 Predator" novel series.First appearing in the 1987 film "Predator", the eponymous character arrives on Earth via starship to "hunt" armed and dangerous human quarry.Having landed in a Central American jungle that has had prior visitations, the creature has already killed a squad of U.S. Special Forces soldiers before beginning to hunt an elite paramilitary team sent to rescue what they were told are presidential cabinet ministers kidnapped by guerrilla forces.