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{{Novel infobox | {{Novel infobox | ||
|name=''Halo: Contact Harvest'' | |name=''Halo: Contact Harvest'' | ||
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<div class="tabbox"><div class="tab">Original</div> | |||
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<div class="tabbox"><div class="tab">2019 Edition</div> | |||
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|author=[[Joseph Staten]]<ref name="amazon">[http://www.amazon.com/Contact-Harvest-Halo-Joseph-Staten/dp/0765315696/ref=pd_bxgy_b_img_y '''Amazon''': ''Halo: Contact Harvest'']</ref> | |author=[[Joseph Staten]]<ref name="amazon">[http://www.amazon.com/Contact-Harvest-Halo-Joseph-Staten/dp/0765315696/ref=pd_bxgy_b_img_y '''Amazon''': ''Halo: Contact Harvest'']</ref> | ||
|publisher=[[Tor Books]]<ref name="amazon"/> | |publisher=[[Tor Books]]<ref name="amazon"/><br>[[Gallery Books]] (2019 edition) | ||
|publication=[[2007 (real world)|October 30, 2007]]<ref name="amazon"/> | |publication=[[2007 (real world)|October 30, 2007]] (original)<ref name="amazon"/><br>April 9, 2019 (2019 edition) | ||
|media=Paperback<ref name="amazon"/> | |media=Paperback<ref name="amazon"/> | ||
|length=400 pages<ref name="amazon"/> | |length=400 pages (original)<ref name="amazon"/><br>416 pages (2019 edition) | ||
|ISBN=[[Special:BookSources/0-7653-1569-6|0-7653-1569-6]], [[Special:BookSources/978-0-7653-1569-4|978-0-7653-1569-4]]<ref name="amazon"/> | |ISBN=[[Special:BookSources/0-7653-1569-6|0-7653-1569-6]], [[Special:BookSources/978-0-7653-1569-4|978-0-7653-1569-4]]<ref name="amazon"/>, [[Special:BookSources/978-1-9821-1169-4|978-1-9821-1169-4]] | ||
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{{Quote|The title says it all: it’s the story of “first contact” between the Covenant and us.|Joseph Staten<ref name="interview">[http://halo.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&cid=12430 '''Bungie.net''': ''Halo: Contact Harvest'']</ref>}} | {{Quote|The title says it all: it’s the story of “first contact” between the Covenant and us.|Joseph Staten<ref name="interview">[http://halo.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&cid=12430 '''Bungie.net''': ''Halo: Contact Harvest'']</ref>}} | ||
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==Official summary== | ==Official summary== | ||
{{Article quote|This is how it | {{Article quote|This is how it 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 ground--strayed into the path of an aggressive alien empire known as the Covenant. What begins as a chance encounter between an alien privateer and a human freighter catapults mankind into a struggle for its very existence. | 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 ground--strayed into the path of an aggressive alien empire known as the Covenant. What begins as a chance encounter between an alien privateer and a human freighter catapults mankind into a struggle for its very existence. | ||
But humanity is also 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 their inexperienced colonial militia trainees. In this unlikely group of heroes, one stands above the | But humanity is also 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 their inexperienced colonial militia trainees. In this unlikely group of heroes, one stands above the rest… a young Marine staff sergeant named Avery Johnson.<ref name="amazon"/>}} | ||
==Plot synopsis== | ==Plot synopsis== | ||
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File:HCH Cover with spine.jpg|Cover art with the spine of the book. | File:HCH Cover with spine.jpg|Cover art with the spine of the book. | ||
File:HCH Logoless Cover.jpg|Cover art with no logos or text. | File:HCH Logoless Cover.jpg|Cover art with no logos or text. | ||
File:HCH cover back 2019.jpg|Cover back of 2019 edition. | |||
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