The final part of Wood's 3 part alien series before Dark Horse lost the rights (and also the fact Brian Wood accusations came out, so doubt he'd be writing for Alien much longer after this)

This takes place a few years after resistance. This time the young boy is now a grown man, Alec Brand joins the marines after the events of the last book. Thinking his two heroes, Zula and Amanda are dead he doesn't think much of his work till he finds out they're both alive and decides to join them on their mission.

I have to be honest, I wish we dug deeper into Alec and his loss of his heroes while also his struggles of being a marine. I felt we just glanced over that stuff, and the weight behind it didn't last very long sadly. I did enjoy the mission, and the actual fights against the Xenomorphs were pretty great. But overall a fun ride, better than resistance, but not as good as Defiance, which might be the best Alien story overall.

A 3 out of 5.