Alien: Covenant is an upcoming 2017 novelization of the film of the same name, to be written by Alan Dean Foster and published by Titan Books. It is due to be published on May 23, 2017. According to Foster, the book will contain "some unique original material... An unusual approach that's never been tried before in a novelization". Foster is also writing Alien: Covenant - Origins, an official prequel set before the film.