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HALO: The Thursday War

HALO, Book 9

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HALO: The Thursday War

By: Karen Traviss
Narrated by: Euan Morton
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The second novel of the Kilo-Five Trilogy by number-one New York Times best-selling author Karen Traviss - part of the expanded universe based on the award-winning video game series Halo!

It's 2553. Welcome to humanity’s new war: silent, high-stakes, and unseen. This is a life-or-death mission for the Office of Naval Intelligence’s black-ops team, Kilo-Five, which is tasked with preventing the ruthless Sangheili, once the military leaders of the alien alliance known as the Covenant, from regrouping and threatening humankind again. What began as a routine dirty-tricks operation - keeping the Sangheili occupied with their own insurrection - turns into a desperate bid to extract one member of Kilo-Five from the seething heart of a brutal civil war.

But troubles never come singly for Kilo-Five. Colonial terrorism is once again surfacing on one of the human worlds that survived the war against the Covenant, and the man behind it is much more than just a name to Spartan Naomi-010.

Meanwhile, the treasure trove of Forerunner technology recovered from the Forerunner shield world of Onyx is being put to work, even as a kidnapped Sangheili plots vengeance on the humans he fears will bring his people to the brink of destruction....

©2012 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. (P)2012 Macmillan Audio. All rights reserved. Adventure Fiction Genre Fiction Military Movie, TV & Video Game Tie-Ins Science Fiction War Technology
Compelling Character Development • Intricate Politics • Rich Lore • Engaging Storyline • Complex Moral Themes
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literally my ONLY complaint, and it's minor, is the narrator's insistence on eliminating the letter "g" from words such as "strength" and "length". i know it's petty, but every time he says "strenth" or "lenth", it takes me out of the story for just a moment. It's a pet peeve. Otherwise excellent performance.

Absolutely excellent from beginning to end.

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Karen Traviss does it again with an action packed story with very enjoyable characters and character development. The narrator euan Morton really improved in this book and helped make me feel so much more invested in these characters and I loved it! Looking forward to more stories involving these two!

An amazing story

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I'm greatly enjoying this Kilo 5 trilogy. It fills in some gaps in the story line, and Thursday War in particular gives the Forerunners a new mysterious flare. I've always been unsatisfied with the plot jump between Halo 3 and 4. Great audio performance too, and definitely leaves you ready to dive into the next book.

Halo is a suprisingly adult sci-fi series

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I purely loved this book let alone the other 2 that go with it. It is one of the more enjoyable set of books to the halo series. I’ve been a fan of halo since 2001 and think this book does a great job at telling more post war info and I feel like it’s very well written

This was a genuinely good trilogy

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It's good and interesting. A good addition to the hall universe. I would recommend this.

Good

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good back story for current and previous characters, they tie well together, im excited to continue the kilo five trilogy.

makes my top 5

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The set up of Jul’Mdama is amazing and really adds to his character. I love watching Humanity develop, discover new technologies, and implement them as it really makes the world feel alive. I love how Humanity and Alien cultures are so different even on a fundamental level, it’s just not something that is often portrayed well it sci-fi. I have heard some complain about this trilogies inconsistencies with the main-line cannon, but I do really enjoy this story regardless.

A great story and a great set up for a villain

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Wasn’t as much intensity as book 1 but still loved the story progression. Can’t wait to get thru book 3

It was a great 2nd book to the K5 trilogy

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This is by far the best Halo book I have ever read. The story and voice acting is perfection.

Must Read

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The kilo 5 trilogy explains how the new covenant forms and who Jul m'dama is. without it he just becomes a generic big bad evil guy or a lousy Warzone Boss in halo 5. after reading his story you'll see why he hates humans so much. after reading this trilogy you'll have a much greater appreciation of halo 4 and 5 even though halo 5's campaign was a dumpster fire in terms of Johns story. all in all I'll say the story of kilo 5 is on par with fall of reach, first strike and ghosts of onyx.

The Kilo 5 trilogy is a mustread if you like halo

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