Title: Ironically, this is the wrong book for a Halo fan to read.
Product review: The people who are the target demographic of Halo novels - namely, people who've played Halo games - will not be well-served by this book. It really is just a recapitulation of the first entry in the game series, focusing almost completely on action, and even then not very well.Boasting that your futuristic pistol can "reach out and touch someone" is not what you'd call high art in terms of prose, but that's not the real issue. The problem is the direct description of the game as it goes from level to level and room to room. Getting lost in the confusing map design of the library level? That's actually in here, and not in a charming way. It grinds the story to a halt. It all feels like a retread of the story you know very, very well.Anyone who wants to get more out of the Halo universe should go to the other books to expand it. This one's too familiar.
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