Halo: The Flood

By: William C. Dietz

Narrated by: Todd McLaren

The bestselling adaptation of the iconic video game Halo: Combat Evolved featuring the Master Chief—part of the expanded universe based on the award-winning video game series!

2552. Having barely escaped the final battle for Reach against the vast alien alliance known as the Covenant, the crew of the Pillar of Autumn, including Spartan John-117—the Master Chief—and his AI companion Cortana, is forced to make a desperate escape into slipspace. But their destination brings them to an ancient mystery and an even greater struggle. In this far-flung corner of the universe floats a magnificently massive, artificial ringworld. The crew’s only hope of survival is to crash-land on its surface and take the battle opposing the Covenant to the ground.

But they soon discover that this enigmatic ringworld is much more than it seems. Built one hundred thousand years ago by a long-lost civilization known as the Forerunners, this “Halo” is worshipped by the Covenant—a sacred artifact they hope will complete their religious quest for supposed transcendence, and they will stop at nothing to control it. Engaging in fierce combat, Master Chief and Cortana will go deep into the Halo construct and uncover its dark secret and true purpose—even as a monstrous and far more vicious enemy than the Covenant emerges to threaten all sentient life on Halo and the galaxy beyond…

Overall a book over the video game C.E.

i've played all the games before reading the books, and as i can say all are equally good, no title comes even near to giving you nastalgia like playing the game.

A wonderful novelization

A good listen. Having played the game prior helps visualize the events better as you listen along.

Only complaint is the narrator didn’t know how to pronounce “mjolnir” correctly.

narrator can't english gooder

the narrator doesn't know how to pronounc words properly..... great book bad narration. i love halo lore.

great story

There's a lot of things happening on Halo other than the events of Halo CE

Awesome symetry with Halo CE

Love the symetry between this and the first Halo game (Halo CE) and all the background stories.