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Informationen zum Autor Joseph Staten is the senior creative director at Microsoft and was the writer and creative lead for Halo: Combat Evolved , Halo 2 , and Halo 3 , as well as Halo: ODST and Halo: Reach . He is the New York Times bestselling author of Halo: Contact Harvest and the novella Halo: Shadow of Intent . He lives with his family in Washington. Klappentext "2524. Harvest is a peaceful, prosperous farming colony on the very edge of human-controlled space. But humanity has unknowingly trespassed on holy ground--straying into the path of the aggressive, theocratic empire known as the Covenant. What begins as a chance encounter between an alien privateer and a human freighter soon catapults all of mankind into a struggle for its very existence"--Back cover. Zusammenfassung The New York Times bestseller—part of the expanded universe based on the award-winning video game series Halo ! 2524. Harvest is a peaceful! prosperous farming colony on the very edge of human-controlled space. But humanity has unknowingly trespassed on holy ground—straying into the path of the aggressive! theocratic empire known as the Covenant. What begins as a chance encounter between an alien privateer and a human freighter soon catapults all of mankind into a struggle for its very existence. But humanity is also currently locked in a bitter civil war of its own: the Insurrection. With resources strained to the breaking point! the ultimate survival of Harvest’s citizens falls to a squad of battle-weary UNSC Marines and their inexperienced colonial militia trainees. In this unlikely group of heroes! one will stand above the rest—a young Marine staff sergeant named Avery Johnson....
