:

1. Some characters that have been remove because the actors portraying them left due to money, other projects, etc. can be brought back.
2. Stories never developed because the technology just doesn't exist yet to pull it off. You can do anything in a book.

So thnik positive. The main thing we wanted was closure. Prayer answered!


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I don't write on this board often so my message is connected, which I did not expect, I'll have to experiment a little more.

Sorry, in my case a book won't do it. I want at the very least a 2 hour movie tying up all the loose ends the show left hanging. I still can't believe they did this to their loyal audience. I watched every show except for 5 while my dad was sick, died and buried. Then I caught up on my computer. Even Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, which wasn't picked up for a second season, wrote a final ending so fans would not be left in the lurch. What's with sci-fi writers? First its Stargate then the 4400 and Dead Zone. We get little enough of choice sci-fi on TV, I would think they would want to protect what audience they have.

Anne
June911
Jun 24 2008, 06:44 PM
QUOTE (mrsl2 @ Jun 24 2008, 11:52 AM) *
********************************************************************************
***

I don't write on this board often so my message is connected, which I did not expect, I'll have to experiment a little more.

Sorry, in my case a book won't do it. I want at the very least a 2 hour movie tying up all the loose ends the show left hanging. I still can't believe they did this to their loyal audience. I watched every show except for 5 while my dad was sick, died and buried. Then I caught up on my computer. Even Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, which wasn't picked up for a second season, wrote a final ending so fans would not be left in the lurch. What's with sci-fi writers? First its Stargate then the 4400 and Dead Zone. We get little enough of choice sci-fi on TV, I would think they would want to protect what audience they have.

Anne



I'm just curious, but why wont a book work in your case? About Stargate, you know a DVD was recently released continuing the story, "The Ark of Truth", and another one is due out soon.
David01
Jun 26 2008, 07:43 PM
This is.... BEYOND AWESOME! I've read some of Greg Cox's books in the past (specifically Star Trek ones) and have full faith in him continuing The 4400 story, I'm sure along with other writers. This is absolutely wonderful news, and I look forward to future updates on the matter.
hogsmead44035
Jun 28 2008, 09:46 AM
A book would be ok if it were connected a 4400 movie or one last season. The fans have earned that much. Give the show and the fans a proper ending, because it really stinks when the heads of a network end a show without giving it proper clousure.
bornfree
Jun 28 2008, 01:04 PM
I agree with a closure on a TV (even if is a 2 hours one) . I am an avid reader, and yes, I will enjoy the book (or books). But is not fair for the audience to leave something unfinished like that. I'm shocked that something that looked so promising for a next season was left like that! is just not right.

Bring the book to elaborate on the plot, but please, finish the show on TV!!!.
tomBurkhov
Jun 29 2008, 12:40 AM
We can't look a gift horse in the mouth. closure in book form is still closure, and therefore still a godsend. remember that all networks care about is the money. perhaps if the books are a commercial success, then the network may follow it up with a TV adaptation.

however, I do have one major concern: will the book be in line with the sentiments of the original writers? (will it be canon?)
zippylittlerat
Jun 29 2008, 10:08 PM
I agree with Tom: I think it's excellent that we're getting the closure (or at least the extension!) that we've been petitioning and hoping for. I'm hoping Tom, Diana, and all of our favorites will still be the heroes (and villains) that we've come to know. smile.gif
djacobs
Jun 30 2008, 09:22 AM
I don't think I could handle a book series that goes on for a long time. I can see it now, one book after another and then "BAM!!" the book series stopped without an ending. I don't want to spend all my time reading one book after another to see it end like the televison series. So how about we get to the end of the story with one, maybe two books and give this story closure. I love The 4400 to death, but can't keep hanging on to a "what if" plot that gets dropped off with a big question mark. If that were to happen again I don't thinks I could live with myself. And I agree that a book does have it advantages. I have to believe that if the owners to this story are willing to let it come out in book form, then it is certain that we will not see the show ever continued in the form that it once had. One might see a mini series a couple of years from now, but this book will probably be the "final act". I would be very happy to see this book in print!
Fishos
Jul 2 2008, 11:18 AM
YES! WOOHOO!

Thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you!!!

Ah season 5!!!! Omg this is wonderful. Book is perfectly fine. What I really care for in The 4400 is the story, anyway.
amerirish
Jul 2 2008, 02:41 PM
I will purchase the book or books when they are released, but I am definitely disappointed that we won't have a televised PROPER finale. I love the story of The 4400 also, but I equally loved the actors who brought those wonderful characters to life. They've been cheated just as much as we fans in my opinion.
Fishos
Jul 2 2008, 05:54 PM
I personally don't feel that way. The actors do awesome job in bringing the characters to life, but they're only the exterior. What I *love* lies beneath the surface.

You have surely seen an actor not while acting; they're *nothing* like their characters, not as charming and not as smart. (no offense!)
Syco
Jul 3 2008, 10:50 AM
I disagree with the sentiments about a two hour finale, The 4400 deserves more then that, and two hours would never do it justice. It would end up being like the Roswell ending, which sucked!
NTACvic
Jul 4 2008, 12:50 AM
I totally agree with you, Syco. A two hours finale would be too short. That's my point of view. There would be so many questions to develop and answer. Now, that's so great to learn there will be books to continue our favourite series. Thank you for that!!
heart
Jul 7 2008, 03:01 PM
Hey all. Thats great about the book, but I just don't think I can get behind it. Like you said June its just not the same. . Take care and thanks for the news biggrin.gif
hippiegeek
Jul 7 2008, 09:01 PM
I read the Vesuvius Prophecy last week. It is actually set during season 3 & was a lot of fun. It's not the same as a season 5, but still it was nice to get a Thomas fix. Since they won't give us a season 5 then I hope the books keep coming. It keeps the characters alive.
Sinjun
Jul 7 2008, 10:55 PM
A book series would be great >.> certainly worked with the Deep Space Nine series after that series was over with.. but the interesting thing would be the write the entire series in book format then they could easily do all the things they wanted to do with the series and continue on >.>
mozzy
Jul 15 2008, 11:34 PM
I would REALLY like a reply to this.

Has the writer been able to contact Scott Peters, the creator of The 4400, because I think that if anyone has the right to have a say in the "real" ending, it is the creator. Can I hear an amen on that!
amerirish
Jul 16 2008, 10:16 AM
AMEN, Mozzy!

I started a thread where we can list questions, issues, etc. that we would like to be addressed in the book series. I also have stated that I truly hope that Greg and whatever other writers there are, contact the original show writers, producers and importantly the cast. They are the ones who brought those wonderful characters to life so I think their input would be invaluable.
SwtHazeleyez
Jul 16 2008, 10:39 PM
WOW!! Please don't make us wait tooooo long. I noticed that USA stopped running the re-runs late night a few weeks ago & I got really upset. I need my 4400 fix. I was hoping that the Sci-Fi channel would pick up the series. There were so many stories yet to be told.

Beth
GeorgeC
Jul 18 2008, 12:02 PM
Yes, and the idea of a book sound great, but I hope they could do an audio version, too. A lot of people don't read novels these days and that would make it easy for the majority of us, because we could just listen too it.

Thanks, GeorgeC


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Judi65
Jul 18 2008, 08:25 PM
QUOTE (LilyLemony @ Jun 16 2008, 04:23 PM) *
Neat! He should ask the fans what we want! Now wouldn't that be awesome? smile.gif


I wish they would have asked also. Me and my DH loved the show. We recorded it whenever we
weren't able to watch it. Why have the show at all if they were going to just end it with no conclusion.
I don't like the books and shows because they usually are so different.

mad.gif NO MORE 4400
amerirish
Jul 22 2008, 09:05 AM
Hey all....check out what I found on amazon.com:

http://www.amazon.com/Wet-Work-4400-Dayton...5358&sr=1-2

anyone have any idea what this is all about? huh.gif
June911
Jul 22 2008, 08:00 PM
QUOTE (amerirish @ Jul 22 2008, 09:05 AM) *
Hey all....check out what I found on amazon.com:

http://www.amazon.com/Wet-Work-4400-Dayton...5358&sr=1-2

anyone have any idea what this is all about? huh.gif



Here's what I found:


4400 taken. 4400 returned.
With no memory of where they've been.
And they haven't aged a day.
Some have returned with startling new abilities...
1992: For nearly a decade, the international assassin known only as "the Wraith" has eluded authorities. Political leaders, powerful heads of business, terrorists known and suspected have numbered among the many victims until -- without explanation -- the Wraith disappears....

2005: Tom Baldwin and Diana Skouris are investigating Jordan Collier's murder but they're pulled off the case. Washington believes the Wraith, a one-time freelance agent for the U.S. government, is active again. When a high-ranking CIA officer who oversaw the rogue operator's activities is killed, evidence at the scene points to the Wraith and that this highly-efficient killer is now a 4400. The NTAC agents only have thirteen-year-old leads to follow an assassin who was never caught. Suddenly, the Wraith kills another Returnee. Why? What does this mean? Can the mounting fears of the 4400 be right? Or is this just one Returnee who has gone off the track? Baldwin and Skouris need to know, but will they find out before the Wraith completes this deadly covert objective?
Quiet
Aug 5 2008, 10:02 AM
I'm afraid a book just won't do it for me. I've read other books based off television series and they take on a life of their own and become almost completely removed from the original source material.

A two-hour movie, or a short 2-3 part miniseries to finish off The 4400 plotlines would be much more welcome.
June911
Aug 18 2008, 11:34 PM
QUOTE (Quiet @ Aug 5 2008, 10:02 AM) *
I'm afraid a book just won't do it for me. I've read other books based off television series and they take on a life of their own and become almost completely removed from the original source material.

A two-hour movie, or a short 2-3 part miniseries to finish off The 4400 plotlines would be much more welcome.



I think anything they put on TV that short would be a rushed hack-job. I read books that did that and felt worse than if they left it unfinished. I think it needs to be longer for true closure. So I hope the books will be a start that we can all support by buying and that in turn will win us what we all want, the 4400 back on TV. And if that turns out not to be, at a longer book series like "Star Trek" perhaps. But I haven't given up on TV.
Cribbage
Aug 19 2008, 03:42 AM
Due to the well-known poor marketing of this show originally along with the poor timeslots it was given (particularly in my country, Australia), I never watched the 4400 beyond the first season when it was shown originally. That is until recently when I acquired all the DVDs. I must say I was blown away - you literally couldn't drag me away from the TV and I watched the lot within a week. It is beyond question my favourite show of all time now for reasons I'm sure you're all too familiar with.

This of course leads me here - I now, like the rest of you, am gutted about the cancellation and furious with the way it was left so open-ended.

Whilst a book, in theory, would put my mind at ease, and whilst any 4400 book - final series continuation or otherwise - is great news indeed, I don't think I would be satisfied by this particular book. Again, don't get me wrong - it's great news regardless and I'm not anti-reading.. I just don't think I could accept a book written purely by fans of the show as the definitive ending. If the original creator got involved I'd be happy to call it at that, but while I'd definitely buy and read this book, I wouldn't view it as anything more than interesting Fan Fiction.
JordanFan
Aug 30 2008, 03:03 AM
I would prefer for the show to continue through a movie or another season on tv, but if I can get a book series I will take that too, I just want more of the 4400, I can't stand the thought of this series not going on in some format.
HiRolliN
Aug 30 2008, 11:13 PM
im glad to hear that there will some sort of continuation to the series. its been a long time since i read a book but i will certainly make time to read the book.
elosip
Sep 3 2008, 05:28 PM
I'm happy for the book and I will get it for sure but I too would love to have the TV series continue as it just won't be the same. This is my favorite series and I was so bummed when it was cancelled. I have been boycotting USA every since. I refuse to watch any USA program until the complete this series!
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