Star Trek: Section 31: Disavowed - Dec. 2014?

[Kertrats47]

So... I noticed something while poking around on David Mack's site to prepare for an upcoming interview with him. At the top of his "Books" page is a listing for Section 31: Disavowed slated for Dec. 2014. You can BET this will be one of the things I'll be asking him about!

Here's the link: http://www.infinitydog.com/books.html

Incidentally, if anyone has any questions they'd like to ask David Mack, I can probably slip one or two more into my interview with him for TrekCore.com!

 

[David Mack]

Just a quick note: The cover image for Disavowed on my site is NOT the real cover; it's just a placeholder promotional image I'm using to keep my page layout intact. (Same goes for the Seekers 1 cover image on that page.)

As for the story of Section 31: Disavowed, the outline has met with my editors' approval and is awaiting final approval by the Star Trek office at CBS.

 

[Rush Limborg]

"Disavowed", eh? As in..."If any of your team is caught or killed..."?

Hey, Mr. Mack--anything you can reveal, at this date?

 

[David Mack]

"Disavowed", eh? As in..."If any of your team is caught or killed..."?

Precisely. … And yes, I have been watching a lot of classic Mission: Impossible on Netflix lately….

Hey, Mr. Mack--anything you can reveal, at this date?

Nope, not a single thing. Even the cover image on my website is a red herring.

 

[JD]

I can't remember the last time a title of a book alone got me this interested. I'll definitely be eagerly awaiting more information.

 

[Sci]

Awesome! I've been waiting for the dangling Section 31 issue to be picked up since the last Section 31 book in 2001.

 

[DonIago]

S31's gotten some play in the DS9 books. Looking forward to seeing it get picked up again, though 12/14 is dreadfully far in the future.

 

[Slyvon]

It so strange you brought this up, as I noticed this a few days ago as well.

Suffering from early morning coffee withdraw, my brain didn't know what to make of this book as first! Based on the "Disavowed" stamp I originally perceived this as a book previously written that the author was so unhappy with, he no longer claimed it as his own! Sort of a Alan Smithee situation for literature! lol

 

[F. King Daniel]

I wonder if this will be that fall-of-Section 31 story hinted at in the 25th century portions of The Good That Men Do?

 

[ryan123450]

That's what I was wondering/ hoping as well.

 

[Thrawn]

Sweet!

 

[Lonemagpie]

"Disavowed", eh? As in..."If any of your team is caught or killed..."?

Precisely. … And yes, I have been watching a lot of classic Mission: Impossible on Netflix lately….

Well, that's a guaranteed sale here...

Also, colour me amazed that the Mission Impossible movie series didn't spawn a tie-in book series for the franchise in some form. I'd have thought it was a no-brainer for Pocket...

 

[Paris]

Sounds very exciting! I'm in for sure!

Mr. Mack: I'm just curious about the placement in the timeline. Are you able to tell us if it's current with the rest of the TNG/DS9 24th century (ie. 2385)?

 

[Mage]

Something new in terms of TrekLit. It's been ages since we had some big stuff with S31 in TrekLit. Sure, there was Trip in the ENT era, but this sounds a lot bigger.

 

[Jarvisimo]

"Disavowed", eh? As in..."If any of your team is caught or killed..."?

Precisely. … And yes, I have been watching a lot of classic Mission: Impossible on Netflix lately….

Hey, Mr. Mack--anything you can reveal, at this date?

Nope, not a single thing. Even the cover image on my website is a red herring.

If that cover could be the actual one, it is amazing! Is there any chance of a bigger jpeg of that spec cover? And will this be following on from your Fall volume?

 

[David Mack]

As I noted upthread, it is too early for me to reveal any details. Until the outline is approved, I won't say exactly when it's set, or to what other works it's connected.

I also won't release a larger version of that placeholder cover. It's just something I made for my site, and I don't want a larger version propagating around the internet and possibly confusing the issue as to which is the "real cover" when S&S finally commissions something.

 

[zarkon]

Also, colour me amazed that the Mission Impossible movie series didn't spawn a tie-in book series for the franchise in some form. I'd have thought it was a no-brainer for Pocket...

Preferably where Jim Phelps returns and kills Ethan Hunt, because HUNT SHOULD HAVE BEEN THE MOLE DAMNIT

still hurts man

 

[Christopher]

My take on the first M:I movie is that Voight's character was some impersonator wearing a Jim Phelps mask.

 

[zarkon]

It's the only logical explanation.

 

[Christopher]

^By Mission: Impossible values of "logical."