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Wilks, Billie, and Bueller were the last survivors of a devastating assault on the aliens' home planet. But once their retum to the solar system made them refugees once more, fleeing Earth and its alien infestation in a desperate attempt to stay alive. Now, in an otherwise unmanned military transport, they hurtle through space. Destination: unknown. Little do they know that the cargo they carry with them is a legacy of death that they will ultimately have to face. Nor do they know show more that they head toward a remote colony and military outpost. This pocket of humanity at the very edges of space is at the mercy of a general names Spears with an agenda all his own. Now Billie, Wilks, and Bueller face a new nightmare, and it is nothing they could ever have imagined: a gift of madness from an alien world, unbalanced mind, and the experiences of a mysterious pilot named Lieutenant Ellen Ripley. show lessTags
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Picks up within a reasonable amount of time from where the first one left off. This isn't any sort of mind blowing experience but it is an interesting delve into the Aliens world and continuation of story from the main characters in the first novel.
Personally this one didn't get as high of a rating as the first as the story itself focused a lot more on the human element. The aliens played much more of a background role (Much like the first movie) but unlike the first movie there was no sense of building dread or horror to get us to the climax. It also lacked the interesting side/background story of the cult that felt the Aliens were to be worshipped. It's mentioned a few lines in a scene but I wanted to know more there as well.
That show more said, I have fairly high hopes for the third novel, given that the title is Aliens: The Female War. I think we'll be back to Alien chest bursting, blasting, and some conflict between sane and insane humans; along with a special guest. show less
Personally this one didn't get as high of a rating as the first as the story itself focused a lot more on the human element. The aliens played much more of a background role (Much like the first movie) but unlike the first movie there was no sense of building dread or horror to get us to the climax. It also lacked the interesting side/background story of the cult that felt the Aliens were to be worshipped. It's mentioned a few lines in a scene but I wanted to know more there as well.
That show more said, I have fairly high hopes for the third novel, given that the title is Aliens: The Female War. I think we'll be back to Alien chest bursting, blasting, and some conflict between sane and insane humans; along with a special guest. show less
good sequel follow up but weird over-sexualization when fairly unnecessary
The fun part of this book was realizing that "Wilks" and "Billie" were clearly Hicks and Newt, only they had to change it when Alien 3 came out.
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