Alien: Inferno's Fall

An Original Novel Based on the Films from 20th Century Studios

De: Philippa Ballantine

Narrado por: Julienne Irons

A gargantuan horseshoe-shaped ship appears over the mining planet Shānmén, unleashing a black rain of death that creates Xenomorph-like monsters worse than the darkest of nightmares.

As war breaks out among the colonies, a huge ship appears over the UPP mining planet Shānmén, releasing a horror that yields hideous transformations. Rescue is too far away, and the colonists’ only hope appears in the form of the vessel Righteous Fury. It carries the Jackals—an elite mix of former Colonial Marines and Royal Marines. Led by Zula Hendricks, the Jackals seek to rescue the few survivors from the depths of the planet, but have they arrived on time?

©2022 Philippa Ballantine and Clara Carija (P)2022 Blackstone Publishing

Not great

Boring, monotone narration with an okay story & a couple fun ideas mixed in. I have to keep tyling to submit. That's how little I have to say about it

Exciting & Action Packed

Thoughtful written story with characters that you really come to care about. I look forward to hearing the continuing story of how this group of characters deal with the Alien threat and how they cope with the trauma of interaction in the aftermath.

Well it’s a book.

Light on aliens, heavy on characters with little impact on the story. I want my ten hours back.

Would have been great if not for the reader.

The reader mispronounces so many words that I couldn't just ignore it... it kept pulling my attention away and really hurt my enjoyment of what should have been a great book. A good reader can elevate a book, but one like this really takes away from it.

Not bad but too many characters to meet

Very female centric. Lots of emotion mixed in with the action. Also lots of aliens and some overall story tie-in at the end.

Good expansion on the Alien lore

The story is good. I always enjoy some good Alien lore.

The narrator though, is not great. I don't know if it's her trying to sound tough or not, but because of that, a lot of expressions are missed. Also she mispronounces words constantly. Ex: "forggahinn". it's pronounced "forgotten". Every time she comes to a word like that, she butchers it, making my brain focus on that and losing track in the story.

Too much… drama, not enough sci-fi

I appreciate that the book itself followed the same universe and characters from the previous one but this one started with such promise and dissolved into what felt like a whole lot of mostly political culture and female drama. Don’t get me wrong, some of it was well placed and really struck a chord, but overall I felt as though there was too much focus on those aspects and much less focus on the traditional things that make alien and anything associated with it, successful. Kudos to the narrator for her broad ability to manage accents and distinguish characters, and especially for voicing Mae. Well done there. Worth a listen but don’t expect too much in the way of a typical alien novel, and don’t expect an upgrade from one either.

It was ok.

I had no problem with the narration of the story. However, it took forever to see any action. The book mostly covered the way of life for a terra former and their struggles. I did like the continued story line of Zula Hendricks.

Very compelling and different

What an interesting storyline about an ordinary person and not so ordinary one who become linked together. Only confused on who worked for whoever.

A great addition to the Alien Universe

I loved this story and the way the author told it through the lens of a strong community of females. The characters were independent, capable, and self sufficient. I am glad I chose to read this book, ignoring other comments that misconstrued the story as anti-men . The truth is that women voices are typically filtered through a men-focused scope. For this storyline to revolve on internal dialogue of a woman must be extremely triggering for those with low confidence or are unable to accept that females can survive without male interference. We could all use a pleasure droid to avoid having to hear mundane epithets on feminism from the opposite sex.