Frankly, if you don't know what the Cole Protocol is -- a (fictional) military law established by the United Nations Space Command which states that any ship in danger of Covenant capture cannot reveal the location of Earth at any cost, even if that cost is the erasure of all shipboard data along with a ship's self-destruction -- we're not sure why you're still reading this, unless of course you just love
Halo and don't bother with the details (shame on you!). Suffice it to say that if you know what the Cole Protocol is, if you do love
Halo and, above all, if you love
reading, this news is for you: the latest in the
Halo series of novels -- titled
The Cole Protocol -- will be hitting retail shelves on November 25. The audio version will be made available at the same time, for those of you who would prefer a format you can enjoy while actually
playing Halo.
Written by Tobias S. Buckell, the book follows "an unexplored conflict of the Human-Covenant War" involving the Spartan Gray team. We would venture to guess that the novel covers the events that led to the creation of the Cole Protocol. We are
excited.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
10-08-2008 @ 3:09PM
NBA Kirkland said...
I read The Fall of Reach. What book should I read next? I guess it's The Flood, but I heard that was so-so. Should I skip it?
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10-08-2008 @ 3:14PM
Xerone said...
It wasn't so-so. It was terrible. If you beat the first Halo then you aren't missing anything story wise.
10-08-2008 @ 6:42PM
Thomas said...
You should read First Strike and Ghosts of Onyx, both written by Eric Nylund, writer of Fall of Reach.
10-08-2008 @ 4:57PM
Richard Mitchell said...
The Flood has its moments, but it's definitely the weakest of the series. Mostly, I'd say it's because the author had to retell the events we all already know about. The other books deal with things that aren't seen (or are only hinted at) in the games.
Every other book has been pretty excellent.
10-08-2008 @ 3:34PM
Fluffy said...
So looking forward to this read all the others and where all just as awesome.
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10-08-2008 @ 3:45PM
Vannoy said...
For a second I read the author's name as Tobias Fünke, and got really excited about a Halo book written by him.. Then reality set in and I remembered I couldn't care less about the Halo books.
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10-08-2008 @ 4:18PM
Fire Fawkes said...
Hooray! I love these expansions on the Halo universe.
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10-08-2008 @ 5:26PM
Slammed I Am said...
i stopped keeping track after the third one "First Strike". what other books are after first strike and before cole protocol cause i want to start readin them again
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10-08-2008 @ 6:43PM
Thomas said...
Ghosts Of Onyx