Halo: Contact Harvest (Halo (Tor)) by Joseph Staten, Holter Graham, and Jennifer Taylor

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Halo: Contact Harvest (Halo (Tor))
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Updated on 6-30-2008.

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Audio CD

Publisher: Macmillan Audio; Unabridged edition (January 22, 2008)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 1427202494

ISBN-13: 978-1427202499

Product Dimensions: 5.9 x 5.1 x 1.1 inches

Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces ()

Product Description

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.

About the Author

Joseph Staten started with BUNGIE STUDIOS in 1998, and has since served as a writer and designer for ONI (2001) as well as writer and cinematics director for HALO (2001) and HALO 2 (2004). Currently writing HALO 3, Joseph is also working with Peter Jackson's newly formed game development studio, WINGNUT INTERACTIVE, writing and designing an as-of-yet unannounced game set in the Halo universe.

Reader Reviews
This review is from: Contact Harvest (Halo) (Paperback) Exactly why are the Covenant so pissed off at humans, anyway? They were very successful at pulling other species into the fold. Why not attempt this with humans? Contact Harvest, by Joseph Staten, tells you why. A UNSC Marine Staff Sergeant named Avery Johnson, physically and mentally weary after battling insurrectionists, gets the cake walk position of training new recruits for a militia on the planet Harvest, a major food production world. Guess where First Contact occurs? This story goes deep into the founding Covenant politics, and describes in great detail the accident of First Contact and the subsequent beginnings of a war of extermination. The Forerunners and their technology are still a mystery, but the Covenant leaders don't like what they learn. In the meantime, Staff Sergeant Johnson takes his raw recruits, and with the help of the planetary AI, battles Covenant technology and attempts to save the colonists on Harvest. Can David slay Goliath? The Cole Protocol occurs sometime after this book, but you can "see" it coming. You get a much better insight into the psychology and culture of some of the Covenant species. Now I'm curious what it would be like to reread the other Halo books with this story as background. And if you are not a Halo fan? I think this is still an interesting, stand-alone sci-fi tale. Comment (1) | Permalink | (Report this)

Halo: Contact Harvest (Halo (Tor))
Available from Amazon
Price: $13.33
Updated on 6-30-2008.