Alien: Colony War
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A taut standalone Alien novel stemming from the events in Alien: Into Charybdis!
Political conflicts on Earth erupt into open hostilities between their colonies in space, with Xenomorphs as the ultimate weapon.
On Earth, political tensions boil over between the United Americas, Union of Progressive Peoples, and Three World Empire. Conflict spreads to the outer fringes, and the UK colony of New Albion breaks with the Three World empire. This could lead to a . . . Colony War.
Trapped in the middle are journalist Cher Hunt, scientist Chad McLaren, and the synthetic Davis. Seeking to discover who caused the death of her sister, Shy Hunt, Cher uncovers a far bigger story. McLaren’s mission, fought alongside his wife Amanda Ripley, is to stop the militarization of the deadliest weapon of all—the Xenomorph.
Their trail leads to a drilling facility on LV-187. Someone or something has destroyed it, killing the personnel, and the British are blamed. Colonial forces arrive, combat erupts, then both groups are overwhelmed by an alien swarm. Their only hope may lie with the Royal Marines unit known as “God's Hammer.”
Bonus Feature: An exclusive new game scenario based on the massively popular, award-winning Alien RPG from Free League Publishing!
David Barnett
David Barnett is an author, a lightning rod, and a man who has lived multiple lives within multiple worlds of chaos. After years defined by the jagged friction of the underground music scene and a scorched-earth lifestyle of indulgence and excess, Barnett eventually learned to transmute his demons and harness the power of his ghosts, channeling a legacy of reckless abandon and outlandish antics into the art that saved his life. Writing from the raw intersection of survival and an insatiable appetite for the next extreme, he navigates the beautiful and the brutal with unflinching honesty. A winner of the 2025 WriterCon First Place award for Memoir, Barnett writes not to seek absolution, but to expose the price of chasing dreams and the toll of trudging through the muck in search of the signal beneath the static. He resides in Austin, Texas, where he has served as a steward for misunderstood minds and disaffected souls, remaining a dedicated seeker of the next distorted, exquisite frequency.
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