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The Fall of Reach (Halo #1)

by Eric S. Nylund (Goodreads Author)

4.21 of 5 stars 4.21 · rating details · 6,798 ratings · 495 reviews

The Definitive Edition to the First and Bestselling Halo Novel, Including Twenty-seven Pages of New Material***Legends are not simply born...they are willed into existence. Humanity has expanded beyond the Sol System. There are hundreds of planets we now call "home."The United Nations Space Command now struggles to control this vast empire. After exhausting all strategies...more

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Published August 3rd 2010 by Tor Books (first published January 1st 2001)

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Dec 20, 2012 Tena rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: Halo and Ender's Game fans

I doubted this book could be very good. I was wrong.

I assumed it would go something like this "and then he headshotted this guy, threw a grenade, took down 2 more guys, threw some more grenades, shot another guy" etc. Basically a book mainly about mindlessly shooting things up. It was more than that. This book reminded me quite a bit of Orson Scott Card's "Ender's Game" and the idea of what it would take to create elite soldiers. I got way more into the books than I ever got into the game. I bo...more I doubted this book could be very good. I was wrong.

I assumed it would go something like this "and then he headshotted this guy, threw a grenade, took down 2 more guys, threw some more grenades, shot another guy" etc. Basically a book mainly about mindlessly shooting things up. It was more than that. This book reminded me quite a bit of Orson Scott Card's "Ender's Game" and the idea of what it would take to create elite soldiers. I got way more into the books than I ever got into the game. I bought Halo 3 and barely played it because of the Halo book trilogy!

The book takes place before the events in the Halo video game and explains the origins of the character you play and why the game starts the way it does. The game made more sense after reading this book. It used lots of Navy jargon and tried to sprinkle military tactics in to most of the battle situations.

What makes the book great is that it doesn't focus on wars or engagements, but what goes on in the Spartan's heads. You're able to place yourself in their shoes and they no longer seem like dudes who are just really good at shooting things. You see the painful life of brainwashing and conditioning they've gone through. You see that they are not dumb, they think and feel, but are often conflicted. The video game never showed this. You never "felt" what happens behind the mask. Eric Nylund did a great job of bringing these characters to life and making you "believe" in what the Spartan's believed. You feel their passion, you want them to win, and are pained by their loss.

Verdict: I loved Ender's Game, and I'd place this right along side it. Solid read with some great character development. You will be a Spartan when this is over.

Disclaimer: I played Halo 1 before reading this series which may have helped me develop a relationship with the general story and characters. Also, I didn't like the 2nd book as much (The Flood). It was written by a different author who seemed to be more of a scribe for a gamer just playing thru the game. Basically it sounded like he never played the games himself and just watched someone play them and wrote down what they did. I didn't feel the emotion nearly as much. I'd recommend playing the first Halo in place of reading The Flood as it is virtually the exact same story.(less)

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Jun 19, 2012 Mike Smith rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: science-fiction

This was a bit better than I expected for a book based on a video game. This is the prequel to the game Halo, which involves a cybernetically enhanced super-soldier battling aliens over possession of a massive ring in space built by a long-dead species. The plot is pretty thin and goes through some major contortions to get all the major characters where they need to be to begin the game. The characters themselves are fairly one-dimensional, with most of the soldiers being either cowards or noble...more

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Apr 03, 2012 Rhys Grimshaw rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Any fan of Halo knows the story of Reach whether it from the game of the same name or from information gleaned over the years. It does relay the events of the fall of reach but the book contains so much more. This novel is all about the Spartan program from inception to completion, it’s the story of how the war with the covenant began and it tells us all about the legendary Master Chief.

For those who’ve played the Halo games you know the story is very good and it evokes a feeling that there’s a...more Any fan of Halo knows the story of Reach whether it from the game of the same name or from information gleaned over the years. It does relay the events of the fall of reach but the book contains so much more. This novel is all about the Spartan program from inception to completion, it’s the story of how the war with the covenant began and it tells us all about the legendary Master Chief.

For those who’ve played the Halo games you know the story is very good and it evokes a feeling that there’s a larger complex universe in which the characters live. There’s always a sense that there’s more going on than you realise. Still for all its story Halo is a shooter with a great deal of focus on the multiplayer so how far will the story take us? Can it hold up to scrutiny and expansion? Luckily for all of us the answer is yes.

Eric Nylund has squeezed a vast amount of information into the book and it comes across very naturally as the story is told in a logical chronological way. It moves from character to character giving us glimpses of different parts of the world to help build up a picture of events. The fall of reach is perhaps why most would come to this book but by far that’s not the most interesting part. All the pre-covenant war parts of the book are incredibly interesting as gives a glimpse of a vast human civilization spread out across space as the only known intelligent life. Though even this pales in comparison to the details the book gives about the Spartan project.

We all know that Spartans are a kind of advanced super soldier created to fight the good fight, what isn’t really known is how they were created. I don’t want to give away all the details of the book but there are some things that made me pause for thought. Really I was impressed at how much the book made me think about the ethics involved in Spartan creation and if the actions of Dr Halsey, the lead scientist on the project, were actually deplorable. Granted the Spartans were needed to fight the covenant threat but at the time of inception there was no Covenant.

I would’ve liked Fall of Reach to delve into the moral aspects of the story a little more; to be fair the characters question their own actions at certain points and come up with some good reasons but it’s limited. I feel like the book relies too much on the appearance of the Covenant to vindicate their methods rather than having the characters try to grapple with those issues themselves.

To be fair a few of the children involved in the Spartan program show signs of embracing what they’ve been chosen for with Master Chief adapting the quickest. From an early age the book shows him as a great hero and the best of all the Spartans and, though his character has great physical and tactical prowess from the start, he goes through a very effective emotional journey that makes you respect him all the more. Following John, Master Chief, from a child up until he becomes an adult, and getting a peek inside his mind, makes him more human and more relatable than the video games ever managed to achieve. This is a strength of the novel, brining new depth to the game’s protagonist, but it’s also a weakness. In Halo Master Chief is a larger than life character, a god among men, a powerful force to be reckoned with. Giving him a real name, telling us his past and letting the reader inside his head dispels all mystery and it’s hard to decide it that’s a good thing or a bad thing.

I’ve mentioned once before that the actual Fall of Reach isn’t the best part of the novel and yet it is still vastly interesting to read. The game Halo: Reach focuses on Noble team, which is never mentioned in the book. There are some inconsistencies between the two portrayals but neither denies the other’s existence. This version of events is told from Master Chief’s perspective as he attempts to stop the covenant gaining the location of Earth from a ship’s NAV computer. This involves many other Spartans and is a truly suspense filled mission. In fact the only real question is why Bungie didn’t base their game on these events rather than creating a whole new cast of characters, perhaps they just wanted to do something new? It’s hard to tell. Regardless the eventual fall itself is quite poignant and, though I won’t spoil specific details, there are numerous deaths of characters you’ve come to care about. I really can’t stress enough how effective the end of the Fall of Reach is.

Going in to this book I was more than a little sceptical, I love the game and franchise as a whole but how well would it translate to prose? Bungie’s crafted an intricate, well thought out, vast universe that is ripe for storytelling. The Fall of Reach is a solid novel with great characters, universal themes, emotional weight and very interesting events. A good book for anyone to read but an essential piece of mythos that’s a must read for the true Halo fan.(less)

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Feb 03, 2009 Tom rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: fiction, awesome

I have played all of the Halo games and followed the story in the games and thoroughly enjoyed them. I was given this book several years ago and never got around to reading them, until I got my hands on the audio book version!

This book was incredible. It was not predictable at all. It begins when Master Chief was selected as a child for the Spartan program. Putting the setting well before the first Halo game. The author does a great job describing Master Chief and getting the readers following...more

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Sep 03, 2011 Angie rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I was very curious about reading this book because I am a huge fan of the games. I thought it was a good book and does a great job of explaining where Master Chief (the game's main character) comes from. I loved that part. But of course there is a lot of war going on in the book and I didn't enjoy that. It is my first war novel and I'll admit that is not something I enjoy reading. I won't continue the series. I also wish it had better cover art. I mean it looks like a cartoon!

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Aug 04, 2011 Jason added it · review of another edition

I read this book as primer for the new Halo: Reach game coming out in September and I was VERY disappointed to discover that the actual battle and fall of Reach only happens in the last 60 ages. AND instead of action reminiscent of the run and gun first person shooter game, the vast, vast, vast majority of action and events are naval battles in space (something you do not see in the games). THAT SAID, I'm STILL very surprised how good this book was. I've played the four main Halo games, but wasn...more

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Feb 23, 2013 Alex rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I think this book is absolutely amazing. The pace of the story was great, I didn't feel like I need to take a break from reading this.

The best part about this book is the narration of the scenes, emotions, and character developments. First off, I am a great fan of character development in stories, and this book hits the spot. You feel the characters in this book grows stronger physically, takes on more responsibilities as a person, and develops comradery relationships with other characters, and...more

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Dec 20, 2012 Tong V rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Halo:The Fall of Reach by Eric Nylund
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"Legends are not simply born... They are willed into existence."

2225, an era of war between aliens and humans, and these aren’t the aliens you see in children cartoons, no these are the nightmare monsters that only have one intention:Erase all humanity. All hope was lost, until Dr. Catherine Halsey created an experiment for super soldiers known as spartans. This is the story of the hardships that came along the way just to make the fam...more

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Dec 13, 2012 Xavian Tellis rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

a really good and in my own opinion, well written science fiction book. I don't think that you have to be involved with any of the Halo video games to like this book. Eric Nylund, the books author, does a really good job of writing it in a way that people that have played the games and know about halo can read it, and people that have never heard of it can pick it up and read it as well.

Here is a short beginning plot summary of the book:

The novel opens with the civilian Dr. Catherine Halsey and...more

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Dec 07, 2012 Jack added it · review of another edition

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Dec 07, 2012 David rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Halo: The Fall of Reach, I LOVED this book and not just because I am a fan of the game series, which I am, but because of the great story and the science fiction elements present in the novel.
It's hard to give a synopsis that is brief enough for this but I'll try. The story revolves around our protagonist know as John-117, The Master Chief. We see his getting "recruited" into the top secret SPARTAN-II program along with seventy-four other children, his training, augmentation, the deaths of thir...more

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Nov 12, 2012 Jenna Allen rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Science fiction is not my usual genre, by any means. But I am a self-professed gamer, and as a lover of the Halo series I felt it was necessary to check out the books based on the games, and I was not disappointed.

Halo: The Fall of Reach tells the story of the creation of Master Chief, or John, Spartan 117, and how he and the rest of the Spartan warriors were chosen and began their training together. The book does a great job of connecting you emotionally to a character that is actually quite ha...more

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Nov 11, 2012 Chad rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I'm always skeptical of any books based on games, however the Halo books have typically been about things that are not game related, but build on the gaps in the game. This book follows just that and does a great job at being both an entertaining story and informative for more background into the main character, Master Chief (John). It explains more about not only Master Chief, but about the development, training, and mindset of all Spartan soldiers.

The Covenant in the game always appear to be...more

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Sep 15, 2012 Ryan Mosca rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

If you are a fan of the Halo video game series, this book is a must read. It was the first book to be released based on the Halo series, and it is an absolutely amazing start. The book is a prequel to the first Halo game, detailing the origins of Master Chief, the main character of the Halo series. You will learn about the Spartan-II program (the group of super soldiers that Master Chief is part of), and also be introduced to Dr. Catherine Halsey, who plays a key role in the Halo series. The boo...more

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Aug 20, 2012 Fergus Cruickshank-McSwiney rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I decided to read this book because my friend had recommended it to me and i loved the Halo game series so I had wanted to read it for a while.

the categories that this book filled on the bingo board were:

-A science fiction: This book fits this category as the book is about a war between the human race and a group of aliens called the Covenant. The war takes place on different planets mainly human colonies or in space around human colonies. The Covenant don't know where earth is in space at this...more

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May 22, 2012 Erik Hanley rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

The first novel for the Halo series brings in much of the back story that fans want. You learn of how the Master Chief came about, why he is the only Spartan in the first game, and you tag along for some of his early missions. Overall this book is interesting for the backstory as well as a standalone novel.

There are many people to keep track of in this book and for those not already a fan of the games it may be a bit of a challenge. That being said, once and if you have everyone straight you rea...more

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Apr 28, 2012 Justin rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 2012

I mostly read this for the nostalgia factor. I loved playing Halo and Halo 2 with my roommate(s) back in college. I expected some very cheap thrills and some awful writing, but I was actually pleasantly surprised by this novel. While certainly not a contender for any literary awards, it's actually pretty tightly written and overall pretty damn enjoyable. It was interesting to me because it provided quite a bit of background for the Halo universe that I was entirely ignorant of, even after having...more

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Apr 26, 2012 Ebenezer Arvigenius rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Bah. Gaming fiction.

To be honest I expected little from a tie-in novel (in itself a bad sign) for a rather bland and mediocre shooter with only occasional flashes of brilliance.

Imagine my surprise when I found that this was actually a well-written novel! Not only does it work as good military SF, it also expands significantly on the HALO universe and adds both depth and nuance to it. Pre-Covenant earth is shown as authoritarian government besieged by defections and civil unrest, the previously g...more

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Aug 12, 2011 Tyler rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: Anyone who likes Halo

Recommended to Tyler by: Me

Halo, The Fall of the Reach by Eric Nylund
Summary, The Fall of Reach is a prequel telling the story of humanity's war against a technologically superior race called the Covenant, a mysterious race on a religious crusade to destroy all of humanity. The story focuses on the hero John and his fellow Spartans Sam, and Kelly enhanced human beings bred as soldiers for humanity's military and the best chance the humans have for victory in the losing war against the covenant. John, Sam and Kelly were k...more

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Apr 21, 2011 Jerome rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Mass market paperbacks covering someone else's IP must be a pain to write, since you're probably under a huge time constraint to come up with 250 pages worth of story constrained by existing canon. But even more constricting is the fact that your work is permitted to exist only to further sales of the primary product. In essence, your book is a commercial.

Given that, Nylund does a pretty decent job putting some life into a killing game. While the protagonist, John 117, hardly rises above the au...more

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Mar 30, 2011 Avo rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I think this book is a an awesome book. What I like most about it is how descriptive the author is of all the actions in the book. Almost makes it feel like it is happening in front of my eyes. A favorite quote of mine is:
"The man with the iron bar swung a vicious blow at John's ribs; John sidestepped, grabbed the man's and, and clamped it to the bar. He twisted the bar and crushed the bones of his attacker's wrist.
"John snapped a side kick toward the second man, caught him in the groin, crus...more

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Jan 02, 2011 Marcus Henry7 rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Halo: The Fall of Reach by Eric Nylund is a surprisingly excellent book that is the prequel to a video game franchise. The book chronicles the life of a boy named John who among many other children was selected for a secret military operation, Operation: Spartan. John became the leader among them. Later in the book a much more menacing threat than rebel forces arose The Covenant a collection of several different alien races began waging war on the human race for some unknown reason. The only way...more

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Oct 29, 2010 Synyster Gates rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This thrilling book follows the story of a super soldier known as John-117, being based as a prequel off of a best selling Xbox game called Halo: Combat Evolved. Even though I found it to be a great read, I only gave it 4 stars instead of 5, because of the fact that at points the story became slighlty dull, but only in small sections. My reasons for "really liking" this book include that it contained many different twists and turns, leaving the plot of the story mysterious and unpredictable. Als...more

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Oct 27, 2010 Yankeeas12 rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

The Fall of Reach by Eric Nyland is an intense story in the future when man is at war with an alien race known as the covanent. Mainly focusing on one character named John, originally a young child, but soon the best soldier that ever held a gun. One of the, if not the best quote of this book in my opinion that really grabs your attention is “If Reach falls, humanity will have one month to live”. Just reading that quote automatically makes you want to learn about this story and its outcome. Rea...more

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Sep 20, 2010 Phillip Snyder rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: sci-fi

Eric Nylund probably won't go down in history as a great author, however he did manage to create an enticing universe set right around 500 years from now. The idea is that children have been selected (then abducted) for extreme military training. Raised to become super soldiers. However humanity has come across an aggressive alien species called the Covenant who plans on slaughtering every human being in the galaxy. Not to original.
What Eric Nylund did great, however, were the fight scenes appe...more

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Jun 24, 2010 Claudiu rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Originally posted on: http://www.gametrailers.com/users/Sla...

First off, and foremost actually, I beg of you all to not believe the hype that this book has surrounded itself in. It is, by far, one of the worst Sci-Fi reads I've had in recent history and the few good things about it get eclipsed by the shoddy writing and the down right awfulness that are most of the characters.
Right, let's get some structure in here.

The plague of tie-in books

Tie-in books have been around for a long time now. They...more

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Apr 18, 2010 Jack705 rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Some background on the scene I'm changing:

The Circumference is a battle ship that has a lot of technology and information about the humans.
The Covenant is an alien race.
The Spartans are an elite group of warriors fighting for the Humans.
John = master chief.
This is in the middle of a war between aliens and humans.

This is the creative response:
The aliens were invading reach. The Spartans had to act fast. Master Chief ran to the supply crate inside the pelican and restocked his ammo. They jumped ou...more

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Feb 11, 2010 Maximilian rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

"Halo The Fall of Reach" is an okay book written by Eric Nylund and its about a great war in the future between the human race and a group of aliens that call themselves the covenant. This book starts out very boring and dry and it almost made me want to stop reading but after that it becomes better. This book starts out with two people traveling to the planet Reach. Once there they look at the children they were going to use for a military experiment. Later the children are brought into a room...more

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Jan 25, 2010 steven XD rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I have played all of the Halo games and followed the story in the games and thoroughly enjoyed them.

This book was incredible. It was not predictable at all. It begins when Master Chief was selected as a child for the Spartan program. Putting the setting well before the first Halo game. The author does a great job describing Master Chief and getting the ...more I have played all of the Halo games and followed the story in the games and thoroughly enjoyed them. I was given this book several years...more

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Oct 02, 2009 John rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Halo: The Fall of Reach, by Eric Nylund, follows the chronicles of several super-soldiers as they try to defend humanity from the onslaught of a vast alien empire known as the Covenant. The soldiers, officially referred to as Spartans, are given the impossible task of defending the human planet of Reach from a numerically and technologically superior army. Among the Spartans is Master Chief, or SPARTAN-117, the central protagonist of the story, whose mission goes far beyond simply trying to win...more Halo: The Fall of Reach, by Eric Nylund, follows the chronicles of several super-soldiers as they try to defend humanity from the onslaught of a vast alien empire known as the Covenant. The soldiers, officially referred to as Spartans, are given the impossible task of defending the human planet of Reach from a numerically and technologically superior army. Among the Spartans is Master Chief, or SPARTAN-117, the central protagonist of the story, whose mission goes far beyond simply trying to win a battle. The supporting characters include the thirty other Spartans enlisted to defend Reach alongside the other human defenders. Meanwhile, the main antagonist is the Covenant, which seeks to destroy humanity, while their true motives throughout the plot remain unknown. Halo: The Fall of Reach is primarily a science fiction novel which deals with humanity in the 26th century and their struggle against the genocidal Covenant. I chose the book after playing the Xbox game Halo: Combat Evolved, which the book itself was based off of, and I wanted to delve deeper into the overall plot and discover what else the Halo universe had to offer. It also added depth to the plot as a whole and insight as to how the war began.
The central conflict in the story is Man vs. Supernatural, as it pits humanity in a brutal war against an unknown extraterrestrial threat. However, in the lesser scheme of things, the conflict of Man vs. Self is shown, as the Spartans’ inner strength is shown and their will to survive is constantly tested. One of the key themes in the novel is self-sacrifice, as many Spartans take massive risks for the greater good of humanity often with the cost of their lives. The most prominent symbol throughout the book is the Master Chief himself. He represents humanity’s will to survive even in the face of great danger. He also exhibits strong self-determination as he progresses, rather than blindly following the orders of his superiors, he makes decisions based on the moment, which proves to save the lives of his fellow soldiers. Although the Master Chief undoubtedly knows how to fight any enemy in any situation, he begins to learn why he is fighting, representing humanity’s natural curiosity and willingness to learn. The greatest motif that is present in the book is death. Even though the defenders of Reach fight vigorously against the invaders, everyone on the planet suffers the same inevitable fate of death. The book makes frequent references to the corpses of Reach’s protectors, and depicts death as a final peace granted to the war-weary soldiers. The author makes use of transition to switch back and forth between the fast-paced Battle of Reach where most of the Spartans fought, and the more covert operations that were undertaken by the Master Chief alone. The author’s tone is notably solemn, however it becomes increasingly desperate as humanity begins to falter.
The writing style of the author is very descriptive and uses many scientific terms which fit in with the science fiction genre. His characterization of the Spartans is different in that he doesn’t fully explain their physical appearances and leaves more to the imagination. The conversation between the characters also matches the author’s somber tone and their personalities are described more by their physical actions rather than their dialogue. Overall, I thought that Halo: The Fall of Reach was an excellent book, as it was able to flesh out the plot of the Halo series which is something the game wasn’t able to do. I feel that the plot was different compared to other science fiction books in that it was able to show the more human side of the story in detail. The story nevertheless had the feel of an epic, as the Master Chief was a character who was able to accomplish colossal feats and fight through impossible odds. I highly recommend the book to anyone that has played any Halo game as it delves deeper into the plot and gives background to the series as a whole. I would recommend it to others even if they have not played the game, as it still covers the story that takes place in the games and so nothing is left out of plot. I would not recommend it to anyone that doesn’t like science fiction or epics as the book contains many elements of both. In the end, Halo: The Fall of Reach was a great read and I am eager to read the rest of the books in the series.
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