Alien (franchise) "everything wrong" with his script. On its way back to Earth, the U.S. commercial spaceship "Nostromo" is diverted to a desolate planetoid by a cryptic signal from a derelict alien spacecraft. While exploring the alien ship, one of the "Nostromo"s crewmen discovers the remains of the ship's pilot and also a large chamber that contains thousands of egg-like objects. One of the eggs releases a creature that attaches itself to his face and renders him unconscious. The others break quarantine to bring him back aboard the ship. The parasite dies and the crewman wakes up, seemingly fine. Soon afterwards, an
Out of the Shadows (Alien) the novel was presented in the format of an audio drama, read by an ensemble cast and directed by Dirk Maggs. It was released on April 26, 2016, as part of Alien Day. "Out of the Shadows" is the first novel in the 2014 Canonical "Alien" Trilogy of novels, designed to tie into the events of the existing film series. It was followed by "Alien: Sea of Sorrows" and "Alien: River of Pain". Originally slated for release in December 2013, the book wouldn't see release until January 28, 2014. "As a child, Chris Hooper dreamed of monsters. But in deep