space warfare

After the Forerunner empire self-destructs, two surviving humans--Chakas and Riser--are washed up on strange shores propelling them on a journey in an inverted world where horizons rise into the sky and humans are trapped in a dangerous cycle of horror and neglect.

"2526. It has been more than a year since humanity first encountered the hostile military alliance of alien races known as the Covenant, and several weeks after the United Nations Space Command's devastating counterattack of Operation: Silent Storm was deemed an overwhelming success. The UNSC has put its faith in the hands of the Spartans, led by the legendary Master Chief, John-117: enhanced super-soldiers raised and trained from childhood via a clandestine black ops project to be living weapons. But the Covenant--enraged and fearful of their enemy's unexpected strategies and prowess--is not taking its recent defeat lightly, and is now fully determined to eradicate humanity from existence, brutally overrunning the ill-fated planets of the Outer Colonies faster than retreats can be ordered. If the UNSC has any chance of stemming the tide of the war, the Master Chief and Blue Team must drop onto an empty, hellish world in order to capture a disabled Covenant frigate filled with valuable technology"--Provided by publisher.

"Less than a year after the end of the Covenant War, a string of violent incidents continues to threaten the tenuous peace in human-held space, culminating in the assassination of UNSC fleet admiral Graselyn Tuwa and the abduction of her family. It is a provocation so outrageous that the Office of Naval Intelligence must retaliate swiftly and ferociously--but only after its operatives identify her killer and rescue the hostages"--Provided by publisher.

"October 2559. It has been a year since the renegade artificial intelligence Cortana issued a galaxy-wide ultimatum, subjecting many worlds to martial law under the indomitable grip of her Forerunner weapons. Outside her view, the members of Blue Team--John-117, the Master Chief; Fred-104; Kelly-087; and Linda-058--are assigned from the UNSC Infinity to make a covert insertion onto the ravaged planet Reach. Blue Team's mission is to penetrate the rubble-filled depths of CASTLE Base and recover top-secret assets locked away in Dr. Catherine Halsey's abandoned laboratory--assets which may prove to be humanity's last hope against Cortana. But Reach has been invaded by a powerful and ruthless alien faction, who have their own reasons for being there. Establishing themselves as a vicious occupying force on the devastated planet, this enemy will soon transform Blue Team's simple retrieval operation into a full-blown crisis. And with the fate of the galaxy hanging in the balance, mission failure is not an option"--Provided by publisher.

After the worst of a war on Earth that has seen billions dead, peace seems closer for the recruits of military group Kilo-Five as they struggle to stop a Civil War and defeat a terrorist group bent on revenge against Earth.

"With the Janus Key now in their possession, Jul 'Mdama and Dr. Catherine Halsey race to unlock the staggering secret of the mysterious Forerunner site known as the Absolute Record. But hot on their heels is Spartan Commander Sara Palmer-who has sworn to bring the fugitive Halsey to justice-along with fellow Spartans Thorne and Tanaka, Dr. Henry Glassman, and the Elite double agent Ayit 'Sevi. Will this crack team be enough to stop Jul and Halsey and save the entire galaxy?"--Back cover.

In 2555 a startling scientific discovery is made ... and the riddle behind its Forerunner origins could very well seal the fate of the entire galaxy within a matter of weeks. In order to unravel these dangerous secrets, a heroic, hastily formed coalition of humans and Elites must attempt to overcome their differences as they embark on a covert mission back to the Ark -- where mortal danger awaits them all.

"Find. Claim. Profit. In a post-Covenant War galaxy littered with scrap, it's the salvager's motto. And with a fast ship and a lust for adventure, Rion Forge has certainly made her mark on the trade. But when the discovery of a wrecked United Nations Space Command cruiser brings Rion's past back to haunt her, stirring fresh hope into a decades-old wound, she's hell-bent on finding answers: What really happened to her father, John Forge, and his ship, the Spirit of Fire?"--Back cover.

In 2524, on the colony Harvest, young staff sergeant Avery Johnson and the United Nations Space Command encounter the alien Covenant for the first time.

With the thirty-year-long Covenant War finally over, the Office of Naval Intelligence faces old grievances rising again to threaten Earth. Angry and bitter colonists-still wanting to settle scores from an insurrection put on hold for three decades-crave justiceas does a man whose life was torn apart by ONI when his young daughter was abducted for the SPARTAN-II program. Black-ops squad Kilo-Five now find its collective loyalty tested beyond the breaking point when the father of their Spartan comrade, still searching for the truth about her disappearance, prepares to glass Earth's cities to get an answer. How far will Kilo-Five go to stop him? And will he be able to live with the truth when he finds it?.