* Richard Hatch has enjoyed over two decades of international recognition as an actor. He starred in such televised series as The Streets of San Francisco with Karl Malden and Battlestar Galactica, for which he received a Golden Globe nomination for his portrayal of Apollo. With author Christopher Golden, he co-wrote the Galactica novels Armageddon and Warhawk (released in 1997 and 1998 by Pocket Books), which reignited interest in the franchise. * Stan Timmons was the author of ibooks' successful novelization of the Sony animated film Heavy Metal: F.A.K.K. 2. * Universal Studios in negotiations with both Hatch and series creator Glen A. Larson for film and television relaunches of the popular franchise. * Battlestar Galactica reruns still in heavy rotation in SCI FI Channel broadcast schedules, as part of the network's "Intergalactic Land" programming. * Battlestar Galactica was the subject of the first episode of Sciography, the SCI FI Channel's monthly biography-style documentary series. * Spectacular cover art by science fiction and fantasy artist Matt Busch (Star Wars: Episode I, First Wave, Battlestar Galactica comic book series).
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Galactica and the colonial fleet are in serious trouble. Their last encounter with the Cylons and the fierce alien race called the Chitain have left them crippled and exhausted and depleted of food and fuel. And they are still in Cylon space.
But Commander Apollo's next confrontation is with one of his own, as grizzled war veteran Commander Cain challenges him for leadership. Apollo wants to take the remnants of the fleet to a planet indicated on the mysterious holocube that was discovered on an abandoned Cylon outpost--a holocube that purportedly shows the path of expansion and exploration through the galaxy by the vanished Thirteenth Tribe. Cain prefers to make his stand right here, but is overruled by the late Commander Adama's son.
Apollo may win this fight, but he may not win the battle. For the next planet indicated on the holocube is also known to the Cylons, and they are waiting for the Galacticans in full force. It's only through the intervention of their newly installed quantum-shift technology that the fleet manages to escape the trap, as they are warped halfway across the galaxy to find themselves once again at their starting point: the planet Kobol--the birthplace of the Kobollian race that was destroyed by the Cylons twenty yahren ago.
Why have they been brought back to Kobol, and who is responsible for it? Have the Lords of Light granted them a new beginning? Or is this another plot by the Lord of Evil, Count Iblis, to finally exact his revenge against Adama's family and the entire Galactican fleet?
