Halo The Cole Protocol, Tobias S. Buckell
Halo The Cole Protocol, Tobias S. Buckell
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Halo: The Cole Protocol

Author: Tobias S. Buckell

Series: Halo #6

Narrator: Jonathan Davis

Unabridged: 10 hr 21 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/01/2019


Synopsis

The New York Times bestseller—part of the expanded universe based on the award-winning video game series Halo!

2535. It is the first, desperate days of the Human-Covenant War, and the United Nations Space Command has enacted “the Cole Protocol” to safeguard Earth and its inner colonies from discovery by its merciless alien foe. Many are called upon to rid the galaxy of lingering navigation data that could potentially reveal the location of Earth and ensure the destruction of humanity. Among those tasked with eliminating any trace of such dangerous information is Navy Lieutenant Jacob Keyes—now saddled with a top-secret mission by the Office of Naval Intelligence…one that will take him to a corner of the galaxy where nothing is as it seems.

Out beyond the Outer Colonies lies the planet Hesiod, a gas giant surrounded by a vast asteroid belt. As the Covenant continues to glass the human-occupied planets near Hesiod, many of the survivors, aided by a stronghold of human insurrectionists, are fleeing to the asteroids for refuge. They have transformed the tumbling satellites into a tenuous yet ingenious settlement known as the Rubble—and have come face-to-face with a Covenant settlement of Kig-Yar…yet somehow survived. News of this unlikely treaty has spread to the warring factions. Luckily for the UNSC, this uneasy alliance is in the path of the Spartan Gray Team, a three-person renegade squad whose simple task is to wreak havoc from behind enemy lines in any way they see fit. But the Prophets have also sent their very best—an ambitious and ruthless Elite whose quest for nobility and rank is matched only by his brutality…

About Tobias S. Buckell

Called “violent, poetic, and compulsively readable” by Maclean’s, science fiction author Tobias S. Buckell is a New York Times bestselling writer born in the Caribbean. He grew up in Grenada and spent time in the British and US Virgin Islands, and these places influence much of his work. His Xenowealth series begins with Crystal Rain. Along with other stand-alone novels and his more than fifty stories, Tobias’s works have been translated into eighteen different languages. He has been nominated for such awards as the Hugo, Nebula, Prometheus, and John W. Campbell Award for Best New Science Fiction Author. His latest original novels are Hurricane Fever, a follow-up to the successful Arctic Rising, which NPR says will “give you the shivers,” and the acclaimed Halo: Envoy. He currently lives in Ohio, with his wife, twin daughters, and a pair of dogs. He can be found online at TobiasBuckell.com.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Travis on May 09, 2020

Update as of May 2020: I still strongly dislike this book for entirely subjective reasons. However, since I've discussed the book with another user recently, I'll be fair here: it's not the weakest book in the series anymore. I'd give that to Halo: Last Light, which was bad enough that I finally qui......more

Goodreads review by Ben on December 19, 2018

I’m now 5 books deep into my “Halo” deep-dive. Of the 5 novels I’ve read thus far, 3 of them were written by Eric Nylund, while the other 2 were not…and I think I’m at the point now that I can pretty safely admit that I WAY prefer Nylund’s approach to this universe over pretty much anyone else. Neit......more

Goodreads review by Taco on October 08, 2015

It's a great book with a lot of adventure I recommend this book for halo fans who don't like to read and kids its amazing......more

Goodreads review by Kenny on May 10, 2018

I have always been a big fan of the Halo franchise. I used to play the games growing up all of the time. Halo to me always had some of the best stories out of all the games I played. After recent changes to developers making games for the franchise the story seemed to have gone somewhat flat. They l......more

Goodreads review by T.R. on May 08, 2021

I was originally going to give this book 4 stars because I do not enjoy how the Spartans have been written here, however, the final two acts of the book were good enough for me to feel unsatisfied with giving it anything under five. This book was good stuff. It didn't blow my mind like some other Ha......more