this is a great Halo book for readers that are fans of Halo or want to know how the whole Covenant/Human war began and also about most of Jenkins, how Harvest fell, Johnson, and other colonial soldiers and some of the mysterious "insurrects" or "Innies" and the first contact bewteen Covenant and Humans. Shows how it all went wrong, why Truth and the other hieroics decided to kill the humans, and how the War began.

very great book for readers who would prefer a story of both sides of the story, Covenant, and Human.

Blurb:
This is how it all began....

It is the year 2524. Harvest is a peaceful, prosperous farming colony on the very edge of Human controlled space. But we have trespassed on holy land - strayed into the path of an aggressive alien empire known as the Covenant. What begins as a chance encounter bewteen an alien privateer and a human frieghter catapults mankind into a struggle for its very own existence.

But humanity is locked in a bitter civil war known as the Insurrection. So the survival of Harvest's citizens falls to a squad of battle-weary UNSC Marines and thier inexperienced colonial militia trainees. In this unlikely group of heroes, one stands above the rest . . . a young Marine staff sergeant named Avery Johnson.

Yeah iv read it, was a good read
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loved the bit then Johnson rammed the brute cheif xD

I am a huge fan of Halo, got the first game for Mac and saving up for a 360 so I can get number 2 and 3.. How much does this book cost?

About 25-30 AUD for contact harvest, the other paperbacks (the flood, ghosts of onyx and first strike) are about 17 AUD