DH Press Alien Novels: Original Books, Plot & Lore
DH Press, the novel imprint of Dark Horse Comics, published six original Aliens novels from 2005 to 2008, after Bantam Spectra had adapted Dark Horse Aliens comics through 1998. Michael Jan Friedman's Original Sin started that run, Diane Carey wrote DNA War and Cauldron, John Shirley wrote Steel Egg, S. D. Perry wrote Criminal Enterprise, and B. K. Evenson's No Exit closed it. The six books were new stories, not comic or film adaptations, and the English Aliens novels later passed to Titan Books, which reprinted them in omnibus volumes.
Aliens: No Exit: Plot, Characters & Lore
Aliens: No Exit is B. K. Evenson's 2008 DH Press novel about Anders Kramm, a Weyland-Yutani investigator frozen for thirty years after Xenomorphs wrecked his family on Soulages. Planetus wakes him for a staged outbreak on C-3 L/M, and the trail leads back to a Company farm on his old world.
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Aliens: Criminal Enterprise: Plot, Characters & Lore
Aliens: Criminal Enterprise is S. D. Perry's 2008 DH Press novel about Tommy Chase, shanghaied to Fantasia after his brother Pete left a crime boss holding a failed plethium load. Adult Xenomorphs guard the illegal plant until a rival and a Grant Corporation team arrive, and only Tommy, Kaye, and Didi leave.
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Aliens: Steel Egg: Novel Plot, Characters & Lore
Aliens: Steel Egg is John Shirley's 2007 DH Press novel about the UNIC Hornblower discovering the ancient Giff ship Unbreakable Womb near Iapetus in 2058. Daryl Corgan and Ashley Norton survive humanity's first recorded Xenomorph outbreak before the Company acquires their classified footage.
By Janno Vares September 14, 2026 Alien Merchandise | DH Press Alien Novels
Aliens: Cauldron: Novel Plot, Characters & Lore
Aliens: Cauldron is Diane Carey's 2007 DH Press novel about two automated cargo ships, a hidden Xenomorph shipment, and ten teenage cadets bound for Zone Emerald. Ned Menzie releases the Umiak's animal cargo, while Pearl Floy's strange bond with the creatures changes the final hunt.
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Aliens: DNA War: Novel Plot, Characters & Lore
Aliens: DNA War is Diane Carey's 2006 DH Press novel about detective Rory Malvaux's mission to Rosamond 6. His mother refuses evacuation while two Xenomorph hives fight for control of the planet, preserve humans as hosts, and develop flying Facehuggers.
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Aliens: Original Sin: Novel Plot, Characters & Lore
Aliens: Original Sin is Michael Jan Friedman's 2005 DH Press novel. After Alien: Resurrection, Ripley 8, Call, Johner, and Vriess steal station data, then reach Domes Epsilon, where a Mala'kak-engineered egg drops a litter of variant Xenomorphs on the garden colony.
By Janno Vares September 14, 2026 Alien Merchandise | DH Press Alien Novels
