Unbeknownst to the colonists on Ryushi, the planet is the setting for hunting games between the Predators and the prey they have bred for this purpose, and Machiko Noguchi and the other ranchers must fight for survival.

As the mercenary crew of the Perses leaves the horror of LV-223 behind them, one passenger reveals a terrible new danger and the crew soon find themselves in a deadly struggle between predator and prey! Collects issues #1-#4 of Alien vs. Predator: Fire and Stone! Aliens, Predators, and Engineers will come together in 2014 when the Aliens, Predators, and Aliens Vs. Predator comics get completely rebooted, along with the first Prometheus comic series, and joined together in a single continuity.

"Two of cinema's greatest monsters clash in a battle that spans the galaxy and extends across one woman's lifetime!"--

Fourteen years before the Aliens and the Predators met on film, they collided in the pages of a comic book. Now, on the thirtieth anniversary of that battle, the original comics stories are collected in one massive volume! This deluxe ebook is a must have for fans of the Xenoverse. Humans have colonized Ryushi, unaware that the planet is a traditional Predator site for the ritual hunting of Aliens. When the three species intersect, just about everything that can go wrong does. To save herself and her colonists, colony boss Machiko Noguchi must forge an uneasy truce with the Predator leader to fight the ravening xenomorph hordes spawned by an unleashed Alien Queen! Throughout history, the screen's mightiest monsters have clashed: in the 1940s it was Frankenstein Meets the Wolfman, in the '60s it was King Kong vs. Godzilla, and in the '90s it was Aliens vs. Predator!

Based on the successful Dark Horse graphic novels, this thrilling tale by the author of several bestselling Star Trek novels reunites two of the silver screen's most deadly aliens. Machiko Noguchi, the woman who survived a terrifying battle between the Aliens and Predators in Prey, returns in an action-packed follow-up.

It is the year 2032, and the human resistance forces are waging all-out war on the evil super-computer Skynet. Sensing defeat, Skynet goes into hiding, and years later re-emerges with its ultimate doomsday plan, an alien/terminator hybrid.