Alien: Into Charybdis
By Alex White
- Release Date: 2021-02-23
- Genre: Science Fiction
Description
The critically acclaimed author of Alien: The Cold Forge takes readers to a rogue colony where terror lurks in the tunnels of an abandoned Weyland-Yutani complex.
“Shy” Hunt and the tech team from McAllen Integrations thought it was an easy job—set up environmental systems for the brand new Hasanova Data Solutions colony, built on the abandoned ruins of a complex known as “Charybdis.”
There are just two problems: the colony belongs to the Iranian state, so diplomacy is strained at best, and the complex is located above a series of hidden caves. Charybdis has a darker history than any could imagine, and its depths harbor deadly secrets. Until their ship can be refueled, the McAllen team is trapped there.
The deeper they dig, the more Shy is convinced there's no one they can believe. When a bizarre ship lands on a nearby island, one of the workers is attacked by a taloned creature, and trust evaporates between the Iranians and Americans. The McAllen integrations crew are imprisoned, accused as spies, but manage to send out a distress signal... to the Colonial Marines.
Reviews
Good, but not great
2By SquidbaitObviously, the author is of, at least Iranian descent. Political assassination story, depicting Iranians as peaceful and benevolent, and casting America as murdering, terrorist oppressors. Nice detail and very descriptive. Whatever Marsalis was, I didn’t find it in common with xenomorphs. Too many books try to add, not necessarily human values or the lack there of, but to show the aliens as beings that think somewhere along human lines. Takes all the terror and horror away from the storyline when writers try to “humanize” them.Brutal
5By XxAncillaxXIt was a decent book had a hard time getting in to it at first the twists were interesting, and the brutality of this one is the same as cold forge I get the alien universe is brutal but this is a step above that I feel
