

She joins Edward to recover the missing tablets and assist Professor Obed Morton, whom she believes to be her father. Johnson introduces Edward to Aline Cedrac, an intelligent, young university professor. Carnby accepts and makes it his mission to find Fiske's killer. Johnson pleads with Carnby to take the place of Fiske and reopen the investigation in order to recover the tablets. Carnby's investigation quickly leads him to Frederick Johnson, who informs him of Fiske's search for three ancient tablets with the ability to unlock an incredible and dangerous power. Edward Carnby's best friend and partner, Charles Fiske, has been found dead off the coast of Shadow Island, a mysterious island near the coast of Massachusetts.

The prequel comic Alone in the Dark: Life is a Hideous Thing was published in France by Semic comics in 2001 and was released in English in September 2002. A PlayStation 2 version of the game was also released several months after and only in Europe. The game was released in 2001 on several platforms including Microsoft Windows, PlayStation, Dreamcast, and Game Boy Color. Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare (alternatively and internally known as Alone in the Dark 4) is a survival horror video game and the fourth installment and first reboot of the video game series Alone in the Dark, developed by Darkworks and published by Infogrames Entertainment, SA.
