SPOILERS: Alien Covenant novel alternate ending

Phallic Jaw
MemberFacehuggerMay 23, 201711535 Views11 RepliesKinda.
OK so I know I have major problems with the movie but I caved and shelled out for the digital version of the novel earlier, as I am still an Alien fan and I was curious about what would be different and/or expanded upon - if anything - as movie novels often are/do.
Anyways - SPOILERS ahead - I basically "thumbed" through some sections (which I don't typically do with a new book) to read the bits I was interested in/looking for expansion on. The most notable thing I found so far (again, don't read any further if you don't want to know) was the ending.....
Div'Ed doesn't "reveal" himself to Danny before she falls into cryoslumber. So she has NOOOO idea!!! Truly terrifying!!! The reader only knows because his voice changes and he gives an order to Muthur as David (just as in the movie). The rest of the scene ends the exact same way. What do you guys think of this ending? I kinda prefer it. She has no idea its Div'Ed and so the reader is to assume that she may or may not find that out at some point after she wakes up, if she even wakes up at all. It's pretty frightening this way, because in the movie albeit frightening, at least we know that Danny knows and so we have SOME element of hope. But this way, we have absolutely NO idea what is going to happen.
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched Androids blow and finger each other's flutes.