HALO: Ghosts of Onyx: HALO, Book 4

I am a geek for Sci-Fi and Halo is one of my favorite series of stories. I have purchase the paperback version, the Kindle Version and the Audible version of this book and I have read it and listened to it multiple times. Eric Nylund is my favorite author in the series of Halo books. I like the storylines that he writes and the action is something I really enjoy. Military Sci-Fi is my favorite genre.Eric's books are creative and I like the strategies that he writes into the space battles and the ground battles. This is one of the best Halo books and I found it to be entertaining. You get action that involves Spartan II warriors, Spartan III’s, Dr Halsey and CPO Mendez. The book focuses on the continued development of the Spartan III program and the second generation of the Spartan III’s creation and training.Meanwhile the Covenant is still winning the war but several factions are developing that are causing trouble within the Covenant alliance. Onyx is found to have a secret Forerunner base while it is also the secret training ground for the Spartan III’s. Fighting breaks out between the Spartan III’s and Forerunner Sentinels guarding the ancient alien base. A full war breaks out between the UNSC and the Covenant force over the space above Onyx. They are all trying to survive or capture and use secret advanced Forerunner alien technology to help their side win the war….This is a great story with a lot of action. I liked it a lot. I don't play the Halo game but I have read all of the books in the Halo series. This is a good book and if you are a Halo fan it is a must read.I like the Halo books and this is one of my favorites.This is an excellent story and it is a good book to have in your Halo Sci-Fi library.

This is easily the best Halo books ever written. Reveals the origin of the SPARTAN-III's, making you love them even more.

"Ghosts of Onyx" is a solid addition to the Halo Universe! This is the third Eric Nylund Halo book (following The Fall of Reach (Halo, Bk. 1) and First Strike (Halo #3), the first and third books in the Halo series, respectively), and I enjoy his writing style very much.No spoilers from me; unlike the other Halo books I have read, this one diverges from the games and does not focus on the Spartan II "John", the Master Chief, although he is mentioned quite a bit. This story follows a few of the other Spartan II soldiers (including following up on a plot hook left at the end of "First Strike") and a new group of super enhanced fighters, the Spartan IIIs. As before, we also get a look into the mindset of the Covenant leadership and start to gain a little insight into the "Forerunners" as well (although not really enough to satisfy me).The action is not a constant as it was in the earlier books, with more time being spent on character and background development, but there are still plenty of hand to hand combat scenes as well as large scale ground and space battles.Recommended for fans of the series since this really isn't a standalone story as it heavily references the events and characters in the Halo games and the earlier books.Fans of military SciFi might also want to check out Old Man's War and The Forever War.CFH

After watching the Halo show on Paramount, it reignited my passion for Halo and I’ve been on a Halo book reading bender. Really enjoyed this spinoff story. It still touches on a lot of the core Halo mythology because it’s happening around the same time as The Flood.

... hmm well I went through and read all of the two and three star reviews reread the book and for one I can't find these grammatical errors that a few people spoke of and even if I could, are you kidding me? You give a book a bad rep because of bad grammar? Do you read a book for the grammar or the damn story? Any ways I believe you guys got a faulty copy which happened to me when I read fall of reach. Wasn't a big deal.This was one of the best and most interesting book's out of all of the halo books, of which I have read them all; the Cole protocol, evolutions, harvest, the forerunner books and this series of books all the way to mortal dictata.Eric nylund displays in all of his books human and spartan heroism at its finest. I could not put this book down I loved the continuation of the reach survivors story and gives you a look at how special humanity is. his book sadly was the last good book in this series Karen Travis did a poor job on the sequels if you can call them that.

Another book that lives up to what we've come to expect from Nyland (it must suck to always have to live up to your own reputation, but hey, I'm not complaining!).This fourth installment in the Halo series is mostly backstory, i.e. it doesn't feature Master Chief or directly relate to the events in Halo 2, although it does continue some of the story threads in the first three books.Yet it's a fantastic story in its own right, and provides loads of insight into the history and legend of Halo. There are lots more Spartans, lots of Covenant, lots of action, character development for some important characters and lots of insight into the Forerunners and what they were up to.You'll miss MC and Cortana and might wonder what happens next with them after the end of Halo 2, but you won't regret finding out what happens in this book. I hope Nyland writes lots more books in the Halo genre, he really lets you keep the story alive once you've played the game to death. I also hope they get Dietz to write the Halo 2 book - it should be better since there's loads more story to work with than in Halo 1.If you liked Nyland's other Halo novels you should like this one just as much. If you haven't read any yet, give it a go, it's great SF while maintaining the 'feel' of the game that Bungie has put so much work into developing.

First and foremost, I will not spoil the contents of this book, other than that noting it's a really good read if you already enjoy Halo, Master Chief and his fellow Spartans.The Halo game franchise has a great character driven story set in a massive backdrop, but only so much of that backstory can be told and explored through the game series. There is so much more to the Halo Universe worth exploring, and through books is the best medium to do it by.The great thing about these series of books is:1.) If you enjoy reading well crafted sci-fi genres, Halo's well worth the read on it's own, no gaming required2.) Your not a gamer, or maybe a casual gamer where fast paced shooter style games isn't your forte3.) Your a gamer, played through all the games main stories and want more Halo stories in the Halo universe4.) The books have the advantage of covering the story in the game without needing to play the game5.) Books are able to explore and expand further into the Halo universe beyond the games6.) There's more to Halo than just the Master Chief alone, there's a diverse cast of characters and their stories, including other Spartans7.) You get to experience the Halo universe through other characters and perspectives other than solely Master Chief'sSimply put: If you want more of the Halo story, these books are where to turn to. Give this book a read, you won't be disappointed.

Es una muy buena historia que explica donde está el equipo azul mientras sucede halo 2, y tambien el origen de los spartan III

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Nickel !!!

This book explains how doctor halsey becomes war criminal , this book continues the story of book halo first strike & pretty awesome book too