The New York Times bestselling aftermath of Halo: Combat Evolved featuring the Grasp Chief—area of the expanded universe based on the award-winning gaming series!

2552. The theocratic armed forces alliance referred to as the Covenant is certainly showing no mercy since it continues to assault every human globe it encounters, but in the way is situated humanity’s greatest champ, the super-soldier Spartan John-117—the Grasp Chief. Together with his AI companion Cortana and the last staying Spartans, the galaxy- about HALO: First Strike spanning combat rages on two fronts following a destruction of the individual military services stronghold Reach by Covenant causes and the inexplicable artificial ringworld referred to as “Halo” at the hands of the Master Chief.

One faction—a squad of Spartans lead by Blue Team’s Fred-104 and Kelly-087—is trapped in the glassed surface of Reach, the only globe they’ve ever known as home. And beneath this ruined world, Dr. Catherine Halsey offers discovered a historical secret…one which could alter the span of the war. Meanwhile, the Expert Chief and Cortana lead another group toward a gathering of Covenant warships, as the United Nations Space Command’s worst nightmare has finally come true: the Covenant has discovered the positioning of Earth and is forming an enormous fleet to utterly destroy it, as well as all who oppose the indomitable will from the Prophets…