Rise of the Machines — David Hagberg

The action-packed science fiction novel adaptation of the blockbuster hit film starring Arnold Schwarzenegger from the USA Todayâ€"bestselling author.

Sarah Connor is dead. Her son John is now a young man, still destined to lead humanity against the Artificial Intelligence known as Skynet and its legion of programmed machine soldiers known as Terminators.

The T-X model is the most advanced Terminator. Designed to resemble a human woman, it is comprised of shapeshifting liquid metal covering a nearly indestructible endo-skeleton. It has been sent back in time to the early twenty-first century Los Angeles to kill John Connor and anyone standing in its way.

Including a T-850 Terminator, reprogrammed to protect John and save the humanity's future . . .

Based on the screenplay by Jonathan Mostow, John Brancato, and Michael Ferris