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

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.

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.

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.

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.

not the best alien book but not the worst

it's a well-written book entertaining enough but alien stuff comes few and far between when I read an alien book I want to deal with aliens

good

Great story and premise. Too much male bashing. Ruined epic moments by saying someone else sucks.

A strong furthering of the Alien story

I’m excited to see any furthering of the Alien story line and this does an admirable job. It has a truly diverse cast of characters, largely from home and ethnic background of the unlisted co-author, Clara Carija. It has pacing that is more reminiscent of the original Alien than it’s sequels, so if you are looking for face paced shoot ‘em up you’ll need to temper expectations.

It does build on a lot of lore from the films (including the prequels) as well as the Dark Horse comics, so if you are unfamiliar with the extended lore, you’ll need to google who some characters are to get the most enjoyment out of the book.

Another great story

I’m loving all of these alien stories. I’ve read all of them and I can’t wait to read more.

Bloody Good Alien story

I had been meaning to get around to this one for a while and it was worth the wait. Visceral alien monsters, interesting human characters and a propellant burn of a plot. Ignore the bad reviews this is the good stuff.