Aliens vs. Predators: Rift War

The Aliens vs. Predators Series

De: Yvonne Navarro, Weston Ochse

Narrado por: Kate Rudd

The planet LV-363 teems with exotic life, including a plant growing in the shadows of its deep rifts. The plant’s flower yields a valuable narcotic, and people are forced by the cartels to harvest it.

When a Yautja (Predator) ship arrives for a hunting ritual, the Predators seed the rifts with Xenomorph eggs. The aliens emerge and the result is bizarre and deadly hybrids, with humans trapped between the Predators and their prey. These deadly Xenomorph hybrids—some of which possess the ability to fly—swarm out of control and may prove more than either the Yautja or the humans can defeat.

©2022 Weston Ochse and Yvonne Navarro (P)2022 Blackstone Publishing

Enjoyable but repetitive

I think the story does a great job of getting into the mindset of the addict human characters, and I liked the rivalry taking place among the Yautja, but this story doesn’t feel like it’s breaking any new ground. While the action with the predators was pretty well described, it was really y clear what happened to the dozens of other humans on the planet… the story followed a few by name but then after after some brief encounters all but two or three are just suddenly dead and it feels like there are details that got glossed over. Adding to that the motivations behind what is happening in the Yautja rivalry and the accounts at the center of the rivalry shift and change as if the content editor didn’t do a thorough enough job. But it was an overall entertaining book.

Enjoyable

Great narration and the plot and pace were good. Only complaint is there really wasn’t a single character I wanted to root for or even like a little. All terrible people / monsters - but saying that it was probably a more realistic portrayal of likely behaviors considering the circumstances the author created.

Great story filled with action

With extraordinary Xenomorph mutations, plus the feuds between the Yautja added an interesting twist. Hope to get a continuation of this book considering how it ended.

It was alright.

The narration wasn't very good. Lots of mispronunciations which took me out of the story. The story itself is what you expect: a decent reason to throw a bunch of Predators, Humans and Xenos together. It plays out how you think with some good action but it never goes outside the premise of the story or throws any surprises. I am glad this was a free book, at least when I read it, and I wouldn't recommend spending much money on it. Flying Xenos were pretty cool.

I never thought the Predator series could be interesting until now

I thoroughly enjoyed this book recording and now my wish list is significantly larger. I had no idea that the predators had a culture, etc., but when I thought about it, I remember I’d believed they were alien big game hunters.

There were what I believe may have been some innovations to this world; if so, I appreciated it. I also loved how the aliens once again evolved into a new hybrid and created a fourth semi intelligent species,

I’m so glad I used a credit on this. Can’t wait until I get more of them!

Sweet

I loved all the readings will surely pass it on to my f and f.

A complete story

A great story. Revenge, betrail, and new dread. Yery good. The Rift is a dark crevis with a drug weilding flower. but a plot thickes as a Predator left behind creates the hunting ground for the unblooded.

Multiple viewpoint’s really set the stage for a great story

This was a great listen! It’s another solid look into the Zeno verse and I couldn’t be happier with it.

Great listen

very good story with a excellent narrator, hope they write more and it is available soon

Above and Beyond Good

Generally speaking books of this sort are a great place to spend some extra time with your favorite heros and villains past what you can get from the movies there in. And this book does a fantastic job at that. Giving you the essence of the characters without going against any existing Canon that I'm aware of. It even fleshes out the human, xeno, and 'preds' quite a bit more then most of the canon does, without stepping on the existing universe. All of this is more then I hope for going into a story like this. But, even more incredible are the themes and plot points along with smooth and enjoyable reading that makes this book a literary must read.