Establishing themselves as a vicious occupying force on the devastated planet, this enemy will soon transform Blue Team’s simple retrieval operation into a full-blown crisis. Catherine Halsey’s abandoned laboratory-assets which may prove to be humanity’s last hope against Cortana.īut Reach has been invaded by a powerful and ruthless alien faction, who have their own reasons for being there. Blue Team’s mission is to penetrate the rubble-filled depths of CASTLE Base and recover top-secret assets locked away in Dr. Their former home and training ground-and the site of humanity’s most cataclysmic military defeat near the end of the Covenant War-Reach still hides myriad secrets after all these years. Nylund 2004 A compilation of three paperback novels in the Halo series, which is based on a mature-rated video game, includes 'The Fall of Reach,' 'The Flood,' and 'First Strike.' Halo: The Flood-William C. Outside her view, the members of Blue Team-John-117, the Master Chief Fred-104 Kelly-087 and Linda-058-are assigned from the UNSC Infinity to make a covert insertion onto the ravaged planet Reach. It has been a year since the renegade artificial intelligence Cortana issued a galaxy-wide ultimatum, subjecting many worlds to martial law under the indomitable grip of her Forerunner weapons. A Master Chief story and original full-length novel set in the Halo universe-based on the New York Times bestselling video game series!
