Transformers: Ghosts of Yesterday

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Transformers: Ghosts of Yesterday
Publisher	Del Ray Books
First published	March 27, 2007
Writer	Alan Dean Foster
Continuity	Movie continuity

In 1969, shortly after the Apollo 11 moon landing, the clandestine organization known as Sector Seven tests their first Ice Man-derived spacecraft with disastrous consequences.

Vital statistics

• ISBN 978-0-345-49798-7
• Story concept: David Cian
• Pagecount: 286

Synopsis

Rocks fall, everyone dies.

Feactured characters

(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)

Autobots	Decepticons	Humans
Bumblebee Ironhide Jazz Optimus Prime Ratchet	Barricade Blackout Bonecrusher Frenzy Megatron Scorponok Starscream	Phil Nolan Samuel Walker Thomas Kinnear

Trivia

• The novel was originally announced as being written by David Cian but after turning in a (self-admittedly rushed) first draft he was replaced by Alan Dean Foster who then rewrote the novel to an unknown extent. Foster is the lone name on the binding, while Cian receives a story credit inside.

• The book as published only marginally resembles Cian's description of the one he was writing, and features a much more defined scope and focus.

• Much of the plot takes place on a planet reminiscent of the setting of Dune; desert environment, pillars with glyphs carved into them, sandworms, etc.