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Alien: Isolation

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Alien: Isolation

By: Keith R.A. DeCandido
Narrated by: Sarah Mollo-Christensen
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The action-packed official adaptation of Alien: Isolation and a revealing look into the lives of Ellen Ripley and her daughter, Amanda Ripley.

The product of a troubled and violent youth, Amanda Ripley is hellbent to discover what happened to her missing mother, Ellen Ripley. She accepts an assignment with a Weyland-Yutani team being sent to retrieve the Nostromo flight recorder from space station Sevastopol, which they find out of control due to a Xenomorph that was brought there with the recorder. A conspiracy unfolds, revealing ever greater threats - including an entire Xenomorph hive. Over the course of the novel, Amanda’s history is revealed beginning with her childhood. Her father Alex’s battle with alcoholism caused her mother, Ellen Ripley, to sue for divorce. Ellen was forced to take off-world assignments, ultimately leading to her assignment aboard the Nostromo. Left behind, Amanda became determined to find out what happened to her mother, learning more and more about Ellen and the events that led up to her disappearance. Along the way, Amanda develops a fast friendship with Colonial Marine Zula Hendricks (from the Alien: Defiance Dark Horse series).

©2019 Keith R. A. DeCandido (P)2019 Blackstone Audio, Inc. Adventure Fiction First Contact Genre Fiction Movie, TV & Video Game Tie-Ins Science Fiction

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I enjoyed this as a companion book - it moves Amanda's role in the expanded universe into a more accessible platform than just the gaming, but it just doesn't do the game justice!

Story is good and fleshes out Amanda's history more, which is nice. Narration is good overall. Dialogue is a bit clumsy, with over the top, unnecessary swearing - at times, it's like listening to a group of young teenagers who have just learnt a new "naughty word"! 🤣
Don't get me wrong, I swear all the time, but it feels like it's thrown in there just for the sake of it.

When the game was coming out, I was so worried; I thought the whole concept that Ripley's daughter also encountered the xenomorphs was absolute heracy! Then I played it - the story is great and fits well with the movies, and you actually experience the story.

If you are not a gamer, listen to this book, it's enjoyable and ties neatly into the movie lore. However, I think many will say it was an unnecessary addition and not get why it was ever made - you have to play the game to understand why Isolation is a key chapter in the Alien story.

Good adaptation, but game is far better!!!

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Sarah Mollo -christensen was exceptional reading the story of the excellent game inspired Alien isolation. With added back story the book matches the intensity of the movies. And is as well written as Alan Dean Foster's novelisations

Top notch

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When they say 'based on the game', what they mean is that this is a narrative play-through of the game with some added flash backs that are sometimes rather contrived. Lovers of the alien franchise, like me, will enjoy it a lot. I especially enjoyed the insights into the protagonist's past, though the character's inner thoughts at times are nauseatingly self-pitying. A little too much "it's all going wrong...just like when my mother abandoned me".

The narrator is easy to listen to. The character voices were especially good. Sometimes the transition between frightened-and-wavering and exasperated sarcasm was a little jarring.

Overall, I enjoyed it, but I wouldn't say it was a masterpiece and I wouldn't hurry to buy another of the author's books unless it was also based on a franchise I was already a fan of.

Decent walk-through of the game

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Not a bad book, but nothing really original. I enjoyed the Alien audio dramas a bi5 more.

More of the same

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Adds much needed background to Ellen/Amanda Ripley's Alien Hunting History. Highly recommend for Fans.

Exciting Story Brilliantly Read.

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