William Dietz, a prolific sci-fi writer with more than a dozen novels under his belt, including licensed books for the Star Wars universe, would be writing Halo: The Flood. Details about the new novel leaked in late 2002, with the title and author revealed. With one tie-in novel hit on their hands, Microsoft’s Franchise Development Group looked to cement their success with another book, this time a novelization of their chart-topping video game. Halo was a steady seller with an excellent attach rate, selling one million copies in a record five months. This text piece has a video companion you can view here.Īt the end of 2001, the Halo universe-initially only hinted at in scraps of interviews and half-apocryphal materials like the Cortana Letters-had burst onto the scene with Halo: Combat Evolved and its novel companion The Fall of Reach.
Part of Forward Unto Dawn’s Hindsight: Halo series. But this novel was a crucial link into expanding the Halo universe with a richer array of characters and laying the groundwork for what Halo 2 would explore further. The only Halo novelization to date, it has a mixed reception among fans. William Dietz’s Halo: The Flood released April 2003, in the game between Combat Evolved and Halo 2’s release.
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