Book description
The Spartan-II program has gone public. Tales of super-soldiers fending
off thousands of Covenant attacks have become the stuff of legend. But
just how many Spartans are left? While the Master Chief defends a
besieged Earth, and the myriad factions of the Covenant continue their
crusade to eliminate humanity, an ultrasecret cell of the Office of
Naval Intelligence known as “Section Three” devises a plan to buy the
UNSC vital time. They're going to need hundreds of willing soldiers,
though . . . and one more Spartan to get the job done. The planet Onyx
is virtually abandoned and the perfect place to set this new plan in
motion. But when the Master Chief destroys Halo, something is triggered
deep within Onyx: Ancient Forerunner technology stirs, and fleets of
UNSC and Covenant race to claim it to change the course of the
Human-Covenant War. But this reawakened and ancient force may have plans
of its own . . .
Eric Nylund is the author of A Signal Shattered, Signal to Noise,
Pawn's Dream, Dry Water (nominated for the 1997 World Fantasy
Award), and A Game of Universe. His previous Halo novels
include Halo: The Fall of Reach and Halo: First Strike.
He lives near Seattle with his wife.
