This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. If you're an Alien fan then read it for the small morsels of world building in the universe but otherwise its a kind off out of place story set in the Alien universe.more

So all we were left with was some criminal activity, kidnapping, hostage situations and people shooting at others to try and delay/stop a mission because some crazy dreamer is scared we'll meet aliens who will come to earth and kill us all. If it was meant to point towards the 'Engineers' then surely someone must've known even a smidgen about Weylands trip on the Prometheus and what he was looking for even if not where they'd gone.

If they'd tried to tie it into the whole Xenomorph queen/queen mother psychic abilities that wouldn't have fit the timeline as aside from David's small few true Xenomorph eggs (which we have no idea when they would be present due to time and long sleep etc) there should be no Xenomorphs in existence.

The whole prophet O-T-B-D stuff which we as readers obviously we knew was correct but it was never tied down to anything in particular so bore no direct relation to the Xenomorphs or future events outside of 'bad things will kill humans if we go out there'. If they'd tried to tie it into the whole Xenomorph q Ok don't get me wrong this was well written and gave a tiny insight into life on earth and the beginnings of Weyland Yutani which was nice but other than that it just seemed a bit pointless. Ok don't get me wrong this was well written and gave a tiny insight into life on earth and the beginnings of Weyland Yutani which was nice but other than that it just seemed a bit pointless. It also reveals the world the colonists left behind.more Together they seek to stop the perpetrators before the ship and its passengers can be destroyed.Р”Р„n original novel by the acclaimed ALAN DEAN FOSTER, author of the groundbreaking Alien novelization, Origins is the official chronicle of the events that led up to Alien: Covenant. While Captain Jacob Branson and his wife Daniels complete their preparations, security chief Daniel LopР“В© recruits the final key member of his team. As the colony ship hovers in Earth orbit, several violent events reveal a deadly conspiracy to sabotage the launch. Yet there are those who would die to stop the mission. A ship bound for Origae-6, carrying two thousand colonists beyond the limits of known space, this is make-or-break investment for the corporation-and for the future of all mankind. As the colony ship hovers in Earth orbit, several viol The Covenant mission is the most ambitious endeavor in the history of Weyland-Yutani. The Covenant mission is the most ambitious endeavor in the history of Weyland-Yutani.

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