Aliens: Bishop
Bishop
Will be published approx. on 5. December 2023
Book
Hardback
496 pages
978-1-80336-451-3 (ISBN)
Description
Massively damaged in Aliens and Alien3, the synthetic Bishop asked to be shut down forever. His creator, Michael Bishop, has other plans. He seeks the Xenomorph knowledge stored in the android's mind, and brings Bishop back to life-but for what reason? No longer an employee of the Weyland-Yutani Corporation, Michael tells his creation that he seeks to advance medical research for the benefit of humanity. Yet where does he get the resources needed to advance his work. With whom do his new allegiances lie?
Bishop is pursued by Colonial Marines Captain Marcel Apone, commander of the Il Conde and younger brother of Master Sergeant Alexander Apone, one of the casualties of the doomed mission to LV-426. Also on his trail are the "Dog Catchers," commandos employed by Weyland-Yutani.
Who else might benefit from Bishop's intimate knowledge of the deadliest creatures in the galaxy?
Bishop is pursued by Colonial Marines Captain Marcel Apone, commander of the Il Conde and younger brother of Master Sergeant Alexander Apone, one of the casualties of the doomed mission to LV-426. Also on his trail are the "Dog Catchers," commandos employed by Weyland-Yutani.
Who else might benefit from Bishop's intimate knowledge of the deadliest creatures in the galaxy?
Reviews / Votes
36 Streets glows bright and hallucinatory as tropical neon, goes down smooth as warm sake, cuts deep as a nano-steel blade. Raw and raging and passionate, this is cyberpunk literature with a capital fucken L.-Richard Morgan, author of Altered Carbon Brutal, brooding, brilliant... an angry vision of violence wrapped around a complex meditation of memory, trauma and hegemony. This is cyberpunk with soul.-Yudhanjaya Wijeratne, author of The Salvage Crew Intricately plotted, using advanced biotechnology, a close investigation into Vietnamese history and culture, and a hard-edged, complicated lead character-Booklist A gripping near-future cyberthriller-Publishers Weekly In 36 Streets, Napper brings a Richard K. Morgan style SF noir detective story onto the streets of Vietnam. It's an excellent, morose, beautiful in the horror of life, brutal, action packed, and gorgeous read.-Grimdark Magazine Filled with Kill Bill-style flashback training montages and complex geopolitical plot mechanics, 36 Streets is brimming with new and inventive ideas on how to deliver a gripping sci-fi thriller.-SciFiNow T. R. Napper's cyberpunk world is a feral, back-alley brawl of a novel with real blood under its nails.-Jeremy Szal, author of Stormblood High-octane, immersive SF at its best.-Kaaron Warren, Shirley Jackson Award-winnerMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Product notice
Laminated cover
Dimensions
Height: 201 mm
Width: 136 mm
Thickness: 37 mm
Weight
448 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-80336-451-3 (9781803364513)
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T. R. Napper is an award-winning author whose stories have appeared in Asimov's, Interzone, The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, and others, and been translated into Hebrew, German, French, and Vietnamese. His first novel was the acclaimed 36 Streets. Before turning to writing, Napper was a diplomat and aid worker in Southeast Asia. Back in Australia, he works as a dungeon master running campaigns for young people with autism.