HALO: The Fall of Reach
HALO, Book 1
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HALO: The Fall of Reach
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Narrated by:
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Todd McLaren
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By:
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Eric Nylund
About this listen
The New York Times best-selling origin story of the Master Chief - part of the expanded universe based on the award-winning video game series Halo!
The 26th century. Humanity has expanded beyond Earth’s system to hundreds of planets that colonists now call home. But the United Earth Government and the United Nations Space Command is struggling to control this vast empire. After exhausting all strategies to keep seething colonial insurrections from exploding into a full-blown interplanetary civil war, the UNSC has one last hope. At the Office of Naval Intelligence, Dr. Catherine Halsey has been hard at work on a top-secret program that could bring an end to the conflict...and it starts with 75 children, among them a six-year-old boy named John. And Halsey could never guess that this child will eventually become the final hope against an even greater peril engulfing the galaxy - the inexorable confrontation with a theocratic military alliance of alien races known as the Covenant.
This is the electrifying origin story of Spartan John-117 - the Master Chief - and of his legendary, unstoppable heroism in leading the resistance against humanity’s possible extinction.
©2003 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. (P)2008 Tantor Audio. All rights reserved.What listeners say about HALO: The Fall of Reach
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- Smith
- 04-10-2022
Read this before you listen!
Great novel, offering in-depth backstory into the Halo Universe.
It is worth noting, however, that there is a noted recurring typo in this version of the novel: every reference to the year 2542 should read 2552.
And yes, James’ left-arm salute is also an acknowledged mistake [you’ll know it when you hear it].
Another thing to keep in mind throughout the story—especially towards the end—is that this novel was released right around when Halo CE was launched, over 20 years ago.
Since then, the Halo Universe has expanded significantly, and there are now some parts of this book that don’t line up with what is considered canon.
If you’re a fan, you may raise an eyebrow every so often, so my advice is to remember that this was the story as of beginning of the franchise; either forget what you know about Halo going in—or simply ignore the parts which don’t add up to where Halo is now—and enjoy the novel for what it is.
Coming back to this book after so many years offered amazing nostalgia—and was even better listening to someone else read it for me as I went about my day[/s]!
Next up, The Flood!
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- Amazon Customer
- 06-02-2020
Worth the read
I really loved the narrator albeit he does pronounce a few words (such as mjolnir) incorrectly.
Also, for some reason they chose to narrate the 2010 reprint of the book which has mistskes (which were apparently rectified in the 'definitive' editions of the first 3 books), such as 2552 being incorrectly stated as 2542, and other small issues like misnumbered Spartan group sizes etc.
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- Anonymous User
- 17-01-2019
Awesome book. Decent storyline, solid narration.
The story has depth in the characters, action and drama in an excellent balance. Thoroughly enjoyable and the narrator does a great job
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- Anonymous User
- 31-03-2021
addictive
amazing story, very very addictive!
Todd mclaren took this to another level and made it a great experience!
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- Anonymous User
- 04-08-2021
First audiobook
Loved it. Was surprised how much I enjoyed listening. This was my First book. Enjoyed the origin story of Masterchief.
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- Anonymous User
- 24-09-2020
I should have read earlier!
as a halo fan, these books are a must. the narrator is awesome and captures the characters well
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- Master Beef
- 17-11-2019
An amazing story
It is truly amazing listening to this great story, 10/10 reccomend to anyone into Halo!
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- Anonymous User
- 12-04-2019
pronunciation
some words need better pronunciation as O.N.I. is said as oni and H.U.D. is said as hud and a couple of other words need correct pronunciation
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- Newton R
- 26-10-2019
My favourite of all the series
Pre covenant. The origin of master chief and the original Spartans. The story and struggle of how it all started is awesome. The introduction of the covenant race and how the war began.
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- Luke
- 08-02-2022
My First Halo novel.
Loved it. could picture the whole story in my head. does help if your familiar with the Halo game series
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