Alien: Out of the Shadows comes just in time to celebrate Alien Day, a nod to LV-426, the moon where the xenomorphs were first discovered in the Alien franchise.
Read by a whole host of actors, including Rutger Hauer, Corey Johnson, Matthew Lewis, Kathryn Drysdale, Laurel Lefkow, Andrea Deck, and Mac McDonald, Out of the Shadows is an Audible Original Drama written by Tim Lebbon and Dirk Maggs.
The synopsis reads, “As a child, Chris Hooper dreamed of monsters. But in deep space, he found only darkness and isolation. Then, on planet LV178, he and his fellow miners discovered a storm-scoured, sand-blasted hell — and trimonite, the hardest material known to man.
“When a shuttle crashes into the mining ship Marion, the miners learn that there was more than trimonite deep in the caverns. There was evil, hibernating and waiting for suitable prey. Hoop and his associates uncover a nest of Xenomorphs, and hell takes on a new meaning. Quickly they discover that their only hope lies with the unlikeliest of saviors….
“Ellen Ripley, the last human survivor of the salvage ship Nostromo.”
Listen to the excerpt below, and then head over to audible.com/alien to buy the full audiobook, which comes in at four hours and 28 minutes. You can purchase the book for a member price of $19.01 or one credit.
The excerpt is a bit different from your usual audiobook narration in that this is a dramatic reading of the story. It includes gross sound effects and speedy dialogue between characters, all voiced by different actors. It’s sure to be an exciting listening experience.
And for all of you Harry Potter fans out there, Matt Lewis is narrating Baxter.
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