Aliens vs Predator: Prey - Steve Perry, Stephani Perry

Advantages: Excellent opening to the series
Disadvantages: Probably only for fans

...have a limited number of Aliens running round. Then a second party of Predators, mainly juveniles but also with several more experienced warriors and one main leader, will go down and kill the Aliens as a rite of passage. The problem is that humans have only recently colonised Ryushi and they find themselves falling prey to the Aliens. Also by accident one egg contained a Queen Alien meaning that rather than a limited number of Aliens their population ...
...the colonies leader Machiko Noguchi, an asian female with a cold manner. She has similarities to Ripley in the 'Aliens' series, although she is never a stereotypical machine-gun toting bad ass. She carries alot of baggage but is still one of the first to realise what is going on and try to organise some kind of defence against it. The second main character, rather refreshingly, is the lead Predator - Dachande. He is a legend amongst his kind and ... Read review