Titan Books Alien: Enemy of My Enemy

Der Roman hat mich diesmal nicht ganz so begeistert, ist aber durchaus spannend. Gekauft habe ich das Buch ohnehin vorallem, weil im Anhang ein Abenteuer für das Alien RPG von Free League abgedruckt ist. Es handelt sich um ein kurzes, knackiges Szenario für das sogenannte Cinematic Play. Roman und Abenteuer zusammen sind für den Preis völlig in Ordnung.

I love reading these books. Fast flowing and full of action and you don't know who will make out alive. Keeps you on the edge of your seat. Cant wait for more.

It starts strong with exciting alien carnage but quickly turns into been there, done that as far as the scenario goes. The characters are mostly bland, many are introduced only to be killed off a few chapters later. The characters make irresponsible, illogical and plain boneheaded decisions simply to serve the plot. Still, it has entertainment value, with some good, gory alien action, so not a total waste. I’d say for completists only. I won’t likely read it again and will probably donate it.

just finished it last night was a good read lots of twists and turns the plot was good for a sci/fi i was not let down the book is well set out just the right amount action

After the debacle of Colony War's "Brexit in Space London" , the lacklustre alien-free Inferno Falls and Vasquez's 400+ page novel where only around a quarter of it actually contains any Alien action (and even then it's muddied and rushed, but I cover that on my review of that book), Enemy of my Enemy is a good, solid step in taking the series back to basics; Alien research, company dealings and a spattering of acid blood is enough to (hopefully) get the series back on track. The characters we're supposed to like are likeable; the shady ones not so much, giving a strength to the writing that has lacked from the last few offerings. While it may still suffer from the "this is a character from a previous story", it's not as in-you-face about it being a descendent of Ripley and honestly, I hope to see more in the series from this author, though I'm not sure if that will happen - Unlike the early novels where they were all done by the same authors with only some variance in them, a lot of the more recent ones don't seem to get a return gig (with a few notable exceptions). Hopefully Mary gets the chance to return to this universe.