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Alien: Inferno's Fall

An Original Novel Based on the Films from 20th Century Studios

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Alien: Inferno's Fall

By: Philippa Ballantine
Narrated by: Julienne Irons
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A gargantuan horseshoe-shaped ship appears over the mining planet Shānmén, unleashing a black rain of death that creates Xenomorph-like monsters worse than the darkest of nightmares.

As war breaks out among the colonies, a huge ship appears over the UPP mining planet Shānmén, releasing a horror that yields hideous transformations. Rescue is too far away, and the colonists’ only hope appears in the form of the vessel Righteous Fury. It carries the Jackals—an elite mix of former Colonial Marines and Royal Marines. Led by Zula Hendricks, the Jackals seek to rescue the few survivors from the depths of the planet, but have they arrived on time?

©2022 Philippa Ballantine and Clara Carija (P)2022 Blackstone Publishing Adventure Fiction First Contact Genre Fiction Movie, TV & Video Game Tie-Ins Science Fiction Solar System Military Mining
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Have listened to all the A&P books, this is just full of modern day politics. I'm expecting more from an alien book, so far the worst by far.

Disappointing

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I didn't realise how many Alien books there are. I really love alien to the point where I collect memorabilia so I suppose this review is relevant to people like me who have seen the film's many many times. So if you have an love for the film series then you will love this book. what is best about it, without a doubt, is that it takes into consideration the new films i.e. Prometheus and Covenant. It has a lot of "artificial people" (androids/robots) and it's just very well read and constructed. It's an alien thing so you of course get all the normal monsters plus the new ones, and there is a leaning towards the topic of AI generally. I really enjoyed this as it transported me back to the alien universe without the inconsistencies that are in the books that were written before Prometheus and after Ressurection. I've got every single alien title on Audible and this is the best so far. Great fun listening to it on an early night - preferably on a stormy dark night. it's a bedtime read and not one for the car as you can't concentrate on the book and the road. There's a lot of content and detail you will miss if you are only partially listening and it's a waste of a good book to do anything other than plan your listening time and really get into the atmosphere the fans of the alien franchise love.

very good for fans of Prometheus or Covenant.

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Part way through chapter 7 whilst driving, I realised once again I didn't know what was going on.

Mid-Mid-Mid-Hi-Loooooooow
Mid-Mid-Mid-Hi-Loooooooow
Mid-Mid-Mid-Hi-Loooooooow

That's all my mind would hear, the narrator's repetitive speech pattern, often through characters spoken words stopping the differentiation.

There were moments showing what she was capable of, when there was hurrying or swearing in anger. It would break the sleep spell, but I'd be lost as to what happened up to that point.

obviously capable, but called it in that week and defaulted to 'putting the kids to bed' voice.

I can't comment much on the story.

Didn't finish, repetitive pattern narration

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Inferno's fall picks up on the 'border bombing' events developed in Free Leagues excellent RPG series, and also loosely ties up with 'Colony War' and 'Into Charybdis'. This overarching plot is by far the books greatest asset as it teases to reveal more about the enigmatic engineers.

Unfortunately, whilst there are plenty of interesting ideas the writing is only so-so, and in places skirts with fan-fiction. Sections of the novel do show promise, particularly the middle act where the inevitable horror erupts, but sadly, a selection of mainly poor and stereotypical characters mixed with cheesy inconsistent action sequences unpin most of the the potential.

To surmise, though there are a scattering memorable moments, it's the second disappointing Alien novel in a row, perhaps slightly weaker (though less misguided) than Colony War.

A final note on the narration, whilst I found it bareable after a while, Juliette Iron's delivery and emphasis is rather strange, try before you buy.

For hardcore fans only...

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Please please please let there be a 2nd book , amazing , narrater was great too. Couldn’t recommend more.

Just brilliant

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