

Thrown together in the last hellish night of an alien invasion, Billie and Wilks helped each other get out alive. Billie was a child, the only survivor of a far-flung colony outpost. Wilks was a space marine with a near-fatal flaw: he had a heart. As well as retelling the plot of the game, the novel also features a series of non-linear flashbacks detailing Amanda's life before and after the events of Alien.ĭark Horse Comics adaptions TitleĪdapted from the comic book series Aliens vol. Novelization of the 2014 video game Alien: Isolation. Novelization of the 2017 film Alien: Covenant Novelization of the 1997 film Alien Resurrection The success of the novels led to the publication of further stories, including a novelization of the video game Alien: Isolation (2014).įilm and game novelizations Title The following year, Foster would write both a novelization and prequel to Alien: Covenant (2017). In 2016, Alien: Invasion was published, which is the second book in Lebbon's The Rage Wars trilogy a crossover between the Alien, Predator, and Alien vs. Out of the Shadows was the first in a trilogy of books, and is canon to the events of the film series. In 2014, after six years, Titan Books started publication of Alien novels once more, starting with Alien: Out of the Shadows, written by Tim Lebbon. Following the release of Aliens: No Exit in 2008, the novel series once more went into hiatus. DH Press' series took place after the events of the fourth film Alien Resurrection (1997), despite the fact that it was based on the second film.

This marked the first time in the franchise where novels were original stories, rather than adaptations. DH Press-Dark Horse Comics' novel publishing imprint-published six original novels from 2005 to 2008.

Throughout the 1990s, Bantam Books published nine novelizations of Alien comic books published by Dark Horse Comics.Īfter going on a hiatus, the franchise returned in book form in 2005. The first three novelizations were written by Alan Dean Foster. From 1979 up to 1997, Warner Books published novelizations of the first four films in the year of release 1979, 1986, 1992, and 1997, respectively. In the 20th century, all Alien-related novels published were adaptations of pre-existing material. The Alien literary franchise consists of multiple novels and short stories based on the eponymous film franchise, which began in 1979 with the release of Alien. The Alien logo was first used for the first film in the franchise and later the novel series.
