Under the supervision of Captain Ponder, Johnson, Byrne, and Hospital Corpsman Healy are tasked with raising a militia to protect Harvest from the growing threat of the Insurrection. Watched by two artificial intelligences, Sif and Mack, the colony produces much of humanity's food. On Harvest, there is only peace and prosperity. Much to his surprise, he finds his former squad mate, Staff Sergeant Byrne, assigned there as well. He eventually ends up being reassigned to the remote agriculture world of Harvest to get away from the frontlines of the Insurrection. As a result, he goes on a drinking spree.
When going to visit his aunt in a retirement home, he is shocked to discover her dead. Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.įollowing a failed anti- insurrectionist operation on the human Inner Colony of Tribute which leaves most of his unit killed, the UNSC Marine Staff Sergeant Avery Johnson is sent on leave in the Greater Chicago Industrial Zone on Earth. In this unlikely group of heroes, one stands above the rest… a young Marine staff sergeant named Avery Johnson. So the survival of Harvest's citizens falls to a squad of battle-weary UNSC Marines and their inexperienced colonial militia trainees. What begins as a chance encounter between an alien privateer and a human freighter catapults mankind into a struggle for its very existence.īut humanity is also locked in a bitter civil war known as the Insurrection. But we have trespassed on holy ground-strayed into the path of an aggressive alien empire known as the Covenant. Harvest is a peaceful, prosperous farming colony on the very edge of human-controlled space. Halo: Contact Harvest, along with Ghosts of Onyx and The Cole Protocol, was released as part of the Halo Boxed Set on March 2, 2010. The novel centers around a young UNSC Marine, Staff Sergeant Avery Johnson-a popular and major recurring character that appears throughout the Halo series. Staten described the novel as an "ensemble piece", as Contact Harvest is narrated from the points-of-view of both human and Covenant characters. Set between 25, Contact Harvest details the first contact between humanity and the Covenant on the Outer Colony planet of Harvest, as well as the events leading to the beginning of the Human-Covenant War. The novel was generally well-received following its release and remained on The New York Times Best Sellers list at #3 for four weeks. Contact Harvest is Staten's first published novel, which he wrote after he was approached by Tor. Published by Tor Books, Contact Harvest was released on Octoand is the fifth official book in the Halo series, the second of three that were published by Tor. Halo: Contact Harvest is a Halo novel written by Joseph Staten, a writer for the original Halo trilogy of games. " The title says it all: it’s the story of “first contact” between the Covenant and us." - Joseph Staten
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