I love that these origin stories for Dana Scully and Fox Mulder have been created. First with
The X-Files: Origins comic book miniseries (which is published by IDW Publishing) and now there are these two novels.
It's easy to see how Mulder became fascinated by all the unexplained things after his sister went missing but not so much into what may have sparked the ever skeptic Scully into the world of the unexplained. Both books seem very interesting, I will have to add them to my wishlist.
Book: The X-Files Origins: Agent of Chaos by Kami Garcia
Description:
How did Fox Mulder become a believer?
Read this dark thriller to find out why millions of people became obsessed with
The X-Files.
In the spring of 1979, seventeen-year-old Fox Mulder has bigger problems than applying for college. Five years ago, his younger sister disappeared from their home and was never heard from again. Mulder blames himself, and his mother blames his father, who has retreated into his top-secret work for the State Department. In Fox’s senior year, his dad has moved him to Washington, DC―away from his friends on Martha’s Vineyard.
While Mulder doesn’t mind the fresh start and not being known as “that kid with the missing sister,” he’s still obsessed with finding Samantha. So when a local boy turns up dead and another child is abducted, Mulder can’t stop himself from getting involved. Could there be a link to his sister’s case? As he uncovers the truth, Mulder and his friends find themselves on the trail of a serial killer.
Sucked into a world where conspiracies, the occult, and madness overlap, Fox Mulder starts to believe.
Book: The X-Files Origins: Devil's Advocate by Jonathan Maberry
Description:
How did Dana Scully become a skeptic?
Read this dark thriller to find out why millions of people became obsessed with
The X-Files.
In the spring of 1979, fifteen-year-old Dana Scully has bigger problems than being the new girl in school. Dana has always had dreams. Sometimes they’ve even come true. Until now, she tried to write this off as coincidence. But ever since her father’s military career moved the family across the country to Craiger, Maryland, the dreams have been more like visions. Vivid, disturbing, and haunted by a shadowy figure who may be an angel . . . or the devil.
When a classmate who recently died in a car accident appears before Dana, her wounds look anything but accidental. Compelled by a force she can’t name, Dana uncovers even more suspicious deaths―and must face the dangerous knowledge that evil is real.
But when a betrayal of faith makes her question everything, she begins to put her faith in being a skeptic.
