During its return to the earth, commercial spaceship Nostromo intercepts a distress signal from a distant planet. When the crew discovers a chamber containing thousands of eggs on the planet, a creature inside one of the eggs attacks an explorer. The entire crew is unaware of the impending nightmare set to descend upon them when the alien parasite planted inside its unfortunate host is birthed.

In war-torn Syria, a dedicated team of female doctors tirelessly treat casualties in an underground hospital while battling systemic sexism. Dr. Amani Ballour and her colleagues work to provide hope and safety within their subterranean hospital in a way that would be unthinkable in the patriarchal society above ground.

What does it mean to care for another person’s child? Rachel, a single, 40-year-old high school teacher must ask herself this question when she falls in love with single dad Ali — and his four-year-old daughter — in the latest from Rebecca Zlotowski.