Welketes: Hollywood writer/producer Bryce Zabel asks: 'What if Kennedy survived Dallas?'

Friday, August 16, 2013

Hollywood writer/producer Bryce Zabel asks: 'What if Kennedy survived Dallas?'

Silver Screen Saucers

“What would have happened next if President John Kennedy survived the ambush at Dealey Plaza in Dallas?” This is the question posed by Silver Screen Saucers friend Bryce Zabel in his new book, Surrounded by Enemies: What if Kennedy Survived Dallas?

From the publisher:

“While historians still debate the actual assassination, Surrounded by Enemies: What if Kennedy Survived Dallas? delivers a supercharged but plausible alternative narrative of that era. After the charismatic president is unscathed by the horrifying broad daylight attack, JFK and his attorney-general brother Bobby become the first conspiracy theorists, determined to strike back at their enemies.

That’s the intriguing premise of this meticulously researched novel by Writers Guild award-winning TV writer/producer Bryce Zabel, who boldly re-imagines a shocking post-1963 political scenario. Without resorting to sci-fi gimmicks, Zabel drives his story with what we now know about the secrets of JFK’s presidency. The book brings to life the subsequent political earthquake and Constitutional crisis of the Kennedy years in a world that might have happened just a split-second away from our own.”

Surrounded by Enemies has received favorable notices from top writers who are well-versed in the “alternate history” genre.

Hollywood writer/producer Damon Lindelof (Lost, World War Z, Star Trek Into Darkness) says, “I have always had a deep love for classic What If? stories, but the best ones are often the alternate events that probably came within a millisecond of actually happening. That is precisely what Bryce Zabel has done here, painstakingly designing JFK's life post-1963. I have some experience with shattered timelines and altered realities, but this one kept me guessing every page.”

Screenwriter/producer Melissa Rosenberg (Dexter, Twilight film series) adds: “Bryce Zabel and I went down the road of revising the Kennedy historical record together on the NBC series Dark Skies. This time, instead of giving new meaning to the established JFK chronology, he’s created a brand new one altogether. ‘Surrounded by Enemies’ is an exhilarating ride, full of twists and turns that never were, but surely could have been.”

Screenwriter Bryce Zabel has created five primetime network television series, including NBC’s Emmy-winning Dark Skies, and has written for a dozen other popular TV shows. He has written and produced live-action and animated entertainment for nearly all the major networks and studios and collaborated with such top Hollywood talents as Steven Spielberg and Stan Lee. Zabel served as the elected chairman/CEO of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, the first writer in that position since Rod Serling.

Surrounded by Enemies: What if Kennedy Survived Dallas is widely available as an eBook through all major sellers; as a trade paperback; and as an audiobook narrated by Edd Hall (The Tonight Show). It is the first in a series of alternate history novels under the alt.Worlds imprint from Stellar Productions.

AMAZON KINDLE

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00E881Z2M/

iBOOK

https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/surrounded-by-enemies/id680847654?mt=11

NOOK

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/surrounded-by-enemies-bryce-zabel/1116242784?ean=2940148656449

FACEBOOK

https://www.facebook.com/SurroundedByEnemies?fref=ts