Kyle and Ava. Max glanced over at Liz, who looked positively resplendent in her wedding dress. He could tell that she had been crying recently, but as she looked up at him, he could see nothing but happiness and love in her eyes. And I'm going to spend the rest of my life with this beautiful woman, Max thought, a warm glow suffusing him. He looked over at his sister and Michael who may as well have been his brother and was glad to have known them not just in one lifetime, but in two. All the others there had also been instrumental in bringing him and Liz to this moment. He knew he could never repay the sacrifices that Jim Valenti, Kyle, or Maria had made. He knew the way the Evanses had raised him and the way the Parkers had raised Liz had shaped what they had both become far more than had any preordained fate. And he knew, too, that Ava, who had been his wife back on that other world in that other life had let him go so that he could be with the true soul mate to whom he belonged in the here-and-now. Max smiled as the camera flashes strobed, and for a second he saw someone else there: Alex Whitman seemed to be smiling at him, only to vanish in a subsequent burst of light. Underneath the neon sign of the Crashdown Cafe, Max turned and kissed Liz, and everyone began to applaud. October 12 This is my first entry in this new journal. I'm Liz Evans, and five days ago, my life changed… Five days ago, I finally legally married Maxwell Evans, the man I love, the man I feel I was destined to be with. Destiny is a strange word to use, given Max's past. And yet, despite all the things that were programmed into him, all the things he was supposed to be, he came to love me. Knowing Max has changed my life, physically, mentally, emotionally. He is living proof that something more than humanity exists in the universe. And yet, despite his halfalien DNA and his mysterious origins, he is fully and completely human. Most of the others have left Roswell to discover their own destinies, and to find their own ways in the world. Max and I are now on our honeymoon for real, this time and we're traveling the country. Just the two of us, together. No one chasing us, and no one sharing our vehicle or our hotel room. We're committed to spending our time just being in love. Along the way, I expect we'll also do some good in the world, like we'd planned to do before. And maybe those people for whom we do good will pass that good along. Maybe we'll all do our part to make the world a little bit better. I was once Liz Parker, and I died and was brought back to a life of peril and adventure, of sadness and happiness, but mostly a life of hope. Now I'm Liz Evans. With Roswell behind me, I'm looking forward to seeing all the roads that Max and I will travel in life, together. About the authors Andy Mangels is the coauthor of Roswell: Skeletons in the Closet and Roswell: Pursuit, with Michael A. Martin, as well as a number of Star Trek novels, e-books, and comicbook projects. Flying solo, he is also the author of Animation on DVD: The Ultimate Guide, as well as the best-selling book Star Wars: The Essential Guide to Characters, plus Beyond Mulder and Scully: The Mysterious Characters of The X-Files and From Scream to Dawson's Creek: The Phenomenal Career of Kevin Williamson. Mangels has written for The Hollywood Reporter, The Advocate, Just Out, Cinescape, Gauntlet, Dreamwatch, Sci-Fi Universe, SFX, Anime Invasion, Outweek, Frontiers, Portland Mercury, Comics Buyer's Guide, and scores of other entertainment and lifestyle magazines. He has also written licensed material based on properties of Lucasfilm, Paramount, New Line Cinema, Universal Studios, Warner Bros., Microsoft, Abrams-Gentile, and Platinum Studios. His comic-book work has been published by DC Comics, Marvel Comics, Dark Horse, Wildstorm, Image, Innovation, WaRP Graphics, Topps, MVCreations, and others, and he was the editor of the award-winning Gay Comics anthology for eight years. He has also written DVD supplemental material and liner notes for Anchor Bay. In what little spare time he has, he likes to country dance, and collect uniforms and Wonder Woman memorabilia. He lives in Portland, Oregon, with his longtime partner, Don Hood, and their dog, Bella. Visit his Web site at www.andymangels.com.
Michael A. Martin, whose solo short fiction has appeared in The Magazine of Fantasy amp; Science Fiction, is also coauthor (with Andy Mangels) of Roswell: Skeletons in the Closet and Roswell: Pursuit. Martin and Mangels also cowrote Star Trek: The Next Generation Section 31 Rogue; Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Mission: Gamma Book Three Cathedral; Star Trek: Starfleet Corps of Engineers #30 and #31 (Ishtar Rising, books 1 and 2); and Star Trek The Lost Era: 2298 The Sundered. More collaborative fiction from the Martin/Mangels team can be found in Prophecy and Change (a Star Trek: Deep Space Nine anthology) and in the forthcoming Tales of the Dominion War anthology. Several other big Star Trek book projects are currently in the works as well. Martin was the regular cowriter (also with Andy) of Marvel Comics' monthly Star Trek: Deep Space Nine comicbook series, and has generated heaps of copy for Atlas Editions' Star Trek Universe subscription card series. He has written for Star Trek Monthly, Dreamwatch, Grolier Books, Wildstorm, Platinum Studios, Gobshite Quarterly, and Gareth Stevens, Inc., for whom he has penned several World Almanac Library of the States nonfiction books. Martin lives and works in an ancient house in Portland, Oregon, surrounded by his wife, Jennifer J. Dottery, their two boys, James and William, and much love and laughter.
