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 v
