Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #114677 in Books
• Published on: 2008-07-01
• Formats: Audiobook, MP3 Audio, Unabridged
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: .38 pounds
• Binding: MP3 CD

Customer Reviews

Gripping, intense and thoroughly enjoyable
I bought this book before playing Halo, simply because the excerpt on the Halo website was so interesting. I was expecting a sci-fi romp with lots of action and not much else.

I was pleasantly surprised when I read this the first time. It's not only action packed, it's full of colourful characters, interesting twists and turns and it does an amazing job if filling in the details you don't usually get from a game.

I couldn't put this book down. I just had to read more, and more and then even more. I finished the book in 8 hours straight, and I've e-read it several times since. It's still great.

Fans of Halo: Combat Evolved will love this book as it takes you through the beginnings of the Spartans and the war with the Convenant.

But others will like this book too. If you want a good sci-fi novel that's hard to put down then get this book. The story is interesting and pulls you into it, the world in which it's set is lively and full of colour, and the characters are definately not 2-dimensional.

Five stars just isn't enough.

An enormous universe unfolds
Being a huge fan of Halo before reading the Fall of Reach, I had huge expectations. The story in Halo: Combat Evolved was very well written with many mysteries and links. I knew about some of Bungie's (the developers of Halo) tricks with their fans, f.ex. back in 1999, when they wrote somthing called the Cortana letters. It was letters linked to the story of Halo, but they were sent BEFORE Halo was revealed. This meant that Bungie knew their story very well. And this continues in The Fall of Reach

The book can both be read by someone who hasn't heard of Halo before and those who are hardcore fans of the game - and the book won't let any of those down. It's an exciting and compelling adventure, where we meet characters you will truly bond with before the end. The book contains lots of good action and will keep you glued to it for all the 340 pages. I think I read it faster than any other book - ever!

For the Halo fans, there's enough link and theories to be found in this book. You will gain knowledge, find answers and wonder - but after the book is done, you'll be more confused than ever... in a good way. The book ends where Halo: Combat Evolved starts and that will certainly make you play through the game again. And when Halo's done... you still want more (luckily both a sequel to Halo the game - Halo 2 - and another book - Halo: The Flood - is on their way).

Halo: The Fall of Reach is one of the best written books to any movie or game. Eric Nylund has worked very well with Bungie to ensure the readers a compelling and exciting backstory to one of the best games ever. After you've read this book, a new and enourmous universe will unfold before your eyes...

As good as the game itself
Having played the game on the Xbox to the end, I was looking forward to finding out how the Pillar of Autumn turned up at Halo, where the Covenant came from and who Master Chief was. Suffice to say I wasn't let down.

The book charts the extraordinary story of humanities battle against an alien force known as the Covenant, and the development of a man called John. If you haven't played the game you will having read this, and vice versa; if you haven't read the book you really must find out how this fantastic story started.

One of the best pieces of SF I have read for a long time.