The eagerly awaited fourth Terminator movie, Terminator Salvation , starring Christian Bale and directed by McG, reaches cinemas on 22 May 2009. In this official spin-off novel from the smash hit movie, Captain Dimitri Losenko in Russia in 2003 orders a retaliation against the US for their apparent nuclear attack. In Alaska in 2018, a small band of Resistance fighters hides out in the frozen wilderness only sustained by John Connor's voice coming through a crackling radio. Written by New York Times bestselling author Greg Cox, this essential novel further explores the events surrounding Judgment Day and its horrific aftermath.