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Halo: The Fall of Reach, by Eric Nylund

Halo: the Fall of Reach by Eric Nylund is about the Spartan II program and the origins of the Spartan super soldiers, and it focuses on how the Master Chief became who he is. The book describes the start of the human covenant war and how the planet of Reach falls. It focuses on the Spartan's training, becoming Spartans and their fight against the Covenant army. The book shows Master Chiefs Artificial Intelligence ally, Cortana and how she is born from cloning the brain of DR. Halsey and the first few fight with Master Chief and Cortana together before the setting of the games take place.

The book was good, I liked the extended background information the book gave about the origins of the Spartans, Master Chief and the human covenant war. I would recommend the book to any fan of the Halo Series and it deserves a read by anyone who is a fan of Sci-Fi novels and books. The book opens up for the next couple of books and is a great read to bridge between the first game and the start of the actual storyline. The only thing that I didn't like about the book is that it had too many big words and anyone who isn't familiar with Sci-fi terms wouldn't understand some of the things.

- Anonymous., grade 9
Central Library
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Anonymous said…
Halo Fall of Reach is a book that goes behind the stories of the Halo universe. The book tells about how Master Chief was trained to become the super soldier he is in the video games. The book also tells about the squad that master chief was in and all his other team mates in his squad with him. After their training is done, the Spartans have to go to the planet Reach which was a planet attacked by an alien force known as the Covenant. The Spartans and their other fellow soldiers fail and the Covenant burn the planet. Master chief has to experience losing a lot of his fellow soldiers throughout the book.

I honestly think that Halo Fall of Reach was a great book. I love playing the Halo video game series and I always wanted to know how Master Chief became who this amazing super soldier and if there were ever others like him. Anyone else who loves the Halo video game series I would definitely recommend this book. I also love the part how Master Chief and his fellow squad mates have to blow up an enemy ship and one of his fellow squad mates get blown out to space. It was a sad part, but I like how Master Chief has to learn how to deal with these kind of parts. Overall, I think this was an amazing book.

Reviewed by Brendan A., grade9
Montrose Crescenta Branch

July 22, 2014 at 3:00 PM
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