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Perhaps a rushed release to keep the momentum going, but it is frustrating to see so many good ideas touched on at the start (e.g., neural enhancement of the III's and it's supposed side effects, covenant civil war aftermath, return of chief Mendez, conflicted mind of Kurt over making his troops so disposable, etc). They seem to totally lack any distinct personality, and all the good points about this controversial program are discarded halfway through the book to rush into repetitive action sequences. Halsey, and the leader of them all, John 117. discarded so carelessly to go into endless description of forerunner technology that bored me. The tactics they used in each battle in that book also seemed fresh and innovative. I have listened to the audio book versions of all three Nylund Halo novels, as well as The Flood, which was not written by him.
In First Strike, he detailed some amazing events that took place after the destruction of the Alpha Halo ring, and provided a great group of human heroes consisting of a grizzled admiral, a old dog of war marine sergeant, an ONI spook, a drop ship pilot, an ODST grunt, a few Spartans, the mother figure of Dr. The tactics used are mostly a rehash of what was done in the other books, and everything seems to lack that magical Nylund touch. I find this one to be the weakest of the three Nylund books, not quite as weak as The Flood, but a notch below the other two. This book unfortunately throws a lot of that good development away, and focuses instead on the mostly disposable Spartan IIIs. This could have been so much better with another rewrite. In the Fall of Reach, Nylund did a lot of good characterization of the training of the Spartans, and provided a great insight into what made John 117 tick.
Every one of those people seemed to have a different personality, and brought something different to the table.
This is a good book expands well on the halo universe, its nice to read about something other then a halo, or master chief.
well this book is extremely well written ilove the way the auther discribes the scenes in such detail its like you are actualy there i recomend this book for everyone
So many details and characters from other books have been fleshed out to the point that they should have their own series. After reading every Halo book that has been published, I can tell this is the best. A fact that is almost never questioned in the games is answered, "No John, you're not the last." Nylund FTW.Ackbar Forevar What can I say. In every book he has written for the Halo series, Nylund has delivered.
Basically, this book is about Generation III Spartans. The UNSC choose the planet Onyx for the training facility, and then realize they're fatal mistake.
The book has a good plot, and there are a lot of good character study's, new characters, and some very of cinematic-feeling battle scenes.The end of this book is spectacular, and in my opinion, the best of any Halo book.I would have liked this book to be longer(its only 3 or 400 pages long), as I read through it in about day, and some of the plot seems squished together,but its still a very worthwhile read. Again, I'm not gonna give away to much, so I'll just say that their are a lot of Sentinels, Spartan III's, and even a few Spartan II's(no Master Chief however), which makes for quite a few battles.
Well, Nylund did it again. I won't give away to much of the plot, but I will say this:The Spartan II project was so successful, Doctor Hasley(not sure if that's the way to spell her name) and company decide to make some more.
9.0/10.0 in my opinion, this is the best Halo book to date.
Throw in a few Sentinels and your good to go.
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