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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 813.6 Edition: 1st Format: Bargain Price Label: Tor Books Manufacturer: Tor Books Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 400 Publication Date: October 30, 2007 Publisher: Tor Books Release Date: October 30, 2007 Studio: Tor Books Related Items:
Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: 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. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Why did you tarnish my good memories of Halo: Combat Evolved with your politics, Mr. Staten? Why?Ok, so maybe I expected too much. How do you like your politics? To the left? To the right? None at all; just want a good battle between aliens and humans? I'm partial to the latter, personally. So, here's the deal; If you like yours to the left, you'll find the politics in "contact harvest" amusing and it'll reinforce what you already feel about America and her allies. If you like yours to the right, you'll find the constant-lifting of historical revisionist thinking from the ... Read More Rating:  - If you like Halo this book is a mustThrilling, entrancing, well written book. For those who love Halo or those who just like SciFi this book is a MUST READ. This book tells the story of the ultra elite warriors the SPARTANS as the do their best to defend the galaxy from the conquesting race...The Covenant. Rating: - A Definite Winner...Contact Harvest was surprisingly good. The author thoroughly fleshed out Johnson's character and, like the other novels, added much more depth to the overall Halo storyline. Staten did a great job at describing Humanity's first contact with the Covenant, shedding light on exactly what their motives are, as well as a great deal of their internal politics. A definite 'must read' for anyone interested at all in the Halo story arch. Rating: - positively EPIC!This is a great novel in a great series. A must for any Halo fan. Rating:  - All Johnson, No ChiefI didn't expect to see the Master Chief in this novel at all but I was nevertheless disappointed by his absence. Other small details that didn't accurately align with the games made it lack authenticity. A fun read but not near as good as the books by Eric Nylund. 
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