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| Halo, Books 1-3 (The Flood; First Strike; The Fall of Reach) | 
 enlarge | Author: Eric Nylund
Publisher: Del Rey
Category: Book
List Price: $23.97
Buy New: $14.00
You Save: $9.97 (42%)
New (23) Used (11) from $12.93
Avg. Customer Rating:  117 reviews
Sales Rank: 1674
Format: Box Set
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 3
Pages: 200
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 7 x 4.3 x 3
ISBN: 0345473043
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780345473042
ASIN: 0345473043
Publication Date: September 28, 2004
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 Adds depth to the game September 10, 2008
The books were written very well in the story style of the game. Because of that it added quite a lot of depth to the characters and explained a lot of the less-elaborated on nuances of the storyline.
 Awesome September 7, 2008
I purchased this item for my son. He loved it so much, that he already finished reading them.
Awesome August 30, 2008
So far I've only read the first book: The Fall of Reach, but I'm reading the others now, and they are all great, the writers are fantastic
Halo Books: Son Loves Them! June 5, 2008
My son had been wanting this set for a while, but I didn't like the bookstore prices. Once I found them at Amazon.com, it was a no-brainer. Great Price, Fast Shipping, Brand New!
Three of the Coolest Books Ever May 22, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
These books are not going to win major awards and they aren't going to revolutionize the science fiction genre, but they are still three of the best books I've ever read, and I will always hold them dear to my heart because they were the books that led me to video gaming in general and, specifically, Halo.
"Halo: Fall of Reach" is definitely the best of the three, describing the backstory of the games and the backstory of Master Chief. Eric Nylund does an exceptional job here, and his writing style is crisp and concise and so much fun to read that I've often read this book alone without going on to read the rest of the books in sequence (though I have obviously read all of them).
"Halo: The Flood" is definitely the weakest of the three. William C. Dietz's entry is basically the story of the first Halo game in written form, complete with all the exact same dialog and very little extra. It's not a bad book, but if you've played the game then you've basically read the book, just, without all of those words.
"Halo: First Strike" is one that I haven't read often, but still love. It has a ton of information in it and is just as action-packed and well-written as the first Nylund book in the series, but it always sort of confused me. Still, this is a great book.
Together the three books offer up over 900 pages of awesomeness, and if you're looking for more when you're done reading those, look up Halo: Ghosts of Onyx (also by Mr. Eric Nylund) and Halo: Contact Harvest by Joseph Staten. Also, please check out ericnylund.net, perhaps the best author blog ever.
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