Halo: The Cole Protocol: The Cole Protocol

by Tobias S. Buckell

Book Overview

In the first, desperate days of the Human-Covenant War, the UNSC has enacted the Cole Protocol to safeguard Earth and its Inner Colonies from discovery by a merciless alien foe. Many are called upon to rid the universe of lingering navigation data that would reveal the location of Earth. Among them is Navy Lieutenant Jacob Keyes. Thrust back into action after being sidelined, Keyes is saddled with a top secret mission by ONI. One that will take him...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 076531570X
• ISBN13: 9780765315700
• Release Date: November 2008
• Publisher: Tor Books
• Length: 358 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.5" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

Awesome book!

I love it

Great Book

If you love the games, and like to read you have to read this book along with the rest of the serious as I did, as I was reading I could picture every character and place in my head and when I was done I had to play the games again LOL

Perfect Protocol

The shipping was great, and the book was a thriller to read. I don't really have more to say than that. Everyone involved, keep up the good work.

good story

I fully enjoy the world behind Halo and this book is very engaging. The plot, ideas, and character POVs were ll well-drawn out. Very interesting to see how the Covenant and Humanity interacted before the "start" of the entire war. One odd thing though - this book is titled "The Cole Protocol" but is really not at all about the Cole Protocol. Yes, humanity is attempting to keep secure the navigation data they use for space-travel from the Covenant...but really this was all about the very beginning of Covenant interactions with humanity. The actual "Cole Protocol" part is NOT at the forefront of the plot. Overall an entertaining and illuminating story to add to the rich Halo story in whole.

Great Book

I really enjoyed this Halo installment because it didn't have all the technical jargon that comes along with the other books and it had a very interesting storyline. I am someone who does not play the Halo games as heavily as i used to but i would definitely add this to your Halo collection if have not already and even though it is not that long it is still action packed and has a lot of good info in it.

The Cole Protocol

Simply put, quite a good book. Although I will admit, this book is not for everyone. Essentially, if you like Halo, and the Halo book series, then you will like this book. I've also read Contact Harvest, the other three, and Ghosts of Onyx. For the uninitiated, this is not a book for you. The book makes references and allusions to other parts of the Halo mythos; so unless you are up to speed, the book would probably be ponderous, lacking in information, and probably not all that fun to read. For other people that have followed Halo, and liked the other books, go out and by this. Its not a difficult read, but a fun one. It reads like the books that came before it, and puts a human face on humanities struggle against The Covenant.