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"Three of the Coolest Books Ever"
These books are not going to win major awards and they aren't going to revolutionize the science fiction genre, but they are still three of the best books I've ever read, and I will always hold them dear to my heart because they were the books that led me to video gaming in general and, specifically, Halo.

"Halo: Fall of Reach" is definitely the best of the three, describing the backstory of the games and the backstory of Master Chief. Eric Nylund does an exceptional job here, and his writing style is crisp and concise and so much fun to read that I've often read this book alone without going on to read the rest of the books in sequence (though I have obviously read all of them).

"Halo: The Flood" is definitely the weakest of the three. William C. Dietz's entry is basically the story of the first Halo game in written form, complete with all the exact same dialog and very little extra. It's not a bad book, but if you've played the game then you've basically read the book, just, without all of those words.

"Halo: First Strike" is one that I haven't read often, but still love. It has a ton of information in it and is just as action-packed and well-written as the first Nylund book in the series, but it always sort of confused me. Still, this is a great book.

Together the three books offer up over 900 pages of awesomeness, and if you're looking for more when you're done reading those, look up Halo: Ghosts of Onyx (also by Mr. Eric Nylund) and Halo: Contact Harvest by Joseph Staten. Also, please check out ericnylund.net, perhaps the best author blog ever.

"Entertaining reading"
A fast read, but a little bit repetitive. If you like the game, you MUST read the books.

"Great, Great Books"
These books are great. It starts off in a suspenseful environment and Eric writes this so well too keep the reader well entertained and keeps it with the videogame.

The price and shipping timing were excellent. Go Eric and Go Amazon!!!!

"Can't beat it for the price!"
If you liked the Halo game at all, this is a great set. It fills in a lot of the blanks about the back story you didn't get from the videogame. You might want to skip the sequel Ghosts book, but be sure you also grab the Contact Harvest which is a prequel to this set.

"Captivating"
Any anticipation of what this series offers should be thrown out the window. This group offers so much more than the games ever could. So many attachments to characters are developed throughout the series only to to be lost to a seemingly unwinable war. It would very much stand alone as a saga without ever having played the games in the sci-fi world, for young and old alike.