Terminator Salvation, the novel, is actually two stories: there’s the struggle of the human resistance against single-minded killing machines; and then there’s the story of leaked endings, revisions and reshoots, and clandestine access codes. For all the breakneck, widescreen-ready action of the latest man vs. machine story contained in the novel, the second tale may be even more interesting.
From The Ashes, written by Hugo Award-winning author Timothy Zahn, sets the scene for the events chronicled in the movie Terminator Salvation, revealing the full story behind John Connor, the man fated to lead the human resistance against Skynet and its army of Terminators. In post-Judgment Day LA, two lost kids named Kyle and Star keep watch for Terminators; a jaded Marine struggles to keep his rag-tag community together in the face of unrelenting danger; and John and Kate Connor assemble their Resistance team for a brutal assault on a deadly enemy.
