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A review by stepriot
Alien: The Cold Forge by Alex White
4.0
I was listening to the Alien series because Audible gave me one of their originals. It was ok over the holidays. I could jump in and out of the mindless gore without being fear of missing anything important, while I was with family. This one, however, surprised me. Not only was it interesting, it seems utterly unique in its portrayal of the monster.
The plot itself is a battle of wills rather than mindless survival and the aliens behave more like intelligent animals rather than omnipotent killers. This added unprecedented suspense. In all the other books I've read you can just go ahead and write most people off. They're deaths are pretty much certain. By adding several near misses with the creatures that death became far less certain. It isn't going to go down as one of the greatest books in horror, but it an excellent bit of pulp.
The plot itself is a battle of wills rather than mindless survival and the aliens behave more like intelligent animals rather than omnipotent killers. This added unprecedented suspense. In all the other books I've read you can just go ahead and write most people off. They're deaths are pretty much certain. By adding several near misses with the creatures that death became far less certain. It isn't going to go down as one of the greatest books in horror, but it an excellent bit of pulp.