The Complete Aliens Omnibus: Volume Two (Genocide, Alien Harvest)

The Complete Aliens Omnibus: Volume Two (Genocide, Alien Harvest)

GENOCIDE <br />by David Bischoff<br /><br />The alien queen is dead, the hive mind left to flounder… and on a world bereft of its leader two strains of Alien divide their forces for world-shattering, acid-drenched war. On Earth, in the wake of alien infestation, athletes are flocking to humanity’s Goodwill Games. But some come with a deadly new tool: a drug called Fire, distilled from the very essence of the Aliens’ body chemistry.<br /><br />The military wants it. Pharmaceutical kingpin Daniel Grant wants it. But the only place the essential ingredient can be found is on that terrible world, convulsed by Alien holocaust.<br /><br />ALIEN HARVEST<br /><br />by Robert Sheckley<br /><br />Royal jelly, the most illicit of Alien by-products, is keeping Dr Stan Myakovsky alive. A once-famous scientist fallen on hard times, Stan is fighting off the repo-men and trying hard to patent the cybernetic ant that will reinstate his reputation. Julie Lish is beautiful, mysterious, and totally amoral. She has a plan so outrageous that there might be one chance in a million to pull it off.<br /><br />Together they make an attempt to grab the ultimate treasure—royal jelly from an Alien hive.