Not much happening...

Not much Alien is actually happening.
I must admit i did not get where the main antagonist gets his "inspiration" from.
Maybe i missed something in the movies but overall i cannot say it added much to expand Alien universe.

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The story of before the Covenant left Earth...

The story of before the Covenant left Earth... No actual ALIENS.

OTBD

Engaging story, worth the listen.

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Great

It was amazing, i love learning more about the wayland yutani and what happend before the original stories

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Story was ok, doesn't belong in the Alien series

I found this story a bit slow to get going, then before you know it, it's being wrapped up and nothing really happened. it was a bit underwhelming, to be honest. I found myself listening just to reach the end and move on to another book.

it deffo doesn't belong in the Alien series. I feel like it was piggybacking on the franchise just as a selling point. I think it would have been more enjoyable having nothing to do with Alien, as it would have been less of a let down.

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Can speak cockney, can't pronounce names of places

I listened the whole lot in one go. So it's a pretty good story, good storytelling except (and that was really annoying) badly pronounced names of places in London.
Still, a pretty good audio book.

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ok

no aliens but still good back story to alien universe. get to learn earth's situation

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Great introduction to the Alien Saga

This is an Alien prequel without any contact with the Alien creatures themselves. It is set in last days for the departure of the colony ship Covenant on a mission to colonise a far off world Origae-6. A series of a events ranging from sabotage to kidnap all seem directed a preventing the Covenant from leaving on its' mission. Security from Weyland-Yutani who own the Covenant are hell bent on tracking down those who are responsible. Are they a rival corporation who want Weyland-Yutani to fail so they can pick up the pieces? Are they fanatics who have reasons of their own for wanting the mission scrubbed.
This is an interesting novel which is as much thriller /detective story as it is SciFi /Alien story, but it moves along as at a good pace, with good action scenes and good characterisations.
Looking forward to the next book in the series.
Tom Taylorson is a good narrator and helps draw the reader into the story.

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Um….

I was skeptical to listen but it was entertaining enough.
To those hoping to hear about Aliens this is not it. This is before any spaceship takes off to the universe.

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Didn't really have to read this book

Well... I'm fairly new to the Alien franchise, other than having seen and enjoyed a couple of the films. So I figured I'd just pick up this one, which is listed as book 0 here on Audible. And I mean... It's a nice introduction to some of the characters that you spend time with in the next story, Alien: Covenant (which I have also listened to prior to writing this review),

But this one isn't really what you'd expect in this series. For a start, there are no aliens here. This story is set on Earth, and there is a conspiracy/mystery type of plot where someone is trying to sabotage the Covenant from leaving the planet for its mission. And that is interesting enough, but seeing as I already knew that the next book was called Alien: Covenant, there was no real conflict here for me. I feel like I sort of already knew a lot about how it would end, even as a newbie to this franchise.

Now that I have also listened to Alien: Covenant, I just sort of feel like I didn't gain much from reading this one. I would have had absolutely no problem going straight into Alien: Covenant without this book. All of this said, it is a pretty well written mystery as an isolated story. If I hadn't already known that the Covenant would make it, I would perhaps be more worried about how the story would end. So I can't fault the book for this... I don't know... Might just be me, but I would have been more interested in learning more about why they were trying to sabotage it, and why they believe what they believe.

In conclusion: Shrug. I don't mind having read it, but I wouldn't have missed anything had I skipped it, I think. Maybe having listened to it comes in handy in future books, that I have not gotten to yet?

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A great book just WOW!!

This book adds so much to the rather dull new Alien movies. Without giving any of the plot away, now I can connect the dots of the two movies so much better. Perhaps the greatest thing about this book is that it opens the world of Alien to the reader in a whole new way.

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