Alien: Isolation

The Alien™ Series

By: Keith R.A. DeCandido

Narrated by: 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.

great story plagued by mundane backstories

alien isolation is a game i still have ptsd from - amazingly well crafted story atmosphere and gameplay melded into one to create the perfect alien game and arguably the scariest survivor horror games to date - so this was a no brainer right? this book glosses over the main action points to delve into the most boring long winded backstory tales for amanda which offer very little in interesting lore or have anything to do with the current story. i was waiting for something to tie the last flashback into the main story in some fulfilling way but that was not the case. not sure what the author or producers were thinking when they thought "YES alien fans will love the 7th flashback of amanda drinking coffee and worrying about money" yikes man

Meh. Forgettable.

Meh. Forgettable. The Narrorator helped me fall asleep on rough nights though. But I suppose that wasn't the point...

Amazing story

I suggest you see a Gameplay of Alien Isolation before hearing this book. It makes the whole story better.

Same Xenomorphs; New Ripley

Wherein Weyland-Yutani is up to no good regarding "the alien specimen", people make really bad decisions while trying trying to make money off the company, innocents get caught in the crossfire, and we get an adventure with Ripley....Amanda Ripley.

I enjoyed this adventure with Ripley's daughter. She's strong and capable like her mother. And all she's wanted for the last decade is to know what happened to her mother. Much to her chagrin, she throws in with the company on this mission hoping to find the answers she's looking for. Amanda finds answers, and so much more.

So much better than it had a right to be

As a huge fan of the video game this novel is based on, and the Alien franchise in general, I went into this with rather low expectations. At best, I hoped for a halfway decent rehash of the game, itself. After all, novels based on games are already shackled to a plot, so it's really only fair to judge the novel on how well it retells something from a different format, one that doesn't necessarily adhere to the storytelling standards of the shorter formats of books and movies. However, DeCandido not only handled the pre-written game with reverence, the added material served to flesh out the character of Amanda Ripley, as well as showing us a side of Ellen Ripley that four films had managed to miss. Mollo-Christiansen was stellar in her performance, making it a joy to listen to.