Alien: Isolation

The Alien™ Series

De: Keith R.A. DeCandido

Narrado por: Sarah Mollo-Christensen

The action-packed official adaptation of Alien: Isolation and a revealing look into the lives of Ellen Ripley and her daughter, Amanda Ripley.

The product of a troubled and violent youth, Amanda Ripley is hellbent to discover what happened to her missing mother, Ellen Ripley. She accepts an assignment with a Weyland-Yutani team being sent to retrieve the Nostromo flight recorder from space station Sevastopol, which they find out of control due to a Xenomorph that was brought there with the recorder. A conspiracy unfolds, revealing ever greater threats - including an entire Xenomorph hive. Over the course of the novel, Amanda’s history is revealed beginning with her childhood. Her father Alex’s battle with alcoholism caused her mother, Ellen Ripley, to sue for divorce. Ellen was forced to take off-world assignments, ultimately leading to her assignment aboard the Nostromo. Left behind, Amanda became determined to find out what happened to her mother, learning more and more about Ellen and the events that led up to her disappearance. Along the way, Amanda develops a fast friendship with Colonial Marine Zula Hendricks (from the Alien: Defiance Dark Horse series).

©2019 Keith R. A. DeCandido (P)2019 Blackstone Audio, Inc.

More of a Character Study, Not a Horror

If you’ve played the game this is based on, you know how tense of an atmosphere it creates. The sense of dread while you play it is palpable.

This book has none of that. Instead, you’re given copious backstory to Amanda Ripley and her childhood, intersected with the main plot on the Sevastopol Station seen in the videogame. Any sense of dread is killed by the chopped timing of the backstory, as well as the incessant quips from Amanda’s inner monologue.

This is good for someone who played the game and is looking for more information on the character of Amanda Ripley, as well as some nuggets about Ellen Ripley’s past before the film. But if you’re looking for some tense horror, give this a pass. You won’t find it here.

Very okay

Decent book that held my attention. Got pretty dry in some parts however. I'm a big fan of the alien series so I got through it.

Enjoyable

It is always nice to have the gaps filled in. It was an excellent addition to the Alien Universe and shines a lot on Amanda's life without her mom.

Ripley's Kid

was always wondering what Ripley's kid thought of her disappearance and if she went looking for her. this book solved it. enjoyed the story and the memories of her childhood great book

Accurate to the game, lack of diversity in vocab.

I enjoyed the storyline as it is very accurate to the overall game that the book is based on. However, the main gripe I have with the book was the lack of diversity that the author used in regards to the profanity. I am not one that cares about profanity in literature; in fact I enjoy it in small doses as it adds flavor/depth in some cases. The main thing in this book is that the author uses "f*ck" more than any other word in their arsenal of so many other words that would drive the story forward instead of making it sound like the dialogue was written by an angsty 13 year old that just learned how to cuss for the first time. The story was great, the overall suspense was great, the dialogue was just distracting overall and that is what drew me out of the immersion throughout.