What the Heck is Going On?????

Could you direct me to the confirmation that the prequel Novel won't discuss Shaw or the Engineers please. Ive not seen that. I can't see what it could hope to achieve without covering them if I'm honest. Ive been really looking forward to reading it. 

And I agree with a lot you say. I really enjoyed the whole Engineers vibe and want more expansion on them in every way possible. It's a shame, Ridley was sort of forced away from that whole thing it seems. 

'We just have had confirmation that the prequel novel won't even discuss the Engineers or Shaw'

Who did confirm this?

Sources for the confirmation....?

Via AVPGALAXY

http://www.avpgalaxy.net/2017/06/07/alien-covenant-origins-synopsis-released/

“As the colony ship Covenant prepares for launch, and the final members of the crew are chosen, a series of violent events reveal a conspiracy to sabotage the launch. Yet the perpetrators remain hidden behind a veil of secrecy. The threat reaches all the way up to Hideo Yutani—the head of the newly merged Weyland-Yutani Corporation—when his daughter is kidnapped. Is the conspiracy the product of corporate espionage, or is it something even more sinister?

While Captain Jacob Branson and his wife Daniels prepare the ship, Security chief Dan Lopé signs a key member of his team, and together they seek to stop the technologically advanced saboteurs before anyone else is killed, and the ship itself is destroyed in orbit.”

Not what I was expecting either.

@Dark Nebula. Thank you very much.

You have single-handedly ruined 6 months of my rehab with one short post...

Really? A Tom Clancy wanna-be thriller about finding a saboteur? I know they can do better than that...Is this some sort of sick joke that God is playing on the Alien franchise...?

Lol just lol at all this mess. This had great potential of being something great. Now its just another b-story.

Cop out to the max

Engineers, Engineers, Engineers....PLEASE!!!

That synopsis sounds incredibly...not what I wanted.  Just curious though, where was the confirmation the prequel novel was going to cover the story of David & Shaw post Prometheus?  

Oh shit ...  is this a joke?

"While Captain Jacob Branson and his wife Daniels prepare the ship, Security chief Dan Lopé signs a key member of his team, and together they seek to stop the technologically advanced saboteurs before anyone else is killed, and the ship itself is destroyed in orbit.”

Technologically advanced saboteurs hmmmmm

Must be Ninja Predators. AvP3!

This doesn't necessarily mean it won't address David and Shaw at all. Titan Books will certainly not spoil the juicy bits of the story with an official synopsis. ;)

Please don't kill me. I was merely joking. Hiding disappointment behind joviality.

what is going on??

The problem i have with this is, if david and shaw were in the book it would be a massive selling point and for them to print what they have, is not a good luck for us fans.

IMO there is a high probability that this story is not about David and Shaw.

I had planned on buying it but im not so sure i want to now.

partly our acceptance around a:c was that we had a prequel book coming and would contain the missing 10 yrs.

Perhaps someone just though it was David and Shaw story when it wasnt. Either way just another massive blow for us. 

If this is true then, a:c was a bigger mess than i thought.

the franchise will be lucky to survive this with any credibility 

Didn't notice this thread. I just posted another on the same topic.

I am beyond pissed.

Tiwaz

I wish, but judging by the synopsis, I can't imagine there being a chance in hell the book will cover anything outside of what's been revealed. It's possible yes, but it seems highly unlikely. If they were going to do that I'd imagine the synopsis would begin with something like "While David and Dr Shaw have left for the home world of the engineers..."

No thanks.

QES, yes possibly. It sadly starts to amuse me how Foxland-Scottani is fucking up the franchise. *shakes his head*

Luckily they sold Star Wars, couple of years ago. I don't dare to imagine what they would've done to it.

No surprise there

Sounds like a fan fiction piece.