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Alien: Sea of Sorrows (Canonical Alien trilogy, #2)
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This is my first experience reading a James A. Moore book. I can't imagine how difficult writing, and staying faithful/true to an already established franchise like ALIEN must be. My hat goes off to Mr. Moore for pulling it off rather well.
A quick note, this book stands on its own. You don't need to have read Tim Lebbon's OUT OF THE SHADOWS (although I would recommend you give it a go, especially if you love the ALIEN franchise).
I'm not going to lie, I almost stopped reading this book after slogging through 100 pages. The first fifteen chapters set up the extremely fast pace of the latter 2/3 of the book. I became a bit bored but had faith in the author. I'm happy I did. The last 2/3 of this book will make any fan of action happy as hell. It's fast, visceral, and intelligent.
I also liked the larger cast of characters. Too often authors utilize a small cast and try to whittle it down over longer sections of the story. In a story like this you need 35 mercenaries, a group of miners, and a group of scientists running around from the alien threat. They know next to nothing about what's under the Sea of Sorrows and it felt genuine/refreshing. I thought having a large cast was a great move by the author. It really added to the scope of the story.
Another possible drawback of this story is it does follow a similar ALIEN formula. If you've seen the film ALIENS, you can probably piece most of SEA OF SORROW's plot line together. It's familiar in some places, which is nice, but a bit "been there done that" in other places. I thought it was a mostly good mix, but other readers may disagree.
What's great about OUT OF THE SHADOWS and SEA OF SORROWS is fans of the ALIEN franchise are finally getting great new material to devour. For far too long fans have languished under mediocre attempts at utilizing the potential of this storied franchise. Kudos to Titan Books, Tim Lebbon, James A. Moore, and Christopher Golden for reigniting our fandom. It's been a long time coming.
Pick up a copy of this book. You'll enjoy the hell out of it!
A quick note, this book stands on its own. You don't need to have read Tim Lebbon's OUT OF THE SHADOWS (although I would recommend you give it a go, especially if you love the ALIEN franchise).
I'm not going to lie, I almost stopped reading this book after slogging through 100 pages. The first fifteen chapters set up the extremely fast pace of the latter 2/3 of the book. I became a bit bored but had faith in the author. I'm happy I did. The last 2/3 of this book will make any fan of action happy as hell. It's fast, visceral, and intelligent.
I also liked the larger cast of characters. Too often authors utilize a small cast and try to whittle it down over longer sections of the story. In a story like this you need 35 mercenaries, a group of miners, and a group of scientists running around from the alien threat. They know next to nothing about what's under the Sea of Sorrows and it felt genuine/refreshing. I thought having a large cast was a great move by the author. It really added to the scope of the story.
Another possible drawback of this story is it does follow a similar ALIEN formula. If you've seen the film ALIENS, you can probably piece most of SEA OF SORROW's plot line together. It's familiar in some places, which is nice, but a bit "been there done that" in other places. I thought it was a mostly good mix, but other readers may disagree.
What's great about OUT OF THE SHADOWS and SEA OF SORROWS is fans of the ALIEN franchise are finally getting great new material to devour. For far too long fans have languished under mediocre attempts at utilizing the potential of this storied franchise. Kudos to Titan Books, Tim Lebbon, James A. Moore, and Christopher Golden for reigniting our fandom. It's been a long time coming.
Pick up a copy of this book. You'll enjoy the hell out of it!
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