Thank you to everyone who has helped this book become a reality. To my wife, Lydia, without whom this wouldn’t be possible, to my Beta readers, to Alex Perkins for designing the beautiful cover, and to every person who pitched in their ideas and opinions.
A special thanks to Gene Roddenberry, George Lucas, Dean Devlin, Roland Emmerich, Brad Wright, Jonathan Glassner, Ronald D. Moore, Ben Nedivi, Matt Wolpert, Greg Berlanti, and Todd Helbing for their wonderful creations (Star Trek, Star Wars, Stargate, For All Mankind, and Superman and Lois) that have and continue to inspire me.