Halo Contact Harvest, Joseph Staten
Halo Contact Harvest, Joseph Staten
2 Rating(s)
List: $26.99 | Sale: $18.89
Club: $13.49

Halo: Contact Harvest

Author: Joseph Staten

Series: Halo #5

Narrator: Holter Graham, Jen Taylor

Unabridged: 11 hr 54 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/01/2019


Synopsis

The New York Times bestseller—part of the expanded universe based on the award-winning video game series Halo!

2524. Harvest is a peaceful, prosperous farming colony on the very edge of human-controlled space. But humanity has unknowingly trespassed on holy ground—straying into the path of the aggressive, theocratic empire known as the Covenant. What begins as a chance encounter between an alien privateer and a human freighter soon catapults all of mankind into a struggle for its very existence.

But humanity is also currently locked in a bitter civil war of its own: the Insurrection. With resources strained to the breaking point, the ultimate survival of Harvest’s citizens falls to a squad of battle-weary UNSC Marines and their inexperienced colonial militia trainees. In this unlikely group of heroes, one will stand above the rest—a young Marine staff sergeant named Avery Johnson....

About Joseph Staten

Joseph Staten is the senior creative director at Microsoft and was the writer and creative lead for Halo: Combat Evolved, Halo 2, and Halo 3, as well as Halo: ODST and Halo: Reach. He is the New York Times bestselling author of Halo: Contact Harvest and the novella Halo: Shadow of Intent. He lives with his family in Washington.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Bradley on May 18, 2022

Honestly, I just didn't get into it. I was bored. I played the games and the one where we're actually ON Harvest was about 40 times more exciting than this book. Other people might get more mileage out of it, of course. I missed the slow reveals and worldbuilding, the truly fascinating characters. Sa......more

Goodreads review by Ben on December 12, 2018

So of all the pieces of “Halo” canon that I’ve dug into thus far – books, games, comics – this is the first thing that I’ve consumed that I haven’t 100% loved. It’s not that “First Contact” is bad – it’s certainly not – but it doesn’t have that same magic that Eric Nylund brought to his trilogy of n......more

Goodreads review by T.R. on July 29, 2023

My favourite Halo book of all. Pure perfection.......more

Goodreads review by T.R. on April 05, 2021

I can't even put into words how good this book was. Halo has always been my favourite game series, but, I kid you not, I think it is now also my favourite book series as well. Honestly, these books are tremendous. Every one I read ends up being my new favourite, which is a good sign of the quality o......more

Goodreads review by Trevor on May 15, 2020

Does a great job and fleshing out some of the personalities of some of the supporting characters from the games. Also a very horny novel......more