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Narrated by:
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Shiromi Arserio
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Written by:
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David M. Barnett
About this listen
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”.
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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Performance4 out of 5 stars
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Story2 out of 5 stars
- Langer MD
- 2024-12-18
Disappointing
I absolutely adore the entire SciFi space monster xenomorph concept: a nigh-impossible-to-kill ruthlessly aggressive man-sized insectile creature that implants embryos down the throats of victims, gestates in a host (and bursts through its chest in a horribly bloodthirsty larval form), and features a flashing inner set of jaws & a barbed spear-like tail in the adult form.. and has organic acid for blood. Holy smokes, what a deliciously horrifying idea.
David M. Barnett plays with that idea - putting readers in a xenomorph-overwhelmed mining colony caught in the middle of political/military conflicts where quasi-mercenary (often sociopathic) space marines from various factions appear. It's an interesting and well-thought-out scenario.
Unfortunately, Barnett tries to pack in too much, gets far too overdramatic at times, and includes a talking synthetic/android dog for some reason (a cock-a-poo.. I'm not kidding).
Fortuitously for audiobook aficionados, the problems can't be blamed on the presentation. Reader Shiromi Arserio isn't flawless by any means - but she turns in a well above-average performance. This is a quality listening product.
Altogether, 'Alien: Colony War' was a reasonable way to spend a couple of quiet afternoons as a 'Plus' selection (it merits 6 stars out of 10).. but isn't worth your Credit over other options when they demand one.
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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Performance2 out of 5 stars
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Story3 out of 5 stars
- Christian Daoust
- 2023-08-10
A Missed Opportunity
The story’s conflicts depend on stupid people doing stupid things, which is a frustrating proposition for a reader.
Like many novels set in the Alien universe, this one comes across as an extended set up for a future instalment, rather than a satisfying and encapsulated story.
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Overall1 out of 5 stars
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Performance4 out of 5 stars
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Story1 out of 5 stars
- Paul M. Gareau
- 2024-12-06
A bad Aliens rip off
There is absolutely nothing original in that book regarding the aliens. Those familiar with the movie Aliens will recognize similar situations, similar characters, even similar sentences... However, the performance of Shiromi Arserio is very good: but it can't rescue this bad story. I am glad I got this one free, because it was disappointing and not worth a credit.
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Overall2 out of 5 stars
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Performance4 out of 5 stars
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Story1 out of 5 stars
- Brendan W.
- 2022-06-07
A pale imitation of Alex White
If you think that the pinnacle of human society was the British Empire, or that journalists are some kind of virtuous god-kings, or even if you love incredibly ham fisted modern political commentary; then this book is for you.
If however, you enjoy a good Aliens franchise book, with an original premise that keeps you on the edge of your seat; give this a hard pass.
Some of the character work between main characters is quite good at the end, but the bulk of this story is a tiresome critique of recent political events that will age this book significantly as time goes on. Retconning in a sibling for Cheyenne Hunt from Into Charybdis was a poor choice given the lack of mention in that far superior work of writing.
I really think they should have brought Alex White back on for this, or even one of the authors from the mid 2010's trilogy. This author (who happens to be a British journalist, imagine that) really missed the mark and used his opportunity of writing an Alien novel, to instead use it as a vehicle to write his own commentary where Xenomorphs just happen to be present.
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Overall2 out of 5 stars
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Performance5 out of 5 stars
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Story1 out of 5 stars
- Boombeatbob
- 2022-05-01
I love a good alien story, but this one's a miss
it feels like they are trying to inject a whole new set off problems into an already problem rich universe. there was still so much more to explore with the corporatocracy filled hell space that is the aliens universe, the conflicts that the author seems to be lining up are just your usual nation states beefing in space. I will probably hold off any future aliens books until I know if this timeline is going to continue or not. hopefully we see a shift to more corporate war crimes and less historical cosplayers claiming to be nations in the future of the series.
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