#HALO FIRST STRIKE SUMMARY FULL#

So, if you played Halo 2, then you know Master Chief is on his way to Earth (the Arc), while the Covenant tears itself apart from within, and Dr. YES NO Ghosts of Onyx follows the events left dangling from book Three, Halo: First Strike, and it takes place right around the same time that Halo 2 ends. If you want to find it all out for yourself, I suggest you stop reading now or go buy the book. Not big ones, but some spoilers nonetheless. Like Nylund, it's difficult for a simple book review to steer clear of spoilers, so I'll just let you know right now in reviewing this book, I do reveal story and plot, information about characters, and general information about the Halo universe. The bigger story? Well, unfortunately for him, that's left up to Bungie and its games, specifically Halo 3 (due in 2007), which will wrap up the remainder of the three-part story-arc that began with Halo 1. In other words, he has to show an uncommon amount of restraint while squeezing out micro-filaments of information without ruining the bigger story.

#HALO FIRST STRIKE SUMMARY FULL#

What makes his job tough, however, is navigating through the plot mines, Bungie's full control over its contents, and the art of revealing information without ruining the bigger, juicier story.

He already knows the whole Halo story arc. The Washington-based writer who recently completed the fourth book, Ghosts of Onyx (Tor Paperback, US $12.95), gets to learn about the entirety of the Halo universe, its secrets, its conclusions, and all of the interpersonal and inter-species drama, way before anyway else. Having penned three of the four Halo novels to date, author Eric Nylund has a damn cool job.

Halo first strike summary