The sixth book in The Complete Aliens Omnibus, an essential collection
for fans of Twentieth Century Fox's iconic blockbuster action-packed
science fiction film Aliens, comprised of Cauldron and Steel Egg.
CAULDRON
by Diane Carey
On the spaceship Umiak, an elite troupe of cadets is forced into
servitude by an unscrupulous captain taking the ship to a smuggler's
rendezvous. During the transaction aboard the eerily silent Virginia,
the cadets unwittingly transport an unexpected cargo: a hive of
hibernating aliens. As the aliens begin to awake, a terrifying battle
erupts between the cadets, the smugglers, the captain, and the emergent
monsters. The cadets soon realize that in space, no one can hear them
scream.
STEEL EGG
by John Shirley
Before Ripley, there was a first encounter. Someone on Earth knew about
the aliens. Someone battled them, and survived. Aliens and humans have
fought before.
When a human spaceship discovers a vast egg-shaped vessel in Saturn's
orbit, they zero in to investigate the anomaly. They force their way
aboard, finding evidence of an advanced civilization of peaceful
creatures, now eradicated by an unknown foe. Three teams split up to
explore the ship. But already the aliens have awoken. The first of all
the battles unfolds...