Halo: The Fall of Reach

By: Eric Nylund

Narrated by: Todd McLaren

The New York Times bestselling origin story of the Master Chief—part of the expanded universe based on the award-winning video game series Halo!

The twenty-sixth century. Humanity has expanded beyond Earth’s system to hundreds of planets that colonists now call home. But the United Earth Government and the United Nations Space Command is struggling to control this vast empire. After exhausting all strategies to keep seething colonial insurrections from exploding into a full-blown interplanetary civil war, the UNSC has one last hope. At the Office of Naval Intelligence, Dr. Catherine Halsey has been hard at work on a top-secret program that could bring an end to the conflict…and it starts with seventy-five children, among them a six-year-old boy named John. And Halsey could never guess that this child will eventually become the final hope against an even greater peril engulfing the galaxy—the inexorable confrontation with a theocratic military alliance of alien races known as the Covenant.

This is the electrifying origin story of Spartan John-117—the Master Chief—and of his legendary, unstoppable heroism in leading the resistance against humanity’s possible extinction.

Overall a great story.

Over a great origin story. It is annoying the narration is not great. If you can get past that you will enjoy the story.

MUH JOL NIR

Well-told with some egregiously-mispronounced words. Mjolnir and inexorable being the worst. The story is good though, just problems with narration.

Great Nostalgia

I remember reading this book until it fell apart when it came out almost two decades ago. Memories of the storyline, the video game, the awesomeness. Seen lots of gripes about the narration. Some of it is valid, but I felt Todd did a decent job. I was mostly just enjoying the nostalgic experience.

Prefect

The only thing wrong is the pronunciation of Mjolnir. Very descriptive detail. Puts your imagination right into the action.

first audio book ever! <3

I loved it and have started to recommend it to all my friends.
The readers voice was great and his voice for the diffrent characters stayed true thought the story. I love the halo universe and this book opened my eyes to it so much more.