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