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    Alien: Covenant Origins: The Official Prequel to the Blockbuster Film

    By Alan Dean Foster

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    The Covenant mission is the most ambitious endeavor in the history of Weyland-Yutani. A ship bound for Origae-6, carrying two thousand colonists beyond the limits of known space, this is make-or-break investment for the corporation—and for the future of all mankind.

    Yet there are those who would die to stop the mission. As the colony ship hovers in Earth orbit, several violent events reveal a deadly conspiracy to sabotage the launch. While Captain Jacob Branson and his wife Daniels complete their preparations, security chief Daniel Lopé recruits the final key member of his team. Together they seek to stop the perpetrators before the ship and its passengers can be destroyed.

    An original novel by the acclaimed ALAN DEAN FOSTER, author of the groundbreaking Alien novelization, Origins is the official chronicle of the events that led up to Alien: Covenant. It also reveals the world the colonists left behind.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTitan Books
    Release dateSep 26, 2017
    ISBN9781785654770
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    Alien: Covenant Origins: The Official Prequel to the Blockbuster Film
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    Alan Dean Foster

    Alan Dean Foster has written many genres, including fantasy, horror, detective, western, historical, and contemporary fiction. He wrote the New York Times bestseller Star Wars: The Approaching Storm, as well as novelizations of several films including Star Wars, the first three Alien films, and Alien Nation. His novel Cyber Way was the first sci-fi book to ever win the Southwest Book Award for Fiction. He lives in Prescott, Arizona with his wife, JoAnn Oxley.

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    • 4/5
      Alien Covenant Origins comes after Prometheus the film and before Alien Covenant the film/novelisation. It's entirely earth bound with no alien encounters but instead is focused on how Weyland Corp came to Weyland-Yutani Corp after the disappearance of Mr Weyland in Prometheus. Interestingly the company seems far more caring and socially responsible here than in the latter novels/films where people and employees are seemingly an expendable resource.As a book it flowed well and was quite interesting, as part of the franchise I felt like it didn't add a whole lot and the whole 'There Be Demons Out There' storyline seemed a bit wasted when it doesn't amount to much overall in the scheme of things.Overall, interesting but I wouldn't say it's required reading, however that being said I haven't read Covenant yet so perhaps it does add to the depth of story in the following novel.
    • 4/5
      3.5 stars. This was a decent prequel to Alien Covenant. While I did not enjoy the way Prometheus and Covenant basically retconned the origins of the Xenomorphs, this story was at least interesting. It follows the crew of the Covenant as the prepare for their impending launch. There is a conspiracy by a "religious" organization to stop the launch.Their "Prophet" has had visions of vicious creatures out in space waiting to destroy the human race. They believe that humans must remain on earth and fix the damage they have caused rather than send people to create colonies elsewhere, because it will ultimately bring about the extinction of the human race.After thwarting multiple attempts at sabotage and murder, the Weyland-Yutani group are prepared to launch the Covenant in their attempt to colonize another planet and save the human race.... Boy are they in for a surprise!