With Keith R.A. DeCandido’s adaptation of Alien: Isolation now on the bookstore shelves, and Tim Waggoner’s Alien: Prototype due out at the end of October, our eyes turn to next year’s recently announced Alien: Phalanx.
Author Scott Sigler announced the book via Twitter but we didn’t know anything about what the new novel would involve. A recent update to the product page on Amazon has changed this and now we have our first synopsis of Alien: Phalanx!
It’s Medieval carnage meets Alien as a pre-industrial society fights against extinction brought about by a massive infestation of Xenomorphs.
Ataegina was an isolated world of medieval castles, varied cultures, and conquests, vibrant until the demons rose and spread relentless destruction. Swarms of lethal creatures with black husks, murderous claws, barbed tails and dreaded “tooth-tongues” raged through the lowlands, killing ninety percent of the planet’s population. Terrified survivors fled to hidden mountain keeps where they eke out a meager existence. When a trio of young warriors discovers a new weapon, they see a chance to end this curse. To save humanity, the trio must fight their way to the tunnels of Black Smoke Mountain–the lair of the mythical Demon Mother.
While certainly a first for Alien novels, the Expanded Universe has taken the Aliens in the past with Aliens: Stalker, a one-shot comic written and illustrated by David Wenzel that pitted Vikings against an Alien!
David Wenzel’s cover art for Aliens: Stalker.
Though it seems Phalanx isn’t going back in Earth’s history, but rather a colony world that seems to have adopted the old ways (echos of Vincent Ward’s Alien 3) or as a result of a disaster (similar to Prince of Thorns). Alien: Phalanx is currently available for pre-order on Amazon (only US, not UK so far) with a release date of February 25th, 2020.
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I ordered mine from the UK, forbidden planet. I am sure a lot of UK peeps got their orders already.
I thought it wasn't due out for another week or so?
While it had some interesting visuals, the setting made absolutely no sense, whatsoever, to me.
Here, here!
or Hear, hear!
Whichever you prefer..
Or anyone who can do cover art at this point.
Anyway I can't wait to add this to my collection!
I'm happy to hear it's a good read. I only wish Titan well with these books, but how can they do well when the covers are so trite? I think that's 3 or 4 books now with a side head shot of an Alien head in green on black. The books look too similar. I just don't understand why some terrific artists are not given a chance to do something better.
If you loved it then it must have really been great. That's promising.
The physical copy somehow seems less hideous. It's more muted.
I literally just finished reading it. Loved it! Easily recommended, especially if you appreciate something a little different with your Aliens. Full review up next week.
To be honest, Volume 1's mostly unnecessary except the final issue (#17) done by Dark Horse. The Trident issues are just pure comic reprints with no worthwhile extra goodies. I only have them because the one copy of #17 I could find for sale was in a bundle of the complete of Volume 1
Yeah, I'm wondering how I'll feel about that because it's not really my thing, but it's not like I was gonna miss out on the new book
Im still missing issue #22, never seems to pop up anywhere. I dont have any of the Vol.1 issues either
Spoiler
You should take a look at it though, see what you think of it.
I might try reading Crusade again, even if it is unfinished. I kind want to go back and see what a medieval society handles Aliens. I only read Crusade once so my memory is spotty on the events but I recall a deranged priest who sacrificed people to the Aliens.
Should be getting my review copy early next week. So looking forward to this.
That said, Sigler's done a lot of research for this.
Other than that and a couple of other half-decent scenes, unquestionably the worst Alien novel I've yet read. You've done well to block it from your mind
Reminds me of two comics actually, one was about vikings I believe and the other I think was crusader...? It was never finished and even though it had future folks in it, I think the settlement was primitive, I might be wrong as I had only read it once and saw no reason to read it again since it was never going to be finished.
I am unfamiliar with that book, so I can neither confirm nor deny your take.
It is not taken from the wooden planet. I hope you dig it.
That's what I'm thinking too. Getting amped up for a quest!
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