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HALO: The Cole Protocol

By: Tobias S. Buckell
Narrated by: Jonathan Davis
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Summary

The New York Times best-seller - part of the expanded universe based on the award-winning video game series Halo!

It's 2535. It is the first, desperate days of the Human-Covenant War, and the United Nations Space Command has enacted “the Cole Protocol” to safeguard Earth and its inner colonies from discovery by its merciless alien foe. Many are called upon to rid the galaxy of lingering navigation data that could potentially reveal the location of Earth and ensure the destruction of humanity. Among those tasked with eliminating any trace of such dangerous information is Navy Lieutenant Jacob Keyes - now saddled with a top-secret mission by the Office of Naval Intelligence...one that will take him to a corner of the galaxy where nothing is as it seems.

Out beyond the Outer Colonies lies the planet Hesiod, a gas giant surrounded by a vast asteroid belt. As the Covenant continues to glass the human-occupied planets near Hesiod, many of the survivors, aided by a stronghold of human insurrectionists, are fleeing to the asteroids for refuge. They have transformed the tumbling satellites into a tenuous yet ingenious settlement known as the Rubble - and have come face-to-face with a Covenant settlement of Kig-Yar...yet somehow survived. News of this unlikely treaty has spread to the warring factions.

Luckily for the UNSC, this uneasy alliance is in the path of the Spartan Gray Team, a three-person renegade squad whose simple task is to wreak havoc from behind enemy lines in any way they see fit. But the Prophets have also sent their very best - an ambitious and ruthless Elite whose quest for nobility and rank is matched only by his brutality....

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Stellar Sci Fi

Arguably one of the best Halo novels out there, yet it is even a great Sci Fi novel outside of the existing IP. it's a must listen, with great characters and noir-lite plot. My only issue is that the climax feels a little rushed to get to the ending. Other than that, it was great.

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Amazing!

It just keeps getting better and better. I dare say this was on par with Halo Contact Harvest. The lore of this universe is just so extensive and intriguing.

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Great audio book

Great story plenty on action and the performance was pretty good too, felt connected to the characters. Didn’t get 5* as I disliked the music added and the weird background sounds they added.

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the story

I didn't like the glitches that skipped a few moments of the book, it only happened twice I think but if not for that it would have been 5 stars all over

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love it

fantastic beyond words, most enjoyable to listen to, even when playing games. looking forward to more.

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a very enjoyable book

a book i very much enjoyed and i adore, tells a tale from the universe of halo which includes some familiar faces, would recommend to any halo fan, and any non halo fan

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An interesting Story for sure

Bounced around a bit but Narrator was top tier as usual for Halo Lore

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Great Series

Really enjoying the Halo back stories of each of the characters fill out so many interesting facts

Brilliant narrated make each character come life, feel like your part of the action

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loved it

great story telling getting keys early days in the war finding about grey team and the rubble and the going ons in the convent brilliant

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Great book

Great book and most importantly the Narator is good, but there are three occasions where there is a stutter and it appears to skip by 5-10 seconds. You don't appear to miss much.

Environmental background sound effects are good but the dramatic background music got a tad annoying. Thankfully the Narator worked with it well so it was still easy to listen to.

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