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Alien: The Cold Forge Kindle Edition

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A dramatic new Alien novel, as Weyland-Yutani seeks to recover from the failure of Hadley’s Hope, and successfully weaponize the Xenomorphs.
With the failure of the Hadley’s Hope, Weyland-Yutani has suffered a devastating defeat—the loss of the Aliens. Yet there’s a reason the company rose to the top, and they have a redundancy already in place. Remote station RB-323 abruptly becomes their greatest hope for weaponizing the Xenomorph, but there’s a spy aboard—someone who doesn’t necessarily act in the company’s best interests. If discovered, this person may have no choice but to destroy RB-323… and everyone on board. That is, if the Xenomorphs don’t do the job first.
Alien and Aliens TM & © 2017 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation. All rights reserved.

Length: 309 pages	Word Wise: Enabled	Enhanced Typesetting: Enabled
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"No book or film has portrayed the people behind the Weyland-Yutani Corporation as more vile and despicable as author Alex White has envisioned them" Borg.com

"author Alex White has his head in the right place with The Cold Forge, crafting a story that...tonally feels consistent with the films that inspired it" Birth.Movies.Death

"While I've enjoyed my share of Alien tie-in works across comics and prose novels, The Cold Forge by Alex White might be the first to truly impress me beyond being a few days worth of solid entertainment." High Fever Books

"In Sudler, I think White created a better monster than the Xenomorphs" Atomic Moo

"an intense ride through a story that may sound familiar but manages to constantly subvert - and surpass - expectations" Dread Central

"Litmus paper for movie franchises worth a damn indicate a lifelong effect on fans, and for good reason. Alien: The Cold Forge tests PH positive on all fronts, because it moved me forward and brought me back. I can offer no greater praise." Movie Nooz --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.

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Alex White values challenging and subversive writing. His original podcast drama The Gearheart has gathered over a million unique downloads, and his professional life has enabled him to understand corporate and military mindsets. The author of the Salvagers series and Every Mountain Made Low, White lives in Huntsville, Alabama, with his wife and son.

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ASIN : B079YF4CSG
Publisher : Titan Books (24 April 2018)
Language : English
File size : 1194 KB
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Print length : 309 pages

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muthur9000

Sometimes perfection is unexpected

Reviewed in Australia on 25 April 2018

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I sat down to read this book after I had finished reading Every Mountain Made Low which was also by Alex White. I was unsure that his writing style would suit the Alien Universe, but my worries were abated by the first chapter. Alex effectively utilised many aspects within the Alien Universe, coalescing a mixture of corporate subterfuge and unending dread. His depictions of characters are so individual and the pain, pleasure and weaknesses they suffer through are so immersive.

He’s so effectively created the most powerful character in Blue Marsalis who is terminally ill and bedridden, and the most hateable character in Dorian Sudler a corporate closer. You would think that these two characters would be the most boring but that’s where you are wrong.

Blue’s determination from trying to cure herself transferred to the ability to save herself and Dorian’s Psychopathic tendencies and obsession in being the best has shown he is truly the worst of humanity, beating Burke by miles.

As well as showing us many references to other films in the Alien franchise and outside of it, there is no hint of eye-rolling or sarcasm when I say he uses it to the benefit of the book. He also manages to expand on current theories set by The Anchorpoint Essays that the alien is a lifeform that could be scientifically entirely possible. The use of technology and human dependence upon a future merged with AI is the most appealing premise tackled in this book, the xenomorphs or should I say the ‘Snatchers’ and their violent carnage is a bonus. This book has blown all my expectations, and I have read it again and again.

Well done Alex, welcome to the Alien family.

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Mark Franks

Dreary beyond endurance

Reviewed in Australia on 3 February 2019

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It's hard to imagine how anyone could write a story about the world's favourite Xenomorph and make it boring, but the Cold Forge achieves that incredible task.
The only explanation I can think of is that Mr Alex White is himself an accountant, like the protagonist in the story, as the tale drones on and on with the excitement and content of a month-end spreadsheet.
The Aliens are reduced to bit-part extras in a tale which should be all about THEM and not the daytime soap opera which the writer creates around his increasingly bland characters as he tries to make them interesting through lesbian jealousies and meaningless sex.
He resorts to racial stereotyping too as we first meet the Australian character with a hangover before he then predictably cobbers and strewths his clumsy way through cliched dialogue and pad-out-the-story personal anecdotes.
Oh and great research too as in Australia, our wild dogs are dingoes. We don't have coyotes.
I suspect large chunks of this book have been simply cut and pasted from earlier failed novels. This is lazy and irrelevant writing. I recommend Mr White go and read some Alan Dean Foster then try again.
One star.

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Nick Porter

American Psycho + Michael Crichton + Alien 3

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 15 October 2018

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A dark, page-turning techno-thriller.

Cold Forge is the story of a disabled geneticist and a cold Company auditor, on a top-secret research base in close orbit around a star. You can probably guess the research subject from the title, but don't worry, that's basically all the story has in common with Alien Resurrection.

Alex White has a background in military research, and this is clear while reading. There's an air of authenticity in the book's setting - which is remarkable for a story set in 2179. Everything has been thought through, from the astrophysics to the station's security to the lead character's medical regime to the biology of the aliens themselves. A *lot* of thought and research has gone into this book. The downside is that it's also quite jargon-filled, so progress could be tricky if you're not technically minded. If you're at home with a Crichton techno-thriller then you should do fine.

A particular quirk of the book is its writing style. It's written in the present tense, which makes everything more intense and immersive. And the core trait of the writing is that although it's written in the third-person, everything is strictly from the perspective of one character per chapter, in kind of a Song Of Ice And Fire style. This can be quite disturbing, because it quickly becomes apparent that one of the minds the story inhabits is that of a horrible person; there's crude nastiness right from the first page. As you proceed through the story this becomes more interesting, as the brutal, remorseless psyche of a corporate overachiever is compared with that of the aliens. There's a strong American Psycho vibe.

The other lead character interfaces with the world via an android body surrogate, as she's so heavily disabled. Although androids and body swapping are common in science fiction, I've never seen the two combined before, and it makes perfect sense. She's a character I could empathise with enormously, as I have a chronic illness that necessitates most of my interaction with the wider world being via computers. Her writing is spot-on.

The downside to the book (in my opinion), which is the only reason this review falls just short of five stars, is how dark it is. Part of that is due to the characters' perspectives, with one almost an alien in human form and the other alienated from regular life. There's a lot of pain and violence, viscerally felt. But it's also the lack of humanity - 80% of the dialogue is argument and discord, and virtually every exchange expletive-filled. There's a bit of an Alien 3 vibe to the dehumanisation, and makes for a gritty read.

But to each their own - the nastiness might not be a problem for you. In which case, Cold Forge is one of the better instalments to the Alien canon in every respect. It's a character-driven piece with real subtext, a thinker as well as a thriller. It's immersive sci-fi. And it's well researched, with the alien lifecycle making a lot more sense during the read. I'm probably not the only fan of the series who'd like to see Alex White hired as canon consultant for future films. It's respectful of the universe it inhabits, with nods varying from small characters in Aliens to the decaying Seegson corporation seen in Alien Isolation (the best Alien screen media in decades, I think).

This isn't a book that depends on being an Alien fan - it has plenty of strengths for the general reader. But if you *are* a fan, then Cold Forge is essential.

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Lucy Logan

Absolute Masterpiece

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 6 April 2019

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The Cold Forge

Doctor Marsalis is someone I'm going to remember in the years to come, when I look back at the good Alien stories that have well defined protagonists and antagonists. Something that's started with David/Walter in Covenant for me personally and continues with Marcus in this is, a feeling that these Synthetics deserved better, they were more virtuous and humane than the humans they tried and failed to help.
I really didn't expect Seegson to play as large of a role as they did, whilst being totally compatible with the story being told- not feeling like a tie in or just a cameo, in this way it almost feels like a quasi-sequel to Alien Isolation.
If Alien Isolation is "closing the book" despite taking place between Alien and Aliens, is more appropriately viewed/played after Alien 3 is taken into context- then The Cold Forge is absolutely best read after the reader has at least experienced one of Ridley Scott's prequels.

It must be commended for really being a white-knuckle-type gripping book, especially near the end where it's using it's established use of POV changes to leave you on a never-ending stream of constant cliff hangers. Even though I have some contention with Dorian, namely the Alien admiration is becoming old hat with now individuals (David, Dr Church, Tribes Scientist-) and cults, although the latter is more tolerable, he still is excellently fleshed out and exquisitely despicable. Almost gets off too easy if you ask me, although I wouldn't rob that ending as it's written. The real gem of the story isn't really the Alien itself, but the way it causes tensions to turn to stampede and the Snatchers serve an excellent purpose in that regard, where in any moment they may shear their way through the paragraph to the character you've been following and unless you've got a magic matchstick up your sleeve, well...
The story ends satisfactorily on it's own terms and if it doesn't get a sequel, it at least deserves a hardback.

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Cj81

There Are Worse Things Than Snatchers !!!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 23 May 2019

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Well being a fan of the film franchise and having watched them recently I wanted more but there wasn't so I knew the books could offer me the imaginative fantasy science fiction world to continue the humans fight against the deadliest monsters in the known galaxy aka the Xenomorphs or Snatchers known in the book. Fantastic from the first page to the last although I feel it ended on a bit of a downer how fast things changed for certain characters that's my only grumble. It was a tense ride through 400 and odd pages but well worth it so give it a read.

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Matthew McCormick-Rimmer

Brilliantly original yet still familiar terror in space... A must read!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 27 April 2018

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Well I had particularly high expectations for this novel, it did not disappoint, truly brilliant piece of writing, the story is solid, it’s familiar yet original, it’s riveting, the author knows exactly how to mix suspense with terror and both build through what is a perfect length tale, novels should always have a start, middle and strong finish, this one does, it delivered, recommend to all.

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TheA11EUN

A new twist!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 11 May 2018

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Well done Alex White. As a fan of the genre I thought your effort was worthy and a real page turner, I must say. Yes it was about Xenomorph exploitation/escape aka Alien 3 and many others stories, but it had a different twist. Blue's tenacity genes should be "boxed"! I hope fox makes a box office hit of this story and you should be the playwright.

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