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In 1991 Terminator 2: Judgment Day was the movie of the year. For 10 years fans have waited for a follow-up to this wildly popular science fiction storyline a violent collision between present and future. In the first officially authorized T2 novel, S. M. Stirling picks up the story of John and Sarah Connor, who have been hiding in Paraguay and now must confront a new, more terrifying Terminator unit resurrected from the ashes of Cyberdyne a unit that can actually pass as human. Plunged into a fight for their lives and for the future in which John plays a savior s role, mother and son have one powerful advantage. They have come face-to-face with a former counterterrorist warrior named Dieter von Rossbach, the man who was the very model for Cyberdyne s original Arnold Terminator. This time, he s on their side.
Synopsis
Both Sarah and John Connor have survived repeated attempts on their lives by advanced Terminator killing machines sent from a grim tomorrow to ensure the total destruction of humankind. Now, hiding out from the U.S. Government in Paraguay, Sarah and her brilliant son have linked up with Dieter von Rossbach—a former counterterrorism operative and the human model for the original T-800—awakening him to the nightmare to come and drawing him into their revolution. Because the Cyberdyne Corporation's plan to launch its dread Skynet program was not destroyed, merely postponed. And the machine masters of the near future have sent a terrifying new breed of enforcer back to the Connors' time: a cyborg so humanlike that detection is virtually impossible; a relentless hybrid killer who understands how her human prey think and feel...and die.
Synopsis
Return to the blockbuster Terminator universe, with the untold adventures of Sarah and John Connor!
Following TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY, Sarah and John Connor fled to Paraguay, until one day Sarah spots a Terminator unit in the town square. A great cat-and-mouse game ensues before she realizes he′s an actual man, an ex-counter-terrorist named Dieter, the man the T-100 will be modeled on. After she tells him her story, he tells her another. He′s discovered that Cyberdyne is still active, and about to create Skynet. So she, John, and Dieter set off to finish the job. But first they must face the most insidious Terminator unit yet, one that can easily pass as human and who has all the resources of Cyberdyne, as well as several Terminators, at its command.
About the Author
A well-regarded author of alternate history science-fiction novels, S.M. Stirling has written more than twenty-five books, including acclaimed collaborations with Anne McCaffrey, Jerry Pournelle, and David Drake. His most recent novels are T2: Infiltrator, The Peshawar Lancers, and the Island in the Sea of Time trilogy.