Halo: Ghosts of Onyx

Halo: The Original Series, #4

by Eric S. Nylund

Paperback, 384 pages

English language

Published Aug. 27, 2006 by Tor Books.

ISBN:: 978-0-7653-5470-9

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Halo: Ghosts of Onyx is a military science fiction novel by Eric Nylund, based on the Halo series of video games. The book was released in October 2006 and is the fourth Halo novel; Nylund's third contribution to the series. Onyx was also the first of three Halo novels to be published by Tor Books, rather than the previous publisher, Del Rey. Ghosts of Onyx details the creation of a group of supersoldiers known as the SPARTAN-IIIs to defend humanity against the alien collective known as the Covenant. After the events of Halo 2, the SPARTAN's training world of Onyx is beset by robotic attackers. The SPARTANs and their trainers must fight the robots and the Covenant as they work to uncover the planet's secrets. Upon release, Ghosts of Onyx garnered generally positive reviews. The novel debuted on The New York Times bestseller list and became an international bestseller.

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theRealBassist reviewed Halo: Ghosts of Onyx by Eric S. Nylund (Halo: The Original Series, #4)

Review of 'Halo: Ghosts of Onyx' on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

This is a great entry to the series. Honestly the first maybe third of the book felt very very odd. The jumping perspectives with brand new characters definitely took a bit to get used to. However, as the story progressed and we get to know those characters better the book truly opens up.

Ghosts of Onyx is mostly an analysis into what it means to lead others and how individuals under immense stress and exhaustion react to worse and worse conditions. I'm not going to pretend its an Ursula K. LeGuin level analysis, but it's still a great ride.

willhopkins reviewed Halo: Ghosts of Onyx by Eric S. Nylund (Halo: The Original Series, #4)

Review of 'Halo: Ghosts of Onyx' on 'Storygraph'

4 stars

I enjoyed this book the most out of the Halo novelizations so far. The characters and moral dilemmas seem real and important, and Nylund's style fits the pacing and tone of the Halo universe.