HALO: Contact Harvest

By: Joseph Staten

Narrated by: Holter Graham, Jen Taylor

Publisher's summary

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

It's 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....

©2007 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. (P)2007 Macmillan Audio. All rights reserved.

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5 out of 5 stars

By Kyle Owens Robertson on 01-03-21

A must listen/read if you are a Sci Fi fan.

Description says it all. Great story if you are a halo fan and a great introductory if you are curious about Halo lore.

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5 out of 5 stars

By Isliana on 10-02-20

joe staten knew how to write

some good classic halo action, gives deeper meaning to characters in the trilogy and deepens the conflict. Very enjoyable.

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5 out of 5 stars

By Ben on 10-08-21

Excellent Story

A good place to start if you don't know where to begin for the War between the Humans and the Covenant. Literally my only hiccup with the book is Holter Graham doesn't really come off as the SSG Johnson, Avery fans of the games and series have come to know (literally through the whole book I was wondering if it was the same Johnson until I had to look it up) but that doesn't mean he does a poor job. His range for giving each character a distinct voice really helps to immerse yourself in the story. 10/10 would recommend.

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5 out of 5 stars

By austin belke on 09-22-20

absolutely amazing

the book had me on the edge of my seat every car drive. I listened to this to my commute to work and it was such an experience start to finish

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5 out of 5 stars

By harold s brown on 10-23-19

Started out weird

Started out a little weird almost not a continuation of the last book. so far I'm loving all these books

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5 out of 5 stars

By Dr Giggles on 05-23-19

Love these stories

Even though the game and books were written years ago, I still find them very enjoyable.

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5 out of 5 stars

By Amazon Customer on 04-06-24

incredible. On the Level of ODST's story

Huge Halo fan, seriously amazing work here. Staten Strikes Gold. I love this book.

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5 out of 5 stars

By joshua on 11-06-23

Im a halo fanboy

as a fanboy I want to give it the best ratings I can. its adaquate.

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5 out of 5 stars

By Hayden Heusser on 01-18-24

Good story

So my first impression is that it’s hard to understand the covenant side of things which is understandable because it’s all non common words but it was good to hear multiple sides of the story arc and my favorite was following Johnson who of course is a star character in the halo series

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5 out of 5 stars

By Anonymous User on 01-10-24

I think we can all agree Johnson knows what the ladies like

It was a great book that gives so much more lore for a beloved character who was taken out to soon

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