Description

Collects two original Alien spin-offs: Cauldron by Diane Carey and Steel Egg by John Shirley.
In Cauldron, a troupe of cadets is forced into servitude by an unscrupulous smuggler-captain. During the transaction aboard the eerily silent Virginia, the cadets unwittingly transport an unexpected cargo: a hive of hibernating aliens. Steel Egg tells the story of the first encounter - Aliens and humans have fought before! When a human spaceship discovers an egg-shaped vessel in Saturn's orbit, the crew powers in to investigate...