Featuring:
Halo: First Strike by Eric Nylund
Halo: The Fall of Reach by Eric Nylund
Halo: The Flood by William C. Dietz
最後一戰：短兵鏖戰 HALO: THE FIRST STRIKE
隨著外星人強大的火力無情地朝向最後一個目標邁進時，人類與星盟之間的戰爭更加如火如荼地延燒著。而星盟的終極目標：就是要毀滅所有的人類！
光環已經遭到摧毀，無形中也消弭了其對於有意識的生命所構成的威脅。但是這樣的勝利對於聯合國太空指揮總署而言卻是要付出相當慘重的代價。數以千計的英勇士兵投入戰場，以防止這個外星人的寶物落入敵軍的掌控之中。
現在，這一切的重責大任都落在「士官長」這位斯巴達戰士的肩上。然而，即使有了人工智慧可塔娜的協助，要拯救倖存的士兵，以及在佈滿殘骸的太空中躲避搜尋賸餘光環的星盟船艦，這對士官長來說依然是一項十分艱鉅的任務。
面對星盟軍隊的挑戰，迎接在前方的無異是一趟充滿危機的歸鄉之路。為了所有的人類，士官長以及他所帶領的那些被無情戰火蹂躪而已經四分五裂的隊友們，他們不只要活下來，還要以關鍵性的反撲行動擊潰敵軍……
Rounding out Tor's series of reissues of the original three Halo novels, this newly edited and revised edition of First Strike is a must-have for all Halo fans. Featuring author Eric Nylund
at the helm, this tale bridges the events that take place in the game Halo: Combat Evolved (as novelized in The Flood) and its blockbuster follow-up, Halo 2.
After destroying the first Halo, Master Chief and Cortana attempt to voyage back home among a myriad of deadly Covenant attacks. With a battle weary squad, that includes the last of the
Spartan-II survivors and the program's creator, Dr. Catherine Halsey, First Strike delivers an action-packed space opera told against the backdrop of one of the richest and most complex Science
Fiction franchises of our time.
最後一戰：瑞奇之隕 HALO:THE FALL OF REACH
人類與星盟在光環內的戰爭如火如荼展開，整體人類的命運全繫於一位戰士：一位在一場傳奇性戰役中唯一倖存的斯巴達戰士。孤注一擲的殊死掙扎，將帶領人類前往光環－－而代價就是瑞奇星的隕落。這場輝煌而慘烈的戰鬥衝突，首度在本書完整呈現！
當星盟以壓倒性的戰力無情地掃過天際，徹底消滅人類的居心昭然若揭。而人類剩下唯一的要塞就是瑞奇星－－這個位於地球關防的星球，是對抗外來侵略的最後一個軍事堡壘。但瑞奇星上的反抗軍身負另一個更重大的任務：全力阻止星盟發現地球的所在位置。
儘管人數及武器均寡不敵眾，對抗星盟的勝算也微乎其微。然而，瑞奇星還握有一個不為人知的秘密：該地是第一批「超級戰士」的訓練基地。代號「斯巴達」的這群戰士是高度進化的武士，經過生物工程特別改造，身懷絕技，可說是全宇宙最精良的戰力－－沉默、專業且致命。
現在，星盟殘暴的攻擊火力全開，而斯巴達戰士也準備好面對這一場終極戰役。不是狙擊，就是被殺，他們絕不向敵人投降。而在當中有一位被稱為「士官長」的斯巴達戰士，他將屹立不搖，持續奮戰，孤身面對一個神秘而古老的虛擬世界……光環。
Humanity has expanded beyond the Sol System. There are hundreds of planets we now call "home."
The United Nations Space Command now struggles to control this vast empire.
After exhausting all strategies to keep seething insurrections from exploding into 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 all this conflict...and it starts with seventy-five
children, among them a six year old boy named John.
Halsey never guessed that this little boy would become humanity's final hope against a vast alien force hell-bent on wiping us out.
This is the story of John, Spartan-117…the Master Chief, and of the battles that brought humanity face to face with its possible extinction.
Halo: The Flood by William C. Dietz
Having barely escaped the battle for Reach, the crew of the Pillar of Autumn is forced to make a jump into Slipspace in hopes of evading the vast alien alliance hell-bent on wiping out
humanity. But their destination brings them to an ancient mystery and an even greater struggle.
In this far-flung corner of the universe floats a magnificently massive artificial ring world . . . a construct from a long lost race. The humans' only hope of survival is to crash land on
its surface and take the battle against the Covenant to the ground.
But they soon discover that this enigmatic ring world is much more than it seems. Built 100,000 years ago by a civilization known as the Forerunners, this "Halo" is worshipped by the
Covenant---a sacred artifact that they hope will complete their religious quest for supposed transcendence. They will stop at nothing to control it.
Engaged in a fierce ground battle, Master Chief and Cortana go deep into the Halo Construct to uncover a dark secret; this enigmatic ring world is also the universe's most dangerous weapon.
Its purpose: the destruction of all sentient life. For the Forerunners built the Halo to battle the universe's most vicious enemy---a virtually unstoppable and suddenly reawakened force known
as The Flood.
