Halo First Strike, Eric Nylund
Halo First Strike, Eric Nylund
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Halo: First Strike

Author: Eric Nylund

Series: Halo #3

Narrator: Todd McLaren

Unabridged: 11 hr 46 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/01/2019


Synopsis

The New York Times bestselling aftermath of Halo: Combat Evolved featuring the Master Chief—part of the expanded universe based on the award-winning video game series!

2552. The theocratic military alliance known as the Covenant is showing no mercy as it continues to assault every human world it encounters, but in the way lies humanity’s greatest champion, the super-soldier Spartan John-117—the Master Chief. Together with his AI companion Cortana and the last remaining Spartans, the galaxy-spanning fight rages on two fronts following the destruction of the human military stronghold Reach by Covenant forces and the mysterious artificial ringworld known as “Halo” at the hands of the Master Chief.

One faction—a squad of Spartans lead by Blue Team’s Fred-104 and Kelly-087—is trapped on the glassed surface of Reach, the only planet they’ve ever known as home. And beneath this ruined world, Dr. Catherine Halsey has discovered an ancient secret...one that could alter the course of the war. Meanwhile, the Master Chief and Cortana lead a second group toward a gathering of Covenant warships, as the United Nations Space Command’s worst nightmare has finally come true: the Covenant has discovered the location of Earth and is forming a massive fleet to utterly destroy it, as well as all who oppose the indomitable will of the Prophets…

About Eric Nylund

Eric Nylund is the author of many novels, including the New York Times bestselling works Halo: The Fall of Reach, Halo: First Strike, and Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, and the World Fantasy nominated Dry Water. As a writer for Microsoft Game Studios, Nylund helped develop such game franchises as Halo and Gears of War. He has also helped shape the intellectual property for some of the world’s best videogame developers, including Bioware and Epic Games, and also worked with Amazon’s game studios. Nylund lives in the Pacific Northwest with his wife, award-winning science fiction/fantasy writer Syne Mitchell, and their son.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Bradley on April 06, 2022

Comparing this book to the last is a bit like night and day. Where night is nonstop action across the ringworld Halo (with very little in the way of character development), day is like building up many pathos heroes just to tear them down in glorious varied battles on planets, spaceships (human and......more

Goodreads review by Ben on October 18, 2018

Two books and one video game into my deep dive into the “Halo” canon, and color me impressed: this really is a strikingly well realized universe. The way that Eric Nylund structures “First Strike” is pretty interesting – it serves as both a direct follow-up to the events of the first “Halo” game, as......more

Goodreads review by Mackenzie Riccardi on February 25, 2010

A lot of people play games for the killing, but others like the story. People who have played the game Halo for the story should read Halo, First Strike, and the other halo books by Eric Nyluno. This book (Halo, First Strike) and the others are about the famous super soldiers called Spartan IIs that......more

Goodreads review by Jonathan on November 17, 2024

I thought that Eric Nylund's "The Fall of Reach" was an excellent introduction to the Halo Universe. And then I thought that William C Dietz's "The Flood" was incredibly boring and dull. I am pleased to report that Eric Nylund's First Strike puts the series back on track. This book has a lot of actio......more

Goodreads review by T.R. on February 22, 2021

Damn, a lot was achieved in this book. The pace was blistering. I honestly feel this one could've made a great game. Master Chief literally saves the Human Race once again in here. The final act was as epic as it possibly could've been. The build-up was great too. I have no idea where Dr. Halsey and......more