Brendan Deneen is the author of the graphic novels FLASH GORDON: THE MERCY WARS, THE ISLAND OF MISFIT TOYS and PHOENIX (co-written with Jim Krueger), among others, as well as the novel THE NINTH CIRCLE and the upcoming novels ANT-MAN: BEGINNINGS, UNDERHILL, and THE CHRYSALIS. By day, he runs the film/TV division at Macmillan Publishers, with projects set up at MGM (with Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson attached to star), Warner Brothers (with Bradley Cooper attached to star), Legendary Pictures, CBS Television, The Weinstein Company, and many more. Deneen is also the editor of THE WALKING DEAD prose novels and the upcoming book THE FIFTY YEAR MISSION: THE COMPLETE UNCENSORED, UNAUTHORIZED ORAL HISTORY OF STAR TREK.