Terminator 2: The New John Connor Chronicles Dark Futures is the first novel in a series of three novels, written by Russell Blackford. Though the main characters within the books are based upon the films mythology Terminator 2: Judgment Day, they appear to have no connection with the Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles TV series or Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines. The novel criss-cross's between two realities, one that follows on from the film, and another more sinister one known as "Skynet's world" which gives an alternate plot from approximately half way through the film's timeline.