Alien: Colony War

By: David M. Barnett

Narrated by: Shiromi Arserio

Political conflicts on Earth erupt into open hostilities between their colonies in space, with Xenomorphs as the ultimate weapon.

On Earth, political tensions boil over between the United Americas, Union of Progressive Peoples, and Three World Empire. Conflict spreads to the outer fringes, and the UK colony of New Albion breaks with the Three World Empire. This could lead to a Colony War.

Trapped in the middle are journalist Cher Hunt, scientist Chad McLaren, and the synthetic Davis. Cher, seeking to discover who caused the death of her sister, Shy Hunt, uncovers a far bigger story. McLaren’s mission, fought alongside his wife, Amanda Ripley, is to stop the militarization of the deadliest weapon of all—the Xenomorph.

Their trail leads to a drilling facility on LV-187. Someone or something has destroyed it, killing the personnel, and the British are blamed. Colonial forces arrive, combat erupts, then both groups are overwhelmed by an alien swarm. Their only hope may lie with the Royal Marines unit known as “God’s Hammer”.

©2022 David Barnett (P)2022 Blackstone Publishing

The synthetic dog is the best part.

It’s just…blah. The synthetic dog is the one element of the story that I think would transfer really well to screen. The rest is meandering and dare I say…boring? The menace of the beast is blunted and made mundane by the narrative. Better than some Aliens stories…but not great either.

good

I liked the book I enjoyed the continuation of Davis's story. fun build up. definitely enjoyed the ending where it left off at. could make for an interesting next few books.

Great story

Good background, continuing of the Aliens story. A a a a a a a a

Not the worst

Not one of the worst books. There were some grand politics in it and it seems a bit short. I liked it.

Ok story

The narrator is phenomenal. The story line was good- I would like more aliens though.