Fury 361 is a disgusting prison planet. A frozen industrial complex overseen by convicts. When a lifeboat from the USS Sulaco crashes here, Lieutenant Ellen Ripley appears to be the only survivor. And then the prisoners begin to die... at the hands of yet another survivor. Moreover, having met Ripley, the monster saves her life. In a desperate attempt to find out why this happened, the lieutenant makes a terrible discovery. She has never experienced such horror before! Science fiction master Alan Dean Foster returns to the universe beloved by millions to talk about what fate will lead to Ripley and her eternal enemy - the xenomorph known as the Alien.