Aliens: Bishop

A Novel

By: T. R. Napper

Narrated by: Alex Boyles, Eunice Wong, Shiromi Arserio, Nancy Wu, Pun Bandhu, Tim Campbell

Length: 10 hrs and 55 mins

Publisher's summary

A direct sequel to Aliens and Alien 3—Weyland-Yutani, the Colonial Marines, and Bishop’s creator all pursue the android for the deadly Xenomorph data contained in his brain. Written by T. R. Napper, author of the acclaimed 36 Streets, whose explosive work explores the artificial intelligence and what it is to be human.

Massively damaged in Aliens and Alien 3, the synthetic Bishop asked to be shut down forever. His creator, Michael Bishop, has other plans. He seeks the Xenomorph knowledge stored in the android’s mind and brings Bishop back to life—but for what reason? No longer an employee of the Weyland-Yutani Corporation, Michael tells his creation that he seeks to advance medical research for the benefit of humanity. Yet where does he get the resources needed to advance his work. With whom do his new allegiances lie?

Bishop is pursued by Colonial Marines Captain Marcel Apone, commander of the Il Conde and younger brother of Master Sergeant Alexander Apone, one of the casualties of the doomed mission to LV-426. Also on his trail are the “Dog Catchers,” commandos employed by Weyland-Yutani.

Who else might benefit from Bishop’s intimate knowledge of the deadliest creatures in the galaxy?

©2023 T. R. Napper (P)2023 Blackstone Publishing

Good story

I enjoyed listening to this book. Some good additional synthetic models that would make sense.

Excellent follow up to the Aliens and Alien 3 movies.

The voices were well done. The different narrator’s added depth to the different characters. This book filled in the blanks after Alien 3 ended. Very enjoyable, It’s one of those rare pieces that can be listen to multiple times.

Great to be back in this universe… vicariously of course.

Wonderful story. I liked the use of multiple narrators to give the characters distinct voices and perspectives. It was cool to see Bishop somewhat front and center… he’s kind of the antithesis of David (Prometheus/Covenant).

Human Tales

Well balanced story from many angels. Alien book but a human story based around synthetic life forms.

If the listener enjoyed the book. It didn’t show

I’m a big fan of aliens, the whole alien franchise in general, and i really liked the new expansion this book offered, with references to the new lore and current setting in the universe with the UPP and Combine being present. The WY commandos got some mention to in what to me was a cool introductory battle in Zero Gravity!!


However, it’s almost to an ridiculous amount of time that the writer uses the sentence:
(or slight variations of it) “if XX was afraid of having a gun in the face, it didn’t show”

I believe this type of sentences gets used around at least 10 times, without counting, and despite all the positives I had with this book and story, this honestly pulled me out of the immersion as it almost became a mantra for each character and sub story.

Worth the credit if you’re an aliens fan and want some more Bishop knife tricks!

another great alien novel for the collection

I've listened to all the alien audio books that has been made. this is another awesome addition to that collection. I love how they brought Bishop back and pray they make many more novels with him in it. well done.

Great story, too many narrators

I overall enjoyed this book, but the constant switching between voice narrations took me out of immersion constantly, that and the very short chapters. None-the-less it's a great sequel to Alien 3 and look forward to any continuation of the story that it sets up in the end.

Awesome story, well told.

This was a very interesting take on the Alien franchise. The storyline was entertaining and engaging. I look forward to the next book in the series.

Not what I was expecting

I am a huge fan of the aliens series from Comic Book to the movies, and I anticipate books coming out, but this one I need it more to be about Bishop than other people. I couldn’t see this as a film

Not "Bad" but not great . . .

This was an enjoyable listen, The cast all did a great job with their portions and it's nice to have multiple voices for a book like this. If you're looking for a deep thinking SciFi with subtle themes and something to think about . . . this ain't it. If you're looking for a nice escape from reality, this is a fun one. Spoiler Alert: The Aliens are really bad and can't be controlled, and people are the real bad guys.