• Halo: Broken Circle

  • Halo, Book 13
  • By: John Shirley
  • Narrated by: Scott Brick
  • Length: 11 hrs and 46 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (1,638 ratings)

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Halo: Broken Circle

By: John Shirley
Narrated by: Scott Brick
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Publisher's summary

Witness an untold chapter in Halo lore as John Shirley's Halo: Broken Circle takes us to the dawn of the Covenant and the fateful first bargain between the Prophets and the Elites. Broken Circle will explore an Elite splinter group rebelling against the Covenant in its earliest days, a brave Prophet caught in the machinations of the new Covenant leadership, and the root of the betrayal that would ultimately shatter the Covenant during events seen in the blockbuster Xbox video game Halo 2.

Copyright © 2014 by Microsoft Corporation. All Rights Reserved. Microsoft, Halo, the Halo logo, Xbox, and the Xbox logo are trademarks of the Microsoft group of companies.

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female voicing is a tad confusing

female voice overs are a tad hit and miss, I often thought it was another character talking.

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Pretty good book

as a lore fan, I was happy to get another book. but this one isn't exactly must read. it had a good story and is worth reading for the hardcore fan. but has no bearing on the halo games. or in game universe.

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Simply amazing

I loved how this book takes place before everything begins. Shows the rationale in thoughts of the covenant just as it is for me, almost gives you perspective in the covenant.

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Another great book

Loved to different aspect this story had; understanding the Covenant and their intentions. Great book.

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too many characters

there's a ton of characters which makes it difficult to follow by ear. but still good story.

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fan fucking tastic

it's a great one off story that doesn't require you to be knowledgeable about what's happened in other Halo novels

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Good story, just not for me

The book focuses on the conflict between the elites and the covenant, and internal conflict between the elites' society. Without the humans in the picture the story is, pardon the pun, too alien for me. The story is interesting if you want a better picture of how the other side lives. The elite culture almost reminds me of the samurai code.

You also get to see the political backstabbing within the covenant's prophets.


The performance is amazing as always. Scott Brick has never disappointed me.

The story is just hard for me to follow with so many unknown characters with complicated names.

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Brilliant!!!

this was an absolutely outstanding book and I fell in love with it the moment that it started!! I did hear and it might have just been misread but I did hear one thing one thing only that was wrong is at one point in the earliest days of the covenant Scott brick the narrator said that the profits had three fingers and a thumb but you know it was an outstanding very uplifting story!! And oh my gosh like I was sitting on the edge of my toes all the way through this book and I was itching to listen to it more and more everyday!

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history of thw covenant and a great story

For a book being about an alien culture in a sci fi world this is a great story about how the covenant came to be and the fallout of its destruction

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Good change of story

It was very interesting hearing about the rise and basically the fall of the Covenant and also about the Elites. Most stories I have heard so far are from the Human side

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