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Alien: Uncivil War: A Novel

Author:
Brendan Deneen
Read by:
Austin Rising
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Ratings
Book
45
Narrator
29
Release Date
July 30, 2024
Duration
10 hours 17 minutes
Summary
A new Alien novel perfect for fans of Alien: Romulus, now available on Prime Video, Apple TV+, and Fandango at Home

After narrowly escaping a Xenomorph attack and crash landing on the wrong planet, former military man Chris Temple just wants a peaceful life with his daughters. He just needs to deal with the brewing civil war and a Xenomorph on the loose.

War will always find a man like you.

This Alien story begins where most end: with a xenomorph loose on a damaged spaceship hurtling through space. Once a highly decorated marine, Chris Temple, a recently widowed single father to two young daughters, Jane, 11, and Emma, 8, is onboard. Despite his particular set of skills, Chris doesn’t get involved in the fight with the alien, instead focusing on keeping his children safe as the ship comes in for a crash landing.

The family land safely on an idyllic outpost planet, where Chris is told that the ship has been destroyed beyond recognition and nothing could have survived the crash. That’s only the first lie. Chris and his daughters love their new life, but something doesn’t feel right. Chris is a paranoid type, but just because he’s paranoid, doesn’t mean he’s wrong.

There are nasty surprises in store as Chris investigates the web of lies and conspiracies. After leaving a ruined Earth, it seems Chris and his daughters have crash-landed on a planet on the verge of all-out civil war. Chris will have to call on the battle skills he never wanted to use again in order to protect his daughters, deal with violence-hungry marines, and battle the xenomorph that’s killing people regardless of which side of the civil war they’re on.
Reviews
Profile Avatar Tavish P. Jan 2025

This was a great listen. The narrator is a little flat, but the story carried the experience, and I wanted too badly to know what happened next even to bother being bothered by the narration. I look for Sci-Fi, Horror, and Fantasy by authors I've never heard of specifically to find little gems like this one. It's got a good formula and balance between action and peaceful life, and nothing happened in the book that didn't feel forced in, it all felt like it belonged in the world created.

Profile Avatar Rane G. Aug 2025

I finished this ONLY because it has a passible plot and enjoyable setting, and for my love of the franchise. The prose was not especially captivating when compared with other Alien novels (like The Cold Forge, for instance), and the narration was among the worst I've ever suffered through . This performer does NOT know how to do little girl voices! It's cringe-worthy!

Profile Avatar Richard G. Mar 2025

Great story and narrrator was good too

Profile Avatar WBA Feb 2025

I really enjoyed this one. There's good character development, and, for the most part, the story moves well. The author continues developing the theme of human - android interactions with an interesting twist. Alien: Uncivil War is a worthy addition to the Alien franchise. I agree with an earlier reviewer that the narration is a little flat, but the narrator is at his best when using different voices for each character -- truly a remarkable job. I rate both the author and narrator 4.5, which I'm rounding up to 5 stars here.

Profile Avatar Ricardo Zarate Jan 2025

Great listen.

Profile Avatar Marek Šoltys Sep 2024

Great addition to the Alien universe and well narrated in equal volume throughout the book.

Profile Avatar Michael M. Aug 2025

Loved it. Somewhat predictable as what was expected. Overall a pleasant reading experience

Profile Avatar Carol B. Aug 2025

Loved this book I like the films based on this book and was surprised how good it was to listen to

Profile Avatar Matt H Jun 2025

Great read. Narrator was great as well.

Profile Avatar Rico S. Jun 2025

The story of the universe - greed, delusions, ideas, hope - and then just the hero trying to do all the best for all the best reasons.Black and white persons but a good and interesting listen.Very good narration

Profile Avatar Roger L. May 2025

Great story and well constructed Alien sequel. Bredan Deneen strikes again - am now waiting for audiobook version of his post-apocalyptic Tracer to appear in September or I may get the ebook as well. Narration was excellent.

Profile Avatar Anonymous May 2025

Very entertaining novel in the extended alien universe. Loved the scenario and the narration!

Profile Avatar Marcus R. Apr 2025

this was surprisingly not bad, ultimately I enjoyed it.

Profile Avatar Winn Mar 2025

I guarantee you have heard this s science fiction before. Easy to follow and the narrator did a good job!

Profile Avatar Scott W. Mar 2025

The writing is wretched, about as subtle as the stupid title (UN-civil? Get it?) ... couldn't make it 20 minutes into this audiobook. Seriously, here're a couple examples of the prose in the first few pages: "The man's arms were outstretched as if in religious ecstasy, but there was nothing religious or ecstatic about the look on his face." "At first, it looked like some kind of black weapon had impaled him, but the end of it was swaying gently, like a tree branch in the wind ... Or a tail." And could we PLEASE do an Alien book without turning it into Ripley fanfic? Lord. I'm all for a good Alien(s) tie-in story - I loved 'Phalanx' and 'Cold Forge' -- but it was obvious early on this isn't one of those. Time's better spent reading something skillful and new.

Profile Avatar Luke P. Jan 2025

The main character is absolutely extraordinary. The story I felt got a little boring, towards the end as they were focusing on many other characters. But overall it was very enjoyable

Alien: Uncivil War: A Novel

Alien: Uncivil War: A Novel

Author: Brendan Deneen
Read by: Austin Rising
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