Declare Books During Halo: The Fall of Reach, The Flood, First Strike (Halo #1-3)
| Original Title: | Halo, Books 1-3 (The Flood; First Strike; The Fall of Reach) |
| ISBN: | 0345473043 (ISBN13: 9780345473042) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Halo #1-3 |
Eric S. Nylund
Mass Market Paperback | Pages: 200 pages Rating: 4.45 | 1935 Users | 40 Reviews
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In some cases, you don't even have to play Halo to enjoy the books. Eric Nylund is simply that good a writer. I must make a confession: I don't own an Xbox. The only experience I have with Halo is watching my best friend beat it in a 6 hour marathon while I had a stack of comic books to read through. As for Halo 2, I followed my FPS-savy friend through the first few hours of the game, but we never got the chance to finish. I got into the books because my friend insisted I read them and, well... I actually listened to her. Don't take my opinion as one from a Halo fan - take it as one from a complete plebe who found enjoyment from a set of game-based books. If you're still curious about my opinion, let me start off with this: Read First Strike and the third book, The Fall of Reach, but don't read the middle book, The Flood. I have three reasons for this: 1) The middle book is based off the first Halo game (so why not just play the game? I didn't, but I really wish I had heeded my friend's advice and did that instead of reading The Flood). 2) It is the only book in the series not written by Nylund and you can really tell the difference by the prose and pacing. 3) It is utterly boring. I know that's harsh, but I don't like having to skip through harrowing battles against the Flood - but I will do that if the action scenes end up reading like Ctrl + C off of GameFAQs... which they did, so I skipped through about 30% of the book. Okay, I've gotten that off my chest. Now for what I liked about the books. The Fall of Reach sets up a prologue to Halo. It's an engaging plot that details the super-soldier SPARTAN program that made the Master Chief who he is in the games. It's a good read, but a tragic one as well. These Spartans start off as tough kids thrown into a secret government project and raised to be efficient killers. They are cold, they are detached... but as you learn who they are, their names their personalities, you really start to like Kelly, Sam, Linda, John, and all the rest. Liking them is the worst part, because a war is a war and a war against the Covenant is... more than you can imagine. As for First Strike. Well, it's no secret that the Master Chief is labeled the Last of the Spartans. What you may not know is that Nylund has a great talent of bringing in more to a story than you can ever hope to expect. This book takes place after the first Halo game and the action is intense. That's all I'm saying about this book. Go read it. I was caught up in these Halo books thanks to a friend with a good taste in games and it's left a lasting impression in me. I'm not saying that you're going to get deep insights from these stories, but they are damn good sci-fi alien invasion war novels. Sometimes, everyone needs a damned good sci-fi war novel.
Specify Containing Books Halo: The Fall of Reach, The Flood, First Strike (Halo #1-3)
| Title | : | Halo: The Fall of Reach, The Flood, First Strike (Halo #1-3) |
| Author | : | Eric S. Nylund |
| Book Format | : | Mass Market Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 200 pages |
| Published | : | September 1st 2004 by Del Rey |
| Categories | : | Science Fiction. Fiction. Games. Video Games |
Rating Containing Books Halo: The Fall of Reach, The Flood, First Strike (Halo #1-3)
Ratings: 4.45 From 1935 Users | 40 ReviewsPiece Containing Books Halo: The Fall of Reach, The Flood, First Strike (Halo #1-3)
Although I would not consider this as a book, it is a collection of some of the best books ever written. The book case includes the first three of hopefully more Halo books. The first one is the "The Fall of Reach", the second book is "The Flood", and the last novel is "First Strike". These are not all of the Halo books, so make sure to check out the others if you like them. I have also wrote reviews for all of the books, so you might want to check them out.Insane.....
These books were very nice, the flood was pretty close to the actual halo: combat evolved video game and the fall of reach was a good prequel to the series. the first strike was ok but my favorites out of the 3 were the flood and the fall of reach
based on the first game of the halo trilogy theses three books are the best, i wish they made a halo 2 and 3 but they have not so i wish they do. but other than that any body who likes the halo story line should read this box set.
Really a good read for anyone looking for action/sci-fi reconstructed, whether you've played Halo or not. Still, it is there to especially enhance the game, and the author did a heck of a good job on it.
This series isn't too bad, it gives the back story of Master Chief in the first book and continues on through to the games storyline and back story. The only problem is the third book just seems to lose steam which is a shame actually.
I must admit... I love this series. It first came to my notice when my son wanted to play the X-Box game many years ago. I wasn't very thrilled with the idea of him doing so but he convinced me to read the books written to provide the full story. What I found surprised me. The characters in these three books and in the newest two novels, are more fully-developed than I expected. The main character, Master Chief, aka Spartan 117, is given some Christian subtexts in that his mission is to save
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