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Halo:Fall of Reach
About the Author: The author of this book and serveral other halo and fantasy books is Eric Nylund. His is the man that does the behind scenes for microsoft. to find out more about him try this link:http://halo.wikia.com/wiki/Eric_Nylund
Sources: Bungie.net (for images)
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"Halo: Fall of Reach" book -
lieutenant Keyes and Dr. Halsey research kids in the Eirdanus star system
in the year 2517 Dr. Halsey and Lt. Jacob Keyes travel to a star stytem named Eirdanus to see the abilities of some kids in the area. Lt. Keyes doesn't know the true purpose of study but has a clue when halsey visits a child named john there and gave him a acient quarter, due to his superior strength and intellgence. -
75 children taken to Reach
Dr. Hasley andthe Office of Naval Intelligence (or ONI) has abducted 75 children to start the Spartan II program on Reach. these kids from now on will train every day of their life until they are ready to fight the insurrectionist. -
Escape from the wilderness in Reach
After two years of training Chief Petty Officer Mendez has taken the children to the wilderness of Reach. their goal is to reach the pelican D77H-TCI dropship and fly back to the training facility. but in order to do this they must leave one behind. John trainee 117 and the squad take the pelican from the man guarding it and all leave unharmed. after this John is made squad leader. -
The Surgery
In order to survive their surgery the trainees had their skin cut so that when the muscles grow it would not rip them apart. Some of the Spartans died the proces due to their bones not ready for the surgery, and some of their brains couldn't handle the inplant and became disabled. John himself narly died in the process. -
The Tests
John 117 and his squad are tested to take a flag from a bunker and wiped through the bunker's defenses and took the flag within seconds.they have become to dangerous to stay with normally military and have been moved to a new facility. -
Operation TREBUCHET
John and a few fellow spartans are send to a rebel base on an astroid. Their mission is to kill a rebel general on a frigate named laden that has the supplies to support his men. The spartans get to the base and get through the mission with ease. in the end John is shot but with the biofoam medical supplies he and his men escape with a mission complete. John is soon after awarded a purple heart. -
Contact Harvest
One of the outer colonies on the planet harvest is glassed along with the whole planet. John 117 also found out that Chief Mendez and him should never see him again. It is revealed that an alien allience called "The Conevant" is responsible for this and believes that killing humanity will help in the religious genoside. John, Sam, and Kelly make it on a Covenant ship and destroy it, but in order to complete this the bomb musted be activated manually. Sam sacrifices himself for the greater good. -
Master Chief-JOHN 117-Comes back to Reach
John 117 after so many year has come back to reach to try a new armor called MJOLNIR Mark IV. During the testing of this armor John reunites back up with all the ramaaining spartans and meets an A.I. named Cortana. But the shore leave is not for long the Covenant has found Reach and if they aren't careful the Covenant will find Earth. -
Covenant Find Reach
UNSC Frigate Pillar of Autumn recieves a transmission from Reach, The Covenant have found humanities flag planet. Now Captian Keyes does evassive maneuvers do save his crew. Master Chief and the other Spartans fight endlessly on the surface. -
The Station
In a last minute attempt to save Reach Master Chief and the Spartans split into two groups. Three Spartans John, Linda, and Tom go to a space station orbiting Reach. Tom dies while planting charges, linda is nearly killed by and Sangheli (Elite) Soilder and John kills it and completes the mission and heads back to the frigite. the Spartans on the gorund are unsucessful and nearly all of them get killed. The Autumn is forced to leave them behind Due to the "Coloe Protocal". -
Epilogue
The Pillar of Autumn Arives at halo installation-04 and the Autumn gears up for battle with a Covenant armoda.
