Halo

First Strike
Book • 2001
This novel serves as a prequel to the Halo video game series.

It explores the origins of the Master Chief, the SPARTAN-II program, and the events leading to the fall of the UNSC military stronghold Reach.

The story delves into the creation of the SPARTAN-II program by Dr. Catherine Halsey and the early life of John, who would eventually become the Master Chief.

It also details the UNSC's struggles to control a vast interplanetary empire and the impending threat from the alien alliance known as the Covenant.

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