[i]Comprehensive List of the Halo Novels and Comics, detailing cover art, summaries, authors, release dates and other relevant information. - Proposed Forerunner Trilogy included - This information can be found in many places, but there was no comprehensive list here on Bungie.net - Summaries do not include spoilers, novel summaries quoted from back covers - Detailed overview links contain spoilers and extensive summaries[/i] --------------------------------------------------------------[b][u]NOVELS[/b][/u]-------------------------------------------------------------- [b][u]Halo: The Fall of Reach[/b][/u] - [url=http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/halo/images/7/72/Fallofreach.jpg]Cover Art[/url] [b]Author:[/b] Eric Nylund [b]Release Date:[/b] October 30, 2001 [url=http://halo.wikia.com/wiki/Halo:_The_Fall_of_Reach]Detailed Overview[/url] [b]Summary:[/b] As the bloody Human-Covenant War rages on Halo, the fate of humankind may rest with one warrior, the lone SPARTAN survivor of another legendary battle . . . the desperate, take-no-prisoners struggle that led humanity to Halo--the fall of the planet Reach. Now, brought to life for the first time, here is the full story of that glorious, doomed conflict. While the brutal Covenant juggernaut sweeps inexorably through space, intent on wiping out humankind, only one stronghold remains--the planet Reach. Practically on Earth's doorstep, it is the last military fortress to defy the onslaught. But the personnel here have another, higher priority: to prevent the Covenant from discovering the location of Earth. Outnumbered and outgunned, the soldiers seem to have little chance against the Covenant, but Reach holds a closely guarded secret. It is the training ground for the very first "super soldiers." Code-named SPARTANs, these highly advanced warriors, specially bioengineered and technologically augmented, are the best in the universe--quiet, professional, and deadly. Now, as the ferocious Covenant attack begins, a handful of SPARTANs stand ready to wage ultimate war. They will kill, they will be destroyed, but they will never surrender. And at least one of them--the SPARTAN known as Master Chief--will live to fight another day on a mysterious and ancient, artificial world called Halo... [quote][/quote] [b][u]Halo: The Flood[/b][/u] - [url=http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/halo/images/0/09/The_Flood_-_1st_Edition_Cover.jpg]Cover Art[/url] [b]Author:[/b] William C. Dietz [b]Release Date:[/b] April 1, 2003 [url=http://halo.wikia.com/wiki/Halo:_The_Flood]Detailed Overview[/url] [b]Summary:[/b] As the fortress world of Reach and its brave defenders were bombarded to rubble, a single cruiser fled the carnage with the battle's only human survivors-Captain Keyes, his crew of a few hundred Marines, and the last remaining SPARTAN super-soldier, the Master Chief. With the cruiser's artificial intelligence, Cortana, concealed in his battle armor, the Master Chief crash lands on Halo in the midst of a massive Covenant occupation. Curiously, the alien soldiers appear to be searching for something hidden on the ring. Built by a long-dead race, Halo harbors many deadly secrets, but one overshadows them all. Now the Master Chief must lead the scattered troops in a brutal race to unravel Halo's darkest mystery-and unleash its greatest source of power... [quote][/quote] [b][u]Halo: First Strike[/b][/u] - [url=http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/halo/images/b/bd/First_Strike.jpg]Cover Art[/url] [b]Author:[/b] Eric Nylund [b]Release Date:[/b] December 2, 2003 [url=http://halo.wikia.com/wiki/Halo:_First_Strike]Detailed Overview[/url] [b]Summary:[/b] 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. [quote][/quote] [b][u]Halo: Ghosts of Onyx[/b][/u] - [url=http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/halo/images/0/02/Onyx_cover.jpg]Cover Art[/url] [b]Author:[/b] Eric Nylund [b]Release Date:[/b] October 31, 2006 [url=http://halo.wikia.com/wiki/Halo:_Ghosts_of_Onyx]Detailed Overview[/url] [b]Summary:[/b] The Spartan-II program has gone public. Tales of super-soldiers fending off thousands of Covenant attacks have become the stuff of legend. But just how many Spartans are left? While the Master Chief defends a besieged Earth, and the myriad factions of the Covenant continue their crusade to eliminate humanity, an ultrasecret cell of the Office of Naval Intelligence known as "Section Three" devises a plan to buy the UNSC vital time. They're going to need hundreds of willing soldiers, though...and one more Spartan to get the job done. The planet Onyx is virtually abandoned and the perfect place to set this new plan in motion. But when the Master Chief destroys Halo, something is triggered deep within Onyx: Ancient Forerunner technology stirs, and fleets of UNSC and Covenant race to claim it to change the course of the Human-Covenant War. But this reawakened and ancient force may have plans of its own... [quote][/quote] [b][u]Halo: Contact Harvest[/b][/u] - [url=http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/halo/images/9/91/Contact_Harvest_Cover.JPG]Cover Art[/url] [b]Author:[/b] Joseph Staten [b]Release Date:[/b] October 30, 2007 [url=http://halo.wikia.com/wiki/Halo:_Contact_Harvest]Detailed Overview[/url] [b]Summary:[/b] This is how it began...It is the year 2524. Harvest is a peaceful, prosperous farming colony on the very edge of human-controlled space. But we have trespassed on holy ground--strayed into the path of an aggressive alien empire known as the Covenant. What begins as a chance encounter between an alien privateer and a human freighter catapults mankind into a struggle for its very existence. But humanity is also locked in a bitter civil war known as the Insurrection. So the survival of Harvest's citizens falls to a squad of battle-weary UNSC Marines and their inexperienced colonial militia trainees. In this unlikely group of heroes, one stands above the rest...a young Marine staff sergeant named Avery Johnson. [quote][/quote] [b][u]Halo: The Cole Protocol[/b][/u] - [url=http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/halo/images/f/f4/Halocole.png]Cover Art[/url] [b]Author:[/b] Tobias S. Buckell [b]Release Date:[/b] November 25, 2008 [url=http://halo.wikia.com/wiki/Halo:_The_Cole_Protocol]Detailed Overview[/url] [b]Summary:[/b] In the first, desperate days of the Human-Covenant War, the UNSC has enacted the Cole Protocol to safeguard Earth and its Inner Colonies from discovery by a merciless alien foe. Many are called upon to rid the universe of lingering navigation data that would reveal the location of Earth. Among them is Navy Lieutenant Jacob Keyes. Thrust back into action after being sidelined, Keyes is saddled with a top secret mission by ONI. One that will take him deep behind enemy lines, to a corner of the universe where nothing is as it seems. Out beyond the Outer Colonies lies the planet Hesiod, a gas giant surrounded by a vast asteroid belt. As the Covenant continues to glass the human occupied planets near Hesiod, many of the survivors, helped by a stronghold of human Insurrectionists, are fleeing to the asteroid belt for refuge. They have transformed the tumbling satellites into a tenuous, yet ingenious, settlement known as the Rubble--and have come face-to-face with a Covenant settlement of Kig-Yar...yet somehow survived. News of this unlikely treaty has spread to the warring sides. Luckily for the UNSC, this uneasy alliance is in the path of the Spartan Gray Team, a three-man renegade squad whose simple task is to wreak havoc from behind enemy lines in any way they see fit. But the Prophets have also sent their best---an ambitious and ruthless Elite, whose quest for nobility and rank is matched only by his brutality...and who will do anything to secure his Ascendancy and walk the Path. [Edited on 07.02.2009 11:04 AM PDT]