

He lives in Portland, Oregon, with his long-term partner, Don Hood, their dog, Bela, and their chosen son, Paul Smalley.

Andy is a national award-winning activist in the Gay community, and has raised thousands of dollars for charities over the years. Flying solo, he is the bestselling author of several nonfiction books, including Star Wars: The Essential Guide to Characters and Animation on DVD: The Ultimate Guide, as well as a significant number of entries for The Superhero Book: The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Comic-Book Icons and Hollywood Heroes as well as for its companion volume, The Supervillain Book. Why did Starfleet feel it was necessary to rewrite history? And why only now can the truth be told?Ībout the Author Andy Mangels is the USA TODAY bestselling author and coauthor of over a dozen novels-including Star Trek and Roswell books-all cowritten with Michael A. But with the passage of time, and the declassification of certain crucial files, the truth about that fateful day - the day that Commander Charles "Trip" Tucker III didn't die - could finally be revealed. Over two hundred years ago, the life of one of Starfleet's earliest pioneers came to a tragic end, and Captain Jonathan Archer, the legendary commander of Earth's first warp-five starship, lost a close friend. They seek to understand, and wonder how what they have long believed, what they have been taught, was never so.

In this golden age, two old friends are drawn together. Long-held beliefs and widely accepted truths are challenged. Now the real story behind Tucker's final mission is revealed. About the Book As revealed in "Last Full Measure," Commander Charles RTripS Tucker-friend to Captain Jonathan Archer-was not killed in an explosion, but rather, his death was staged.
