Alien Books
novelizations
Alien - 1979
In Alien by Alan Dean Foster, the spaceship Nostromo answers a distress signal on a desolate planet, unknowingly bringing aboard a deadly alien life form. The crew battles for survival as the creature picks them off one by one. Ripley emerges as the sole survivor, defeating the alien.
Aliens - 1986
Allen Dean Foster’s Aliens novelizes James Cameron’s film. Ellen Ripley, sole survivor of the Nostromo, joins a team of marines to investigate a lost colony on LV-426. Facing terrifying Xenomorphs, the team fights for survival. Ripley’s bond with a lone survivor, Newt, drives her to confront her fears and protect humanity.
Alien 3 - 1992
In Alien 3 by Alan Dean Foster, Ellen Ripley crash-lands on a prison planet inhabited by violent inmates. Stranded and without weapons, she discovers an alien has also survived. As the creature terrorizes the prisoners, Ripley uncovers a horrifying connection to it, ultimately making a sacrificial choice to save humanity.
Alien Resurrection - 1997
In Alien Resurrection by A. C. Crispin, scientists clone Ripley, merging her DNA with the alien queen's. Aboard the ship Auriga, the cloned aliens break loose, causing chaos. Ripley battles her alien instincts, forming alliances to survive. Ultimately, she confronts the queen, ensuring humanity's survival while grappling with her hybrid identity.
Prometheus - 2012
In Prometheus by Alan Dean Foster, a crew aboard the spaceship Prometheus ventures to a distant moon to investigate the origins of humanity after discovering ancient star maps. They uncover a dangerous alien species and face deadly consequences, questioning creation, survival, and humanity’s future in a hostile, mysterious universe.
Alien: Covenant - 2017
In Alien: Covenant by Alan Dean Foster, the crew of the colony ship Covenant diverts to a remote planet, discovering a paradise hiding a dark secret. They encounter David, a synthetic from the Prometheus mission, and deadly xenomorphs. A fight for survival ensues, exposing humanity’s fragility against alien horrors.
Alien: Isolation - 2019
Novelizing the game, Alien: Isolation by Keith R.A. DeCandido expands the story of Amanda Ripley, Ellen Ripley's daughter, as she investigates her mother’s disappearance. Set in a hostile, derelict space station, Amanda faces corporate betrayal, androids, and a relentless Xenomorph. Her survival hinges on wit, bravery, and uncovering the truth in deep space horror.
Graphic novels
Alien: The Illustrated Story – 1979
Archie Goodwin and Walter Simonson's faithful graphic novel adaptation of Ridley Scott's original Alien film follows the Nostromo crew answering a distress signal on a desolate planet, unknowingly bringing aboard a deadly Xenomorph that hunts them one by one, leaving Ripley as the sole survivor in a tense horror masterpiece.
Tie-in novels
The Complete Aliens Omnibus: Volume 1 – 2016
Collecting Earth Hive, Nightmare Asylum, and The Female War: Traumatized survivors Billie and Wilks encounter a Ripley android amid Xenomorph-overrun Earth. They battle infested cities, a mad general breeding alien armies for conquest, and finally join forces with Ripley to confront a supreme queen in a desperate fight to prevent humanity's total extinction by the spreading hive.
The Complete Aliens Omnibus: Volume 2 – 2016
Collecting Genocide and Alien Harvest: On the Xenomorph homeworld, rival alien queens wage war with deadly strains. Human corporations exploit the conflict, harvesting royal jelly as a potent drug. Mercenaries and scientists clash in brutal battles over control of the resource, facing overwhelming hordes in a chaotic struggle for profit amid the aliens' genocidal civil war.
The Complete Aliens Omnibus: Volume 3 – 2016
Collecting Rogue and Labyrinth: On remote penal colony Charon, a fanatical scientist engineers a controllable "Rogue" Xenomorph king for domination. Separately, aboard research station Innominata, Dr. Paul Church conducts horrific experiments fusing humans and Aliens in a deadly labyrinth, unleashing unstoppable horrors as his twisted creations escape containment and hunt everyone aboard.
The Complete Aliens Omnibus: Volume 4 – 2017
Collecting Music of the Spears and Berserker: A psychotic composer captures a live Xenomorph to record its screams for his ultimate symphony of destruction and hate. In Berserker, a ragtag team of criminals and a vengeful cyborg assault the galaxy's largest known hive, unleashing fury against endless swarms in explosive, high-stakes combat for survival and revenge.
The Complete Aliens Omnibus: Volume 5 – 2017
Collecting Original Sin and DNA War: A cloned Ellen Ripley confronts Xenomorphs while probing their mysterious origins tied to ancient races. On quarantined planet Rosamond 6, an idealistic anthropologist attempts communication with intelligent Aliens, but corporate greed and evolutionary aggression ignite a catastrophic infestation, forcing desperate survivors to fight for escape from the evolving nightmare.
The Complete Aliens Omnibus: Volume 6 – 2018
Collecting Cauldron and Steel Egg: Military cadets hijack a vessel carrying dormant Xenomorph eggs, awakening chaos aboard. Separately, a salvage crew discovers an ancient, egg-shaped alien ship that once annihilated a peaceful civilization. Revived horrors erupt as the perfect organisms adapt and hunt, threatening to spread their unstoppable plague across human space once more.
The Complete Aliens Omnibus: Volume 7 – 2018
Collecting Criminal Enterprise and No Exit: Gangsters exploit black-market Alien-derived biotech, sparking infestations amid turf wars. Awakening from cryo-sleep, detective Angela Foster uncovers Weyland-Yutani's scheme to release controlled Xenomorphs for planetary terraforming dominance. In a radically changed galaxy, she battles corporate conspiracies and rampant aliens to expose the truth and survive the fallout.
Alien: Covenant - Origins – 2017
Set on overpopulated future Earth before the Covenant's launch, a fanatical cult led by a visionary prophet sabotages the colony mission, fearing space exploration will awaken ancient horrors. Weyland-Yutani security, including future crew members, races to thwart terrorism, kidnappings, and corporate intrigue in a tense thriller of mergers, betrayal, and humanity's risky leap into the stars.
The Complete Alien Collection: The Shadow Archive – 2022
Collecting Out of the Shadows, Sea of Sorrows, River of Pain: Ellen Ripley aids trapped miners battling awakened Xenomorph eggs. Generations later, descendants inherit psychic links to the creatures. Backtracking to LV-426's Hadley's Hope colony, corporate greed and betrayal ignite the catastrophic infestation that draws the Sulaco marines in a prelude to overwhelming terror.
The Complete Alien Collection: Symphony of Death – 2023
Collecting The Cold Forge, Prototype, Into Charybdis: Isolated Weyland-Yutani research stations push deadly Xenomorph experiments. Spies infiltrate for rival corporations, sabotage containment, and trigger brutal outbreaks. Scientists, security teams, and synthetics face betrayal and horror as engineered horrors escape, evolving rapidly in remote facilities where survival demands impossible alliances against the perfect predators.
The Complete Aliens Collection: Living Nightmares – 2024
Collecting Phalanx, Infiltrator, Vasquez: On medieval-tech planet Atalanta, fortified enclaves battle endless Xenomorph hordes in phalanx warfare. Veterans confront a research station outbreak tied to corporate plots. Young Jenette Vasquez endures her family's destruction by early alien horrors on a colony, forging the tough marine who later fights alongside Ripley.
Alien: Colony War – 2022
Intercolonial tensions explode as factions weaponize Xenomorphs in proxy wars. Amanda Ripley's husband, exposed to corporate conspiracies, investigates destroyed outposts amid blame-shifting politics. As engineered outbreaks spiral out of control, overwhelming swarms threaten all human settlements, forcing uneasy alliances and desperate battles to contain the aliens before they consume entire colonial networks.
Alien: Inferno's Fall – 2022
A crashed Engineer ship on mining world Shānmén unleashes mutagenic black rain, spawning twisted Xenomorph variants and abominations. Marine Zula Hendricks leads elite Jackals squad to evacuate survivors amid escalating planetary war. Facing nightmarish mutations and overwhelming odds, they uncover ancient Pathogen origins while fighting to prevent total infestation and humanity's infernal downfall.
Alien: Enemy of My Enemy – 2023
Marines evacuating a collapsing moon's secret bioweapons lab discover engineered Xenomorphs fueling inter-colony wars. Trapped on a disputed world, they form fragile alliances with deadly Irradiated Marines—mutated soldiers enhanced by alien tech. As infestations rage and betrayals mount, traditional enemies unite against common horrors in a brutal fight for survival amid escalating galactic conflict.
Alien: Uncivil War – 2024
Ex-marine Chris Temple crash-lands with his daughters on remote planet LV-119 amid brewing civil war between rival human factions. Protecting his family from violent militias and resource raids, he navigates treacherous alliances. When a escaped Xenomorph begins indiscriminately slaughtering both sides, Temple must unite warring groups against the ultimate predator in chaotic, blood-soaked combat.
Alien: Seventh Circle – 2025
Scavengers retrieve damaged synthetic Mae Hendricks from derelict wreckage in pathogen-devastated colonies. As black goo accelerates mutations and hidden corporate agendas surface, fractured family bonds among the crew strain under escalating threats. In a desperate evacuation flight, they battle evolving abominations and betrayals to survive the spreading horror before it consumes everything.
Alien: Cult – 2025
In wealthy Alexandria Colony, bizarre disappearances and acid-etched murders hint at Xenomorph activity. FBI agent Tyler Matterton, specializing in esoteric crimes, infiltrates a fanatical cult worshipping the perfect organisms. Uncovering serial killings tied to corporate exploitation, he navigates faith, deception, and deadly rituals in a noir investigation to halt the infestation's spread.
Alien: Perfect Organisms – 2025
Desperate captain Cynthia Goodwin accepts a shady job from billionaire Roman Fade: retrieve his ex-lover, obsessive artist Corinth Bloch, from abandoned colony New Providence. Pursuing Bloch's trail reveals a mind consumed by Xenomorph imagery and religious fervor for capturing their sublime terror, awakening dormant horrors in a visceral hunt blending art, madness, and deadly perfection.