Ghosts of Onyx (Halo) ebook

by Eric Nylund

A tom doherty associates book new york. This is a work of fiction. All the characters and events portrayed in this novel are either fictitious or are used fictitiously. Halo®: ghosts of onyx.

Halo: Ghosts of Onyx is a military science fiction novel by Eric Nylund, based on the Halo series of video games. The book was released in October 2006 and is the fourth Halo novel; Nylund's third contribution to the series

The newest action-packed addition to the Halo series, Eric Nylund's Halo: Ghosts of Onyx. The Spartan-II program has gone public

The newest action-packed addition to the Halo series, Eric Nylund's Halo: Ghosts of Onyx. The Spartan-II program has gone public. Tales of super-soldiers fending off thousands of Covenant attacks have become the stuff of legend. But just how many Spartans are left? While the Master Chief defends a besieged Earth.

Eric Nylund is the author of many novels, including the New York Times bestselling works Halo: The Fall of Reach, Halo: First Strike, and Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, and the World Fantasy nominated Dry Water.

Ghosts of onyx eric nylund a tom doherty associates book new york. HALO┬о: GHOSTS OF ONYX. Microsoft, the Microsoft Game Studios Logo, Bungie, the Bungie Logo, Halo, the Halo Logo, Xbox, and the Xbox logos are either registered trademarks or. trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries that are used under license from owner. A Tor Book Published by Tom Doherty Associates, LLC 175 Fifth Avenue New York, NY 10010.

Halo: Ghosts of Onyx. Halo by. Eric S. Nylund (Goodreads Author).

The guard on the perimeter of Base New Hope drew on a cigarette, took a final puff, and tossed the butt ith a pop. The guard'. The guard's cigarette hit the ground. Nearby crickets resumed their night song. John pinged his status to the rest of Blue Team. Four green LED lights winked on his display, indicating the rest of the extended perimeter guards had been neutralized. The next objective was a delivery gate, the weakest part of the rebel base's defense system. Halo has been destroyed, and the threat it posed to sentient life, neutralized. But victory has come at a terrible cost for. Signal to Noise. Live where you fear to live. Destroy your reputation. Jack Potter puts computer cryptography to work for the highest bidder: sometimes for private corporations, sometimes for the government.

A Tom Doherty Associates book. While soldiers fend off thousands of Covenant attacks, Section Three devises a plan using planet Onyx as a base, but when Halo is destroyed and Ancient Forerunner technology stirs, the Covenant race to claim it to change the course of the Human-Covenant War.

The newest action-packed addition to the Halo series, Eric Nylund's Halo: Ghosts of Onyx.

The Spartan-II program has gone public. Tales of super-soldiers fending off thousands of Covenant attacks have become the stuff of legend.

But just how many Spartans are left?

While the Master Chief defends a besieged Earth, and the myriad factions of the Covenant continue their crusade to eliminate humanity, an ultrasecret cell of the Office of Naval Intelligence known as "Section Three" devises a plan to buy the UNSC vital time. They're going to need hundreds of willing soldiers, though . . . and one more Spartan to get the job done.

The planet Onyx is virtually abandoned and the perfect place to set this new plan in motion. But when the Master Chief destroys Halo, something is triggered deep within Onyx: Ancient Forerunner technology stirs, and fleets of UNSC and Covenant race to claim it to change the course of the Human-Covenant War.

But this reawakened and ancient force may have plans of its own . . .

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OK... you've probably read all the flashy reviews on this one. So I won't bother showering it with overwhelming praise. Let's get down to the dirt:
This title started off strong. The intro [Prologue] takes place in the future, where an orbital drop, ODST style, takes place. A bunch of outnumbered Spartan-III warriors strike a covenant refinery-type structure, in what I'd tag as a fantastic battle. Some kid named Tom leads the pack. Great scenes...but you'd expect the rest of the book--which starts in chapter 1 with a flash back into the past, showing the commissioning /experiences of the Spartan-III program--to be just as strong.
Sadly, the story does not deliver as you'd expect. In my opinion, this intro was the best part of the whole story.

Tom's training days, along with his relationships to a few other kid Spartans is shown as you read on. Good, but nothing in depth there. You can tell he's destined to be an "Alpha-Male" character.

As you read on, a lot of attention is given to a female scientist that worked on the original Spartan program [called Dr. Halsey], and to another guy, named Kurt, a veteran Spartan. But you never get to KNOW them or their true characters, in the 377 pages. It feels like they're standing around, reading a teleprompter or something; and some of the actions/decisions they take are not really "sound".

Cool real time combat strategies, battling with less than sufficient weaponry in comparison to the foes, and lots of self-sacrifice takes place, upon a seemingly uninhabited planet named Onyx. I particularly liked the research data presented on that world and its rich subterranean minerals, which is why bad guys want it. Plus there appears to be buried alien technology there, almost fusing what I'd call Aztec-style constructs and nanotechnology into one lethal sentient entity.

Yes there was a space battle, with Covenant warships vs. UNSC battle cruisers. And that was ok; it almost seemed disconnected from the rest of the ongoing Spartan-III development.
Like others have pointed out, this sort of "random battle thingy" leads to too many plots in one single story line. Feels like you're being dragged off the main course over and over again.

But still, if you want strong character development, high intrigue, and "a balanced tale that does not feel like it is being Forced into the dictated mental constraints of the XBOX HALO property owners", you will not find it in this book.
Its almost like... playing a video game, and the cut-scenes force you to do stuff that seems foolish to your independent mind, but you drag along, and vanquish the obstacles ahead of you... and get to the end, and find out... oh-my-damn, there is no end...

If this where a movie and I saw it, I'd want my money back.
Don't get me wrong, the author, Eric Nylund, is a pro. He has written other outstanding Halo/Non-Halo stuff. But I'm certain he did not have creative freedom to give you and epic sci-fi adventure worth remembering in this one.

INvait

As usual, Eric Nylund delivers.

Lets face it. If you are a huge Halo universe fan, 'Ghosts of Onyx' is a must-read. The games don't give you the full picture of what's going on in the Halo-verse. Without reading the books (of which there are now four), you'll never know the full story behind the genesis of the SPARTAN project, Master Chief's origin, what started the conflict between us and the Convenant or the scope of the Forerunner's domain.

And if you are like me, you were pretty annoyed with the ending of Halo 2 and MC's cryptic statement "I'm finishing this fight, sir."

'Ghosts of Onyx' brings you up to speed with what's been happening to the other SPARTAN warriors whilst MC galavants around the galaxy throwing monkeywrenches in the Covenant's plan for universal suicide. He details the creation of yet another SPARTAN unit (the SPARTAN III) from orphans left behind by our war with the Covenant. He brings back some familiar characters from his previous Halo novels (Dr. Halsey, Col. Ackerman) and continues his penchant for giving these brave SPARTAN warriors overly simplistic names like Tom, Kelly and Kurt.

If yer a Halo fan, you'll be pleased as punch. Maybe its a bad thing that to get the full picture of the Halo-verse, you simply have to read the Halo books. But hey, it'd be kinda hard to cram all of that narrative between every reload of your assault rifle. Me? I'm of the mind that anything that gets you to read is inherently good. Maybe this series will get a few kids to drop their XBox360 controllers and head to a bookstore.

This book whetted my Halo appetite, if only for a little while. Finishing 'Ghosts of Onyx', you feel as if we are one step closer to finishing the fight.

Fato

It is a sad truth this book is not available to Australian kindle users, Eric you write great books - why shut them away from the world???.

Fecage

I am a geek for Sci-Fi and Halo is one of my favorite series of stories. I have purchase the paperback version, the Kindle Version and the Audible version of this book and I have read it and listened to it multiple times. Eric Nylund is my favorite author in the series of Halo books. I like the storylines that he writes and the action is something I really enjoy. Military Sci-Fi is my favorite genre.

Eric's books are creative and I like the strategies that he writes into the space battles and the ground battles. This is one of the best Halo books and I found it to be entertaining. You get action that involves Spartan II warriors, Spartan III’s, Dr Halsey and CPO Mendez. The book focuses on the continued development of the Spartan III program and the second generation of the Spartan III’s creation and training.

Meanwhile the Covenant is still winning the war but several factions are developing that are causing trouble within the Covenant alliance. Onyx is found to have a secret Forerunner base while it is also the secret training ground for the Spartan III’s. Fighting breaks out between the Spartan III’s and Forerunner Sentinels guarding the ancient alien base. A full war breaks out between the UNSC and the Covenant force over the space above Onyx. They are all trying to survive or capture and use secret advanced Forerunner alien technology to help their side win the war….

This is a great story with a lot of action. I liked it a lot. I don't play the Halo game but I have read all of the books in the Halo series. This is a good book and if you are a Halo fan it is a must read.

I like the Halo books and this is one of my favorites.

This is an excellent story and it is a good book to have in your Halo Sci-Fi library.