About the Author

DAVID MACK is a writer whose work for Star Trek spans multiple media. With writing partner John J. Ordover, he cowrote the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode “Starship Down” and the story treatment for the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode “It’s Only a Paper Moon.” Mack and Ordover also penned the four-issue Deep Space Nine/Next Generation crossover comic-book miniseries Divided We Fall for WildStorm Comics. With Keith R.A. DeCandido, Mack cowrote the Star Trek: S.C.E. two-parter Invincible, currently available in paperback as part of the collection titled Star Trek: S.C.E. Book 2: Miracle Workers. Mack’s solo Trek writing includes the Star Trek: New Frontier Minipedia and the trade paperback The Starfleet Survival Guide. Mack also has worked behind the scenes on several Star Trek-related CD-ROM games and products produced by Simon & Schuster Interactive. Wildfire is Mack’s first solo work of long-form prose. He currently resides in New York City.