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Summary: The Flood
Review: synopsisJohn (SPARTAN-117's ) has been mentally and physically trained since the age of 6 and has undergone many surgeries, implants, and injections to make him the most efficient soldier in UNSC controlled space. In Halo: The Flood, John and several hundred men and women aboard the ravaged Pillar of Autumn battleship arrive in a system and find a strong Covenant force awaiting them. During the ensuing pitched battle in space, the Pillar of Autumn detects a massive alien artifact in orbit around a planet. The human battleship is soon overcome by covenant forces and all hands are forced to abandon ship and head for the massive ring shaped construct. Surviving human forces land on the alien artifact to discover that Halo is and artificial world created by a race unbeknownst to them and known by the covenant as the "Forerunners". The latter part of the book is about how the humans and covenant discover something evil buried deep within the ring, and about how both sides end up fighting for their lives.
I really enjoyed this book because of its intense connection to Halo the game, and I do think that William Dietz is a generally talented author who has the ability to put the reader right in the action. I only had minor discrepancies with the book and that was mostly about poor editing; the occasional confusion of character identities, and one spot where a Covenant soldier is blown off a cliff, yet the human killer is still able to stomp on his head... that threw me into confusion for a minute or two. All in all however, I really enjoyed this book and will give it a four out of five for its wonderfully articulated, action packed scenes.
reveiw I liked this book alot beacause of the story line outside of the game story line. The author was good at describing the intense battle scenes. He also told a good story outside of the action. I also liked how he got the enemies point of veiw. I would like to read more of the books by this author beacause I enjoy the actoin
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Summary: Halo Flood
Review: This book is one of the best books I have ever read, it's full of action, strategy, and mind numbing anticipation, if you've played the game you must read the book. This book follows the same path as the game as the Mastercheif battles his way through Covenant only to find a new even more powerful enemy hidden beneath the strange planet Halo. After descovering the true purpose of this strange weapon, will he be able to get off alive, or will the human race cease to exist?
Read this book! It earned its ***** stars.
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Summary: Mirrors the game
Review: Maybe it's because I've played the game so many times, but I found this something of a slow read. I'm glad I read just for its filling in the gaps in the storyline from the game. If you're not a die hard fan of Halo, you might want to pass on this one.
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Summary: Excellent book.
Review: This book is a wonderful rendition of the HALO game for PC and Xbox. It follows much of the game's storyline, but gives you the personal insight of Master Chief SPARTAN-117 (John). It goes into the game on a much more personal basis. You also find out that the other Marines and obnoxious ODSTs (Orbital Drop Shock Troops) weren't just holed up waiting for Master Chief to save the day. This is an excellent book. I read the first two by Eric Nylund first, and was worried that Dietz's wouldn't be up to par. However, I could tell almost no difference in the writing styles. I give this book 5 out of 5. It's a wonderful storyline novellized by a wonderful author!
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Summary: Halo- The Flood (You've read this book if you've played)
Review: This book is specially geared toward the thousands and thousands of actual Xbox-Halo game freaks. Halo: The Flood, is a follow-up to William Dietz's first fictional novel Halo: The Fall of Reach, which took readers into pre-covenant times and steadily lead up to the current war. The sequel of the first book is here to bring the action back to us in a rendezvous with the war hero SPARTAN-117, a human killing machine.
John (SPARTAN-117's civilian name) has been mentally and physically trained since the age of 6 and has undergone many surgeries, implants, and injections to make him the most efficient soldier in UNSC controlled space. In Halo: The Flood, John and several hundred men and women aboard the ravaged Pillar of Autumn battleship arrive in a system and find a strong Covenant force awaiting them. During the ensuing pitched battle in space, the Pillar of Autumn detects a massive alien artifact in orbit around a gas giant. The human battleship is soon overcome by covenant forces and all hands are forced to abandon ship and head for the massive ring shaped construct. Surviving human forces land on the alien artifact to discover that Halo is and artificial world created by a race unbeknownst to them and known by the covenant as the "Forerunners". The latter part of the book is about how the humans and covenant discover something evil buried deep within the ring, and about how both sides end up fighting for their lives.
I really enjoyed this book because of its intense connection to Halo the game, and I do think that William Dietz is a generally talented author who has the ability to put the reader right in the action. I only had minor discrepancies with the book and that was mostly about poor editing; the occasional confusion of character identities, and one spot where a Covenant soldier is blown off a cliff, yet the human killer is still able to stomp on his head... that threw me into confusion for a minute or two. All in all however, I really enjoyed this book and will give it a four out of five for its wonderfully articulated, action packed scenes.
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Summary: you will love it
Review: this is the best book i have ever read you will love it
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Summary: Great series
Review: Halo-the popular X-box video game- has recently had its second novel published based on the in game play and story. While Halo: The Flood by William C. Dietz contents much of the action and setting of the game, its predecessor-Halo: The Fall Of Reach by Eric Nylund- focuses more on the origins of the enigmatic Master chief and the ethical questions of future soldier hood. The story of Reach is about John, AKA the SPARTAN master chief, his "selection" to be a guardian of the empire, the training he endures and his fight to save humanity. One of 75 SPARTAN II, children chosen by the government at the age of 6 to be super soldiers, he is neither the strongest nor the fastest; however, John is the bravest. His foe, the Covenant, is a group of aliens waging a jihad against humanity for an as yet unknown reason. They have superior technology and are only kept away from Earth by the Cole Protocol: any ship engaged with the Covenant must destroy all data and navigation concerning earth. And though the SPARTANS, protected with MJOLNIR armor (the name of Thor's hammer, which as long as the gods possessed would protect Asgard and Valhalla), never lose a battle, they are slowly giving way to the alien onslaught. The action cumulates to the climatic battle of Reach a galactic Thermopylae were all the SPARTANS, except Master Chief, fall in defense of the planet.
While the first book was a better novel its action was far less than Flood. The book starts where the game does with the Pillar of Autumn crashing onto Halo and ends with the master chief escaping, once again alone (it does not pay to be friends with a Spartan). The appeal of Flood was the introduction of game favorites 343 Guilty spark-a senile robot with the keys to a doomsday device straight from Dr. Strangelove- and the flood- a parasitic life form that's sole purpose is to fill its end less hunger. Fans will be pleased by the seamless flow that matches the game; however, there are no great literary aspects, nor any of those troubling ethical questions that plagued our hero in Reach.
More than just action the story offers a glimpse into the not so distant future of warfare and the ethical questions that need answering. Dr. Halsey, the founder of the SPARTAN II project, is unsure if the creation of an army that may be earth's only hope justifies the kidnapping of 6-year-old children, sending them to a life of military brutality and injecting them with drugs and implants that give them inhuman strength, but kill half the SPARTANS from side effects. And in the story we see not the thriving world of tomorrow, the Earth itself is only referred to in regards to the Cole protocol, but a harsh militant empire in a perpetual war with an enemy that they do not even know why wants to destroy them.
The story has a good mix of battles that range from space, jungle and zero gravity and are well described. The characters, though far from revolutionary, do change with the story as does the technology. One can tell the book was written by a civilian by the SPARTANS referring to each other by their first names. Mr. Nylund does a nice job of putting in enough Physics for Trekkers who actually care about the dynamics of slipstream, and knowing when to jump back to a battle scene. The Halo future is interesting precisely because of it's so close to our world: DNA modification, AI computers that are alive and battle armor that grants near superhuman abilities and all the while still containing shields, aliens and super weapons that dwarf the Deathstar and.
I enjoyed the two novels and finished them in a few hours. For those interested in information on the real Spartans they could read Gates of Fire, a historical novel about the stand at Thermopylae, and Greek Armies an illustrated history by Peter Connolly.
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Summary: If you have played Halo, you have already "read" this book!
Review: If you haven't played the Xbox game Halo then this book is not a bad read. It will completely ruin the story for you if you ever do play the game though. The best way I can describe Halo: The Flood is if someone sat next to you while you played the game and just wrote down everything that happened, added some extra dialog and "off-screen" action and put it all in a paperback novel. I couldn't wait to finish it, but of course...I knew how it was going to end before I even started reading it. If you haven't played the game and never intend to, it probably deserves a 4 out of 5, but if you have played the game don't even bother.
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Summary: HALO FANS AND HEAVY READERS...LEND ME YOUR EARS!
Review: I love this book. it describes exactly what happened on the mysterious world Halo. From characters like Master Chief to the Elite soldier Zuka 'Zamamee and Grunt Yayap, to even the Flood's combat form of what was once Private Jenkins, this book is a must. I hate the people who gave this book bad reviews. Even though it is not the same author of the first book (Eric Nylund), it still has good qualities. It shows different points-of-view, what really happened to the captured Captain Keyes, and what it felt like to be a soldier on another planet, protecting Earth. I will not give anymore of this book away. But this book is a must if you played the game and want to know more about the soldiers who crashed on Halo, or if you just simply like to read action-packed, sci-fi, suspenseful books.
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Summary: Boring and repetitive
Review: This book is ok. It follows the concept of Halo: Combat Evolved. In fact it's basically a game script because the exact same things happen in the book as in the game. The Master Chief gets in a billion fights, and its really fastpaced. The thing is, it gets really old really fast. It's basically M. C. running around and shooting hundreds of guys every page, a book shouldn't be like your playing the game. The only thing I really like was the other Marines and their story of struggle. The Covenant's point of view during the story wasn't bad either. Overall, it's an alright book. I wouldn't recommend it, but if your a die-hard Halo fan go ahead and buy it, otherwise borrow it or steer clear of it. Play the game, it's funner.
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