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Alien: Sea of Sorrows
by James A. Moore, Dirk Maggs
I do like that once a year Amazon offer me an Audible free trial, one free credit, and a month of access to their Audible Plus Catalogue. For the next few weeks I'll be working through their 'Alien' offerings.
For some reason the first audio dramatisation isn't available in the UK, so I had to start with the second in the series and have now moved onto this, the third.
Unlike [b:Alien: River of Pain|60578320|Alien River of Pain (Alien, #4)|Christopher Golden|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1646797127l/60578320._SX50_.jpg|216490174], this story does feature a number of callbacks to the unavailable [b:Alien: Out of the Shadows|43540872|Alien Out of the Shadows (An Audible Original Drama)|Tim Lebbon|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1547247648l/43540872._SX50_.jpg|24670995]. This slightly detracted but wasn't the main issue I had with this.
The big issue was the story. Set 300 years after the events of the films, a descendent of Ellen Ripley finds themselves being press-ganged into returning to the infamous moon, by the Weyland Corporation. The twist is that he has a unique gift, he is a telepath/empath and can sense the xenomorph's thoughts. If this wasn't far-fetched enough, the alien's can sense that he is a descendant of Ellen Ripley, who they have labelled as 'The Destroyer'.
The plot follows the usual path of mercenaries being used to try and capture a live specimen, close calls, dark passages, face huggers, an Alien Queen or two, and the evil corporation with their relentless goal of weaponising the xenomorphs.
Although well produced, sadly this only gets 3 stars.
For some reason the first audio dramatisation isn't available in the UK, so I had to start with the second in the series and have now moved onto this, the third.
Unlike [b:Alien: River of Pain|60578320|Alien River of Pain (Alien, #4)|Christopher Golden|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1646797127l/60578320._SX50_.jpg|216490174], this story does feature a number of callbacks to the unavailable [b:Alien: Out of the Shadows|43540872|Alien Out of the Shadows (An Audible Original Drama)|Tim Lebbon|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1547247648l/43540872._SX50_.jpg|24670995]. This slightly detracted but wasn't the main issue I had with this.
The big issue was the story. Set 300 years after the events of the films, a descendent of Ellen Ripley finds themselves being press-ganged into returning to the infamous moon, by the Weyland Corporation. The twist is that he has a unique gift, he is a telepath/empath and can sense the xenomorph's thoughts. If this wasn't far-fetched enough, the alien's can sense that he is a descendant of Ellen Ripley, who they have labelled as 'The Destroyer'.
The plot follows the usual path of mercenaries being used to try and capture a live specimen, close calls, dark passages, face huggers, an Alien Queen or two, and the evil corporation with their relentless goal of weaponising the xenomorphs.
Although well produced, sadly this only gets 3 stars.