Halo: First Strike, Book 1

Random House Publishing Group, Dec 2, 2003 - Fiction - 352 pages

The Human-Covenant war rages on as the alien juggernaut sweeps inexorably toward its final goal: destruction of all human life!

Halo has been destroyed, and the threat it posed to sentient life, neutralized. But victory has come at a terrible cost for the UNSC. Thousands of valiant soldiers fell in the battle to prevent the alien construct from falling into the enemy’s clutches.

Now, everything depends on the Spartan known as the “Master Chief.” Yet even with the aid of the artificial intelligence Cortana, the Master Chief will be hard-pressed to rescue survivors and evade the Covenant ships patrolling the remains of Halo in debris-strewn space.

Ahead lies a dangerous voyage home, through a gauntlet of Covenant forces. For the sake of all, the Master Chief and his war-torn squad must not only survive, but take the fight to the enemy with a decisive first strike.

This novel is based on a Mature-rated video game.

Bungie, Halo, Xbox, the Microsoft Game Studios logo and the Xbox Logos are registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. Used under license. © 2003 Microsoft Corporation. All Rights Reserved.

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Review: Halo: First Strike (Halo #3)

User Review  - Tanner - Goodreads

SPOILER ALERT!!!!!!!!!!!! The novel Halo: First Strike by Eric Nylund, bridges the gap between the Xbox 360 game Halo: Combat Evolved, and Halo 2. After the Master Chief destroys the ring world known ...

Review: Halo: First Strike (Halo #3)

User Review  - alexander - Goodreads

As any Halo fan would agree with, this book adds much more canon store in to the timeline of the Halo Universe. The storyline through this novel isn't the best although it isn't boring. I believe this ...

About the author

Eric Nylund is the author of many novels, including A Signal Shattered, Signal to Noise, Pawn’s Dream, Dry Water (a World Fantasy Award nominee), A Game of Universe, Crimson Skies, and Halo: The Fall of Reach, the official prequel novelization of the Xbox game. He has a bachelor’s degree in chemistry and a master’s degree in chemical physics. A graduate of the Clarion West Writer’s Workshop, he lives near Seattle with his wife, Syne Mitchell.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Halo: First Strike, Book 1; Collection Le Halo; Del Rey science fiction
• Contributor: Eric Nylund
• Edition: reprint
• Publisher: Random House Publishing Group, 2003
• ISBN: 0345467817, 9780345467812
• Length: 352 pages
• Subjects: Fiction / Action & Adventure; Fiction / Science Fiction / Action & Adventure; Fiction / Science Fiction / General