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'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''' is a prequel to ''Halo: Combat Evolved'', written by [[Eric Nylund]] and published during October 2001.<ref name=xbox.com2>{{cite web | last=Longdale | first=Holly | url=http://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/h/halo/spotlight.htm | title=Game Worlds in Written Words | accessdate=September 2 | accessyear=2006 }}</ref> The novel was reportedly finished in seven weeks,<ref name="xbox.com2" /> eventually becoming a ''Publisher's Weekly'' bestseller with nearly two hundred thousand copies sold.<ref name=xbox.com3>{{cite web | last=Greene | first=Marty|url=http://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/h/halo2/spotlight2.htm | title=''First Strike'' Author Eric Nylund Q&A | accessdate=September 2 | accessyear=2006 }}</ref> | |||
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The book describes how the [[Spartans]] were created and suited up with advanced [[MJOLNIR]] armor. Later on in the book the Office of Naval Intelligence receives a transmission sent by a new threat, the [[Covenant]], a race of alien invaders who have been watching and studying our civilization for who knows how long. Armed with state-of-the-art weaponry Master Chief and his Spartans seek to destroy the Covenant and to keep [[Reach]] under the control of the human race. The book details the following engagements: [[The Battle of Harvest]], [[The Battle of Sigma Octanus IV]], [[The Battle of Chi Ceti]], [[The Battle of Reach]], and [[Operation: TREBUCHET]]. | |||
'''DATE:''' August 17, 2517-August 30, [[2552]] | '''DATE:''' August 17, 2517-August 30, [[2552]] | ||