The Flood (Halo (Audio)) | 
 enlarge | Author: William C Dietz
Creator: Todd Mclaren
Publisher: Tantor Media
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  126 reviews
Sales Rank: 771172
Format: Audiobook, Cd, Unabridged
Media: Audio CD
Edition: Unabridged
Number Of Items: 9
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 6.5 x 5.5 x 1.1
ISBN: 1400101131
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9781400101139
ASIN: 1400101131
Publication Date: July 1, 2008
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Product Description
This follow-up to The Fall of Reach continues the epic saga of humans facing an alien race known as the Covenant.
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 Took me 4 months to read, just play the game November 1, 2008
I have not played the game through and through and it's been so long ago that reading the book was a refreshing reminder of the storyline. I found myself liking the new characters like the Lt, Yayap, even that stuck up, annoying elite guy... still, busyness aside, I wonder about books that take me any longer than a month to read. What was it about them?
For a book based on a video game, it did all right bringing the scenes to life via words, but it also fell into the trap of repetiveness. Kill this, kill that, kill this, frag grenade that, pick up ammo, get missile launcher, drive hog, kill, kill some more, yawn, kill some more.
The Master Chief could have been fleshed out a whole lot more. Though not a big fan of flashbacks, I would have loved a few here to see more of his upbringing... his training. All we get are some vague references to a Dark Angelesque childhood with a band of brothers (and sisters) just like himself.
So overall, the book is a decent read for any halo fan, but probably a waste of time for anyone who's not familiar with the game.
Not a Bad Book, But Needed a Lot More Work September 22, 2008
As the follow-up of the prequel, The Fall of Reach, Halo: The Flood starts off quite well. William C. Dietz, a first time writer, was given the task to write the second book. What I don't understand is why Dietz was used and then Nylund wrote the third book. In any case, The Flood starts off at the same timeline as the Xbox game and finishes where it finishes. While both good and bad, it offers some insight into the backstory of Halo. Dietz takes a much less technical route in everything. He gets more into the spirit of the story. He brings a more human element to The Chief and possibly goes too far with some of the character development. Within the first 30 pages Dietz all of a sudden switches to the point of view of Zuka Zamamee - an Elite. Taking the point of view of the Covenant was good to see, maybe even necessary, however the format was bad. These parts of the book dichotomized the lengthy sections (normally 35-40 pages). But I felt the Covenant parts should have had their own chapters.
By the second half of the book it seemed like Dietz got lazy. His action sequences became less and less involved. It really seemed like he was phoning it in. His writing became little more than subsets between the levels from the video game. What really bothered me the most had to be the constant switching between viewpoints, Master Chief, Captain Keyes, the troops left on Halo and the Covenant. It was difficult to follow. By the last few chapters I was really struggling to keep interested. Then Dietz starts using these overly complex words every once in a while when none had been used earlier. As a first attempt at writing a book I'd give it an A. However, having the follow an act like Eric Nylund there is going to be noticeable differences.
 Its been awhile since I have read a book that fails on so many levels August 17, 2008
The title and cover say HALO but you wouldn't know it to read this book. Whereas The Fall of Reach and Fleet Strike were light and fun The Flood is painful. Basically the problem that I had with this installment is that both Master Chief and Cortana behave in ways dissimilar to their ingame personas and new characters when introduced prove boring and tedious to read.
Overall-It's the literary equivalent of having the author hit you with a baseball bat for 200 pages and that's difficult for me to say because I love all things HALO.
Carlos says "I understand more about the game because of the book" May 16, 2008
The second book in the Halo trilogy basically is a novel of the game: Halo: Combat Evolved. It features mostly the Master Chief and his mission to destroy Halo, and tells the story from the eyes of an Elite and his assistant Grunt and their mission to destroy the Chief, and also tells the story through the eyes of UNSC Marines fighting to survive on Halo.
The Book is very similar to the game featuring chapters with the same name as the levels of the game in correct order and tells the complete story of the Master Chief and his efforts to destroy halo. The Book is quite different because it tells the story through other characters. It shows the story through an Elite and his assistant Grunt whose mission was to hunt down and kill the Master Chief, and a UNSC officer who is attempting to find a way of Halo and back to Earth.
In my opinion, the book is a bit better than the game mostly because it focuses not only on the Master Chief, but on other Characters in the story as well. Although, I like the game obviously because you get to play the Master Chief yourself. So I'd say both are equally good but for more details on the story, I suggest you read the book.
If you're new to Halo and want to know the complete story, I recommend you read the entire trilogy: Halo: Fall of Reach, Halo: The Flood, Halo: First Strike to get full information on the story behind Halo. But if you already played the game Halo: Combat Evolved and still have some questions, I suggest you read the novel: Halo: The Flood.
Halo flood novel May 5, 2008
This is exactly according to the original Halo game plot. Very true to the game. Good reading and not too wordy. Nothing "nasty" in there and it got my 10-year-old reading, which is a great thing. Good for all ages on up too.
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