Halo: Ghosts of Onyx

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Macmillan, Oct 31, 2006 - Fiction - 383 pages

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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Contents

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
7
PROLOGUE
11
SECTION
29
SECTION II SPARTANIII
65
SECTION III INTRUDERS
111
SECTION IV DR CATHERINE HALSEY
143
SECTION V BLUE TEAM
201
SECTION VI THE GHOSTS OF ONYX
247
SECTION VII RECLAIMERS
301
EPILOGUE SHIELD WORLD
373
CHAPTER FORTY
375
CHAPTER FORTYONE
378
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Eric Nylund has a Bachelor's degree in chemistry and a Master's degree in chemical physics. His novels include virtual reality thrillers A Signal Shattered and Signal To Noise; contemporary fantasy novels Pawn's Dream and Dry Water (nominated for the 1997 World Fantasy Award); and the science fantasy novel A Game of Universe, as well as Halo: The Fall of Reach and Halo: First Strike. He lives near Seattle on a rain-drenched mountain with his wife, Syne Mitchell.