Silent Storm (Halo) Hardcover – 4 Sept. 2018

My teenage son hates reading but LOVES gaming, so I was thrilled to find that Halo have made books! I bought the 3 books that are in this set and my son loves them! So happy!

This is the seventh novel I have read in the Halo series and it takes place about a year after the action of the fifth novel, Halo: Contact Harvest, which saw first contact with the dastardly Covenant and the fall of the first human colony on the planet Harvest. That means it takes place some years before the sixth novel, Halo: The Cole Protocol, which I read a couple of months ago. I’ve now given up trying to read the Halo novels in chronological order. The series seems to be multiplying. Twenty novels and short story collections are listed on the inside cover of this edition but more are appearing by the day.Like Contact Harvest and The Cole Protocol, this volume adds more layers to the Halo universe. The theme of treachery (or freedom fighting) on the human side continues. We have traitors deeply embedded in the UN navy and desperately trying to eliminate John-117 and the other Spartans. The rationale for this is that the Spartans were designed to suppress the Insurrectionists rather than to save humanity from the Covenant. The fact that they can potentially do both is a good enough reason for the Insurrectionists to want to sabotage Spartan missions against the Covenant and take them out of the game. We have other traitors, representatives of worlds threatened by Armageddon from the Covenant, naively thinking they can do a deal with the aliens that would rid them of UN colonial rule and protect them from the aliens’ passion for destroying humanity. One hothead even talks about giving the Covenant forces Earth’s location so they can zap tens of billions of their oppressors. A more sensible traitor suggests holding that bit of intelligence back until the aliens have proved that they can be trusted. Thus their initial offer is to give the aliens intelligence about the Spartans and their plans to disrupt Covenant supply lines.Of course the aliens negotiating with the traitors regard them as nothing more than useful idiots who will be zapped in the fulness of time. But there is also conflict on the Covenant side. This includes contempt and suspicion between the various species that make up the Covenant hierarchy and disagreement about strategy and tactics. The Spartans and other UN military units are able to exploit this conflict to carry out some spectacular sabotage missions, despite being stabbed in the back by the traitors in their midst.This novel has plenty of combat but also more plot and character development than some of the earlier novels. It is written by Troy Denning, who has written a couple of other Halo novels. I’d recommend it to anyone who plays Halo, or anyone who likes a bit of sci-fi escapism, but it’s best to try to read the Halo novels in some kind of correct order (whatever that is), otherwise you’re liable to end up lost in a parallel universe.

Is a fair novel. A nice mix of action and dialogue with build up events. If you are into 40k, it is similar but less extreme.

Very well written and a fantastic addition to the Master Chief's story and the wider Halo universe.

Although this is not a large book, it is an engaging story that I enjoyed very much. If you are a Halo fan, this should be added to your collection.It is well written, and easy to read.

What a story, we thought he was invincible, but he messes up a mission and he is facing a Colonel over a disciplinary, surely not. The Insurgents have politically stabbed him in the back. Spartan John cannot defend himself, but Dr Halsaey his mentor defends him . She gives him a new secret mission,so dangerous it will flush out a spy and traitor. Now Spartan Blue team is fighting two enemys,the Covenant and the traitor within. Just who do you trust?

Fantastically written with some very engaging moments, the book is let down slightly for long time fans with slightly too at ease speech from some characters but this is a very minor criticism in an overall fantastic book

Enjoyed the book especially as it involved Masterchief, though puzzled as to why this book was essentially a re-telling of the Spartan origins story.

I prefer hardcover books and I am very pleased with the quality of this one upon receiving it. It looks great with and without the dust jacket. The pages are a good thickness with a classic rough tooth. The pages are bound with glue which is very common. I look forward to reading this story and the ones that come after it.

Gran historia de los "comienzos" de los Spartans en sus batallas, así como la presentación entre el querido sargento Johnson y el Jefe Maestro.Una buena lectura para saber un tanto más de lo que sucedía al inicio de la guerra Humano - Covenant

Bella storia dell’universo Halo

Would never have thought that it would be so amazing!

Troy Denning does a great job of capturing the early days of the war and of John-117 and all the surviving Spartans. I'll be reading all the other books he has written in the Halo Universe, he does a great job of paying attention to detail. There are no inconsistencies with any other material in the Halo Universe, and there are lots of call backs to other canon, which is so gratifying. Every Halo book he writes is a gem.