Quiet. 

Your pulse quickens. The locker you’re hiding in feels as though it’s closing in on all sides, constricting. Perhaps you’re standing in your coffin. The Xenomorph slinks close, its eyeless visage inches from the locker and its wet breath mingling with your fear. You don’t dare swallow. The Xenomorph stands unflinching, curious, on the hunt. Teeth bared. 

In Perfect Organism: The Assembly Cut, Andy Kelly lays bare the story behind Alien: Isolation. Learn more about its production and close-read each of its terrifying missions to understand this masterful Ridley Scott’s first Alien movie. Peer into every corner of the Sevastopol with the game’s pre-eminent expert, Andy Kelly.

The Assembly Cut:

Originally published in 2024 as Perfect Organism: An Alien: Isolation Companion, Perfect Organism: The Assembly Cut expands the story with a new introduction, new chapters and a detailed mission-by-mission analysis of the game, from start to finish. 

Also exclusive to this edition is brand-new artwork by Chancellor Stokes. In addition to The Assembly Cut’s haunting cover, Stokes has crafted 17 interior illustrations that reimagine key moments from Alien: Isolation to celebrate its peerless horror.

Specifications

Author: Andy Kelly

Illustrator: Chancellor Stokes

Standard Edition Hardcover book

  • 334 pages

  • Green bellyband

Special Edition (Signed) Hardcover book

  • 334 pages

  • Green bellyband

  • Signed bookplate

  • 2x A5 art cards

  • Bookmark

Special Edition:

Perfect Organism: The Assembly Cut’s Special Edition features a Perfect Organism-themed bookmark in signature green and featuring a quote on the reverse. A pair of A5 art cards are also included, each showcasing a striking image from inside the book, illustrated by Chancellor Stokes.


Perfect Organism: The Assembly Cut Special Edition is signed by both Andy Kelly and Jon McKellan.

About the Author:


Andy Kelly has been a video games writer for over 20 years, contributing to publications including Edge, PC Gamer, The Guardian, Vice, Total Film, and many more. He's also an Alien: Isolation superfan, covering the game across multiple publications, podcasts, and other outlets for over a decade — including defending it from a critic live on BBC Radio 5. This obsession culminated in the publication of his first book, Perfect Organism. As well as being a freelance writer, he also does PR and marketing for indie game publisher Devolver Digital.

About the Illustrator:


Complete with vivid art by Chancellor Stokes, Perfect Organism: The Assembly Cut conjures the beautiful horror of Alien: Isolation not just through its prose but its Inspired by illustrations. An accomplished digital painter whose work has been seen on album and magazine covers, Stokes’s command over horror, surrealism, and expressionism is perfectly tuned to reignite the terror Alien: Isolation invokes.

About Cult Classics:


Perfect Organism: The Assembly Cut is the latest instalment in Lost In Cult’s new imprint, Cult Classics. Cult Classics is dedicated to text-first book projects that span fiction and nonfiction alike. Each Cult Classic celebrates a game, series or story that its author knows inside and out, making every Cult Classic both personal and authoritative. Cult Classics is an anthology series of standalone books, all designed with the same principles, premium materials, and refined form factor – comfortable to read and elegant as a collection on your shelf.

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