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Thrown together during the last night of an alien invasion, Wilks, a space marine with a compassionate heart, and Bille, a child and the only survivor of a far-flung colony outpost, must rely on each other to survive.

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  • Wilks: A Colonial Marine who has been sent to planet to check out a situation on a remote outer space colony. He and his squad only found one survivor, Billie. He escaped and was placed in prison, and remains as the only survivor from his squad.
  • Bille: A girl who is the only survivor from a colony that was infested by Xenomorphs. Wilkes saved her life a few times and was placed in a Physiological Ward; being called " mentally unstable".
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Even inside her bulky E-suit, Billie could feel the cold night bite at her. Sure, the land crawler blocked most of the icy wind, and they had pulled one of the crawler’s portable heaters and turned it up full, pretending it was a campfire, but it was still cold.

Series & Lists edit see section history

This is book 1 of 27 in Aliens. (universe)

Followed by Nightmare Asylum.

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  1. Steve Perry (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: Bantam Books
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1992
ISBN: 0553561200
Page Count: 278

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