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The bestselling adaptation of the iconic video game Halo: Combat Evolved featuring the Master Chief—part of the expanded universe based on the award-winning video game series! 2552. Having barely escaped the final battle for Reach against the vast alien alliance known as the Covenant, the crew of the Pillar of Autumn, including Spartan John-117—the Master Chief—and his AI companion Cortana, is forced to make a desperate escape into slipspace. But their destination brings them to an ancient mystery and an even greater struggle. In this far-flung corner of the universe floats a magnificently massive, artificial ringworld. The crew’s only hope of survival is to crash-land on its surface and take the battle opposing the Covenant to the ground. But they soon discover that this enigmatic ringworld is much more than it seems. Built one hundred thousand years ago by a long-lost civilization known as the Forerunners, this “Halo” is worshipped by the Covenant—a sacred artifact they hope will complete their religious quest for supposed transcendence, and they will stop at nothing to control it. Engaging in fierce combat, Master Chief and Cortana will go deep into the Halo construct and uncover its dark secret and true purpose—even as a monstrous and far more vicious enemy than the Covenant emerges to threaten all sentient life on Halo and the galaxy beyond…

A Master Chief story and original full-length novel set in the Halo universe—based on the New York Times bestselling video game series! 2526. It has been a year since humanity engaged in its destructive first contact with a theocratic military alliance of alien races known as the Covenant. Now the hostilities have led to open war, and the United Nations Space Command understands virtually nothing about its new enemy. There are only two certainties—the Covenant is determined to eradicate humanity, and they have the superior technology to do just that. The UNSC’s only hope lies with the Spartans: enhanced supersoldiers raised and trained from childhood via a clandestine black ops project to be living weapons. Their designated commander, Petty Officer John-117, has been assigned to lead the Spartans on a desperate counterattack designed to rock the Covenant back on its heels, and to buy humanity the time it needs to gather intelligence and prepare its defenses. But not everyone wants the Spartans to succeed. A coalition of human insurrectionist leaders believes an alliance with the Covenant to be its best hope of finally winning independence from the Unified Earth Government. To further their plans, the insurrectionists have dispatched a sleeper agent to sabotage the UNSC counterattack—and ensure that John-117 and the Spartans never return from battle....

This book consists of articles from Wikia or other free sources online. Commentary (books not included). Pages: 77. Chapters: Halo: Evolutions, Halo Graphic Novel, Black Art of Halo Mods, Conversations from the Universe, Dr. Halsey's personal journal, Forerunner Saga, Glasslands, Halo Boxed Set, Halo Effect, Halo Encyclopedia, Halo Graphic Novel, Halo Novels, The Art of Halo, The Art of Halo 3, Unnamed Halo novel series, 26 Draconis system, Allison Stark, Battle of Kholo, Battle of Psi Serpentis, Battle of Skopje, Battle of Theta Ursae Majoris System, Beacon, Blunt Instruments, Callisto Incident, Captain Teach, Ceretus, CMA Season of Plenty, Common Space Law, Connor Brien, Cuidad de Arias, Dale, Dale Kilkin, Dasc Gevadim, Demos, Dirt, Eric Santiago, Facius, Felicia Sanderson, Frank O. Welker, Gage Yevgenny, Hammadus, Harold Stanforth, Headhunters, Hopalong, Human Weakness, Inna Volkov, Jack Hopper, John Smith, Jupentus, Kelvin Research Station, Konrad Volkov, L. P. Graves, Levosia, Lillian Bratton, Lorelei, Maladus, Maria Gilliam, Michael Baird, Midnight in the Heart of Midlothian, Mitchell Lima, Morton, Mount Haven, Nevel, O'Reilly, Orrin, Otto Seinmann, Palace Hotel, Palmer, Parabum, Pariah, Partch, Prophet of Conviction, Rebecca, Sekmet, Sita, Skirmish at Capella, Skirmish at Theta Ursae Majoris, Soren-066, Stomping on the Heels of a Fuss, Teller, The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole, The Mona Lisa, The Return, Tobias Foucault, Unified Combined Military Boot Camp, Unmutuals, Unnamed Sangheili Shipmaster, UNSC Agincourt, UNSC Austerlitz, UNSC Battle Group India, UNSC Bellicose, UNSC Buenos Aires, UNSC Callisto, UNSC Campo Grande, UNSC Constantinople, UNSC Edge of Umbra, UNSC Excellence, UNSC Gorgon, UNSC Jericho, UNSC Lance Held High, UNSC Las Vegas, UNSC Lowrentz, UNSC Maelstrom, UNSC Midway, UNSC Mona Lisa, UNSC Troy, UNSC Virginia Capes, UNSC Waterloo, UNSC Wink of an Eye, Valorous Salvation, Verge, Viperidae, W. Handford, William...

A small town is touched by angels; a powerful, forbidden romance forms, and intrigue and action ensue as the Dark Forces resist the angels influence, in the first book of Alexandra Adornetto's heartfelt YA Halo Trilogy. Three angels are sent down to bring good to the world: Gabriel, the warrior; Ivy, the healer; and Bethany, a teenage girl who is the least experienced of the trio. But she is the most human, and when she is romantically drawn to a mortal boy, the angels fear she will not be strong enough to save anyone—especially herself—from the Dark Forces. Is love a great enough power against evil?

The final novel of the Kilo-Five Trilogy by #1 New York Times bestselling author Karen Traviss—part of the expanded universe based on the award-winning video game series Halo! 2553. With the thirty-year-long Covenant War finally over, the Office of Naval Intelligence faces old grievances rising again to threaten Earth. Angry and bitter colonists—still wanting to settle scores from an insurrection put on hold for three decades—crave justice…as does a man whose life was torn apart by ONI when his young daughter was abducted for the SPARTAN-II program. Black-ops squad Kilo-Five now find its collective loyalty tested beyond the breaking point when the father of their Spartan comrade, still searching for the truth about her disappearance, prepares to glass Earth’s cities to get an answer. How far will Kilo-Five go to stop him? And will he be able to live with the truth when he finds it? The painful answer lies with someone long dead, and a conscience that still survives in the most unlikely, undiscovered place…

The Master Chief is back. The legendary super soldier returns in Halo Infinite. 343 Industries and Microsoft are building the biggest and most visually spectacular Halo yet. Halo Infinite debuts on the Xbox family of consoles, including Xbox Series X, Microsoft's latest and most powerful game console. To take full advantage of its prodigious graphical prowess, 343 Industries built an all-new, next-generation game engine, giving their world-class artists the tools and technology to realize the worlds, war, and wonder of the Halo universe in unprecedented style and fidelity. 343 Industries have given Dark Horse access to the art and artists who've brought Halo Infinite to vibrant, vivid life. It's all here in unparalleled detail, the heroes you've grown to love--the Master Chief, the brave soldiers of the UNSC, as well as the weapons, vehicles, villains and vistas--and of course, the eponymous and magnificent environments of Halo itself. The Art of Halo Infinite also features a brand-new cover from legendary concept artist and Halo Infinite's Art Director, Sparth! Join us as we take you from concept to launch inside the artwork of the most ambitious Halo game to date.