Introduction / by Tim Lebbon. Spite / by Paul Kupperberg -- Reaper / by Dan Abnett -- Broken / by Rachel Caine -- Reclamation / by Yvonne Navarro -- Blowback / by Christopher Golden -- Exterminators / by Mat Forbeck -- No good deed / by Ray Garton -- Zero to hero / by Weston Ochse -- Dark mother / by David Farland -- Episode 22 / by Larry Correia -- Deep background / by Keigh R. A. DeCandido -- Empty nest / by Brian Keene -- Darkness falls / by Heather Graham -- Hugs to die for / by Mike Resnick and Marina J. Lostetter -- Deep black / by Jonathan Maberry -- Distressed / by James A. Moore -- Dangerous prey / by Scott Sigler -- Spite / by Tim Lebbon.
Summary:
When the colonial Marines set out after their deadliest prey, the Xenomorphs, it's what Corporal Hicks calls a bug hunt--kill or be killed. Here are fifteen all-new stories of such "close encounters". Set during the events of all four Alien films, sending the Marines to alien worlds, to derelict space settlements, and into the nests of the universe's most dangerous monsters, these adventures are guaranteed to send the blood racing.
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