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The Pretender: Saving Luke Giveaway! Posted at 8:12 PM by Dave Post

Dave Post

The_PretenderThere are Pretenders among us, geniuses with the ability to become anyone they want to be. In 1983 a corporation known as The Centre isolated a young Pretender named Jarod and exploited his genius for their research. Then, one day, their Pretender ran away…

Steven Long Mitchell and Craig Van Sickle, the duo behind the 90’s hit NBC TV series, The Pretender, are back again with the second installment of the new Pretender book series.  The Pretender: Saving Luke is the sequel to the critically acclaimed first book, Rebirth and picks up right where that book left off with more Jarod being awesome and Miss Parker being hot — and hot on his heels. Throw a little Sydney and Broots in there for some existential angst and charming confusion respectively and you’ve got another winner on your hands.

The good folks at The Centre Universe have come back to us to help them spread the word and we have 5 autographed trade paperback copies of Saving Luke to give away.

You know the drill: re-tweet this tweet:

or comment here in the blog to enter the contest – easy peasy. Do both and double your chances! We’ll have a random drawing and announce the winners next Monday so tweet away and don’t forget to tell your friends.


The Pretender:  Saving LukeThe Pretender: Saving Luke
by Steven Long Mitchell & Craig W. Van Sickle

Now comes the exciting climax to the first fully original, mystery thriller novel, The Pretender: Rebirth – the return of Jarod, Miss Parker, Sydney and the nefarious, clandestine activities of The Centre, in The Pretender: Saving Luke.

Jarod uses his dazzling mind and unequaled abilities to save a kidnapped boy and thwart a deadly plot threatening the innocent lives of hundreds while he continues his search for the truth about his identity and hides from those who want to recapture him.

Leading the Centre hunt for Jarod is the sexy, complex, bitch-on-wheels, Miss Parker. Theirs is a pursuer/pursued relationship bound together by emotional ties, mutual scars and an unspoken passion for each other.

Alongside Miss P. is Sydney, Jarod’s surrogate father figure and Centre psychologist who nurtured his genius for the Centre’s disreputable purposes. But Jarod’s patience with Sydney roils with anger over lack of answers to Jarod’s past and the identity of his natural birth parents.

Authors Steven Long Mitchell and Craig W. Van Sickle, have encored with a return tome sure to please not only returning fans of the original TV series but also new readers unfamiliar with the world of The Pretender.

There are Pretenders among us…


Craig W. Van SickleSteven Long MitchellAbout the Authors:
Steve Mitchell and Craig Van Sickle have written, produced and/or directed over two hundred hours of prime network programming including such series as Alien Nation, Murder She Wrote, Medical Investigation, 24 and NCIS. From situation comedy to drama, comic books to mystery, science fiction to action-adventure, their career has covered a broad imaginative spectrum. Together they have also created numerous television series, most notably, NBC’s The Pretender on which they served as Executive Producers for its entire five-year run of episodes as well as a series of two-hour movies.

In 2008 they were nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Mini-Series as the Writers/Executive Producers on Syfy Channel’s, TinMan, an updated re-imagining of The Wizard of Oz that, in addition to its critical acclaim, has broken ratings records both domestically and internationally. Recently the team completed their first novel, The Pretender: Rebirth and are near completion on the second book in the series, The Pretender: Saving Luke.

Both reside with their families in the Los Angeles area and can be contacted through their web site, ThePretenderLives.com.

Our thanks to Steven and Craig and everyone at The Centre Universe for the opportunity to bring this new chapter to our fans!  Best of luck to everyone.

25 Comments

daxxh   |   30 Jun 2014 @ 20:50

Ok, I’m in. I used to watch this way back when.

Mango Heroics   |   30 Jun 2014 @ 21:21

I loved that show. More, please!

rcobourn   |   01 Jul 2014 @ 12:04

Hey maybe talk to those folks at Yahoo about producing another season 😉

Leandra Martin   |   01 Jul 2014 @ 13:09

OMG! I had no idea there were Pretender books out there. I LOVED that show. I have all the series on DVD and the 2 movies as well, but was a bit upset there was no closure to the series even after the movies. I want these books and I will go online immediately and buy them, but I would love to win a copy.

Susan T.   |   01 Jul 2014 @ 15:16

That was a great show! I didn’t know there were books too!

Angelique   |   01 Jul 2014 @ 17:27

Yes please! And I sure hope you guys can send them to France 😉

Jessi   |   01 Jul 2014 @ 17:36

Steve and Craig have done an awesome job of bringing The Pretender back.
Looking forward to all new things Pretender. We love these guys!!!!

Christoffer   |   01 Jul 2014 @ 18:42

The
Powerful
Risky
Exciting
Timeless
Evolutionary
Noble
Dynamic
Eclectic
Resourceful

That is Jarod.

Amanda   |   01 Jul 2014 @ 19:10

would love to win saving Luke i read rebirth it’s was a great read

Beverly   |   01 Jul 2014 @ 19:56

Hope Steve and Craig can continue to give us more Pretender. Saving Luke would be a welcome addition to my growing collection. Thanks

Ned Keitt-Pride   |   01 Jul 2014 @ 21:26

I love this show! Can’t wait to check out the books!

Tyneisha Fondren   |   01 Jul 2014 @ 22:20

My hubby loves sci-fi; I’d love to win this for him!

brian m   |   01 Jul 2014 @ 22:40

awesome, looks like a great read!

Silja   |   02 Jul 2014 @ 02:09

Love the series and films. The dynamics between Ms Parker and Jarod – unbelievably amazing. The overall concept of the series – pure genius in my opinion; and the way how every character can be fundamentally changed only by revealing another tidbit about them stirs up so much expectations and anticipation. Ohh. I want so much more tP it hurts!

Kindu   |   02 Jul 2014 @ 02:27

Life is a gift ! Book can be a gift too 🙂

Nelly   |   02 Jul 2014 @ 12:34

My favourite show ever!!! Thank you guys for writing the books! (Support from France)

Alain k   |   02 Jul 2014 @ 16:27

this would certainly keep me off the street.

Alexander King   |   02 Jul 2014 @ 18:52

Loved the series. Looking forward to reading the book.

jason   |   02 Jul 2014 @ 19:07

Ben hoping for anything new pretender for a long time need some closure etc

jacci   |   05 Jul 2014 @ 20:34

The Pretender is my favourite show of all time, and love that it is back now, can’t wait for more. #thepretenderlives

Malinda   |   06 Jul 2014 @ 10:54

The Pretender is nothing but pure awesomeness! I’ve been rewatching the 1st season, and my favorite line so far is where the high school kid is telling Miss P and Sydney that Jared told them that only cockroaches would survive a nuclear explosion along with some woman named Miss.Parker. 🙂

Marco   |   06 Jul 2014 @ 17:17

I love the show! I was waiting for new stories for ages, but now it’s the time! The only (more awesome) thing left would be a new tv series, maybe limited… Netflix come on! 🙂

Christian - Tintinrulz   |   07 Jul 2014 @ 02:19

I thought Rebirth was good and Saving Luke is proving to be a better read (I’m almost finished it). I’d love to have a signed anything by Steve and Craig. They’re hilarious, awesome and so grounded.

lena athane   |   07 Jul 2014 @ 03:58

Miss Bravado is in, fellows.

Sarah   |   07 Jul 2014 @ 06:05

Can’t wait to be able to read the sequel. Rebirth left me feeling quite conflicted. Thanks for enabling me to finally get back (and hopefully find closure) to one of my first TV obsessions. 😉

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