Alien: Out Of The Shadows May 2026

The situation turns catastrophic when two transport shuttles, the Samson and the Delilah , attempt to flee the planet while being overrun by the creatures. The Delilah crashes into the Marion , causing massive damage, killing the captain, and knocking the ship into a that will eventually lead to its destruction in the planet's atmosphere. The Return of Ellen Ripley

: Most of the crew is whittled down by the aliens during the mission. A scientist named Sneddon sacrifices herself to kill a Xenomorph just as a chestburster emerges.

In , written by Tim Lebbon , the story bridges the gap between the first two films, Alien and Aliens . The Discovery on LV-178 Alien: Out of the Shadows

: Ripley and her cat, Jones, are placed back into stasis on the Narcissus . Hoop, however, is forced to stay behind to manually release the shuttle's clamps from the Marion , leaving him stranded as he watches Ripley drift away into space, knowing she will have no memory of him or their struggle.

Trapped between the Xenomorphs on the ship and the inevitable crash, the survivors must descend back to the infested mines of LV-178 to retrieve a needed to power the Narcissus for a final escape. A scientist named Sneddon sacrifices herself to kill

The story is available in various formats, including a highly-rated featuring a full cast on Audible . Alien: Out of the Shadows - Goodreads

: To preserve the timeline of the films, Ripley's memories of these horrific events are wiped by the ship's medical pod. Hoop, however, is forced to stay behind to

During the chaos, the Marion picks up a distress signal from the Narcissus , the escape shuttle carrying . Ripley is brought aboard, but her arrival is complicated by the fact that she has unknowingly been kept in stasis for decades by Ash , the malevolent synthetic from the Nostromo whose AI consciousness survived and uploaded itself into her shuttle's systems. Desperate Escape