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 (9)
Posted: Oct 8th 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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Posted: Oct 8th 2008 3:14PM (Unverified) said
It wasn't so-so. It was terrible. If you beat the first Halo then you aren't missing anything story wise.
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Posted: Oct 8th 2008 4:57PM (Unverified) 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.
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Every other book has been pretty excellent.
Posted: Oct 8th 2008 3:34PM (Unverified) said
So looking forward to this read all the others and where all just as awesome.
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Posted: Oct 8th 2008 3:45PM (Unverified) 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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Posted: Oct 8th 2008 4:18PM (Unverified) said
Hooray! I love these expansions on the Halo universe.
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Posted: Oct 8th 2008 5:26PM Danny51990 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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