Eric S. Nylund is an American novelist and professional technical writer.

We’re featuring our 5-to-1 ranking system where 5 is the best and 1 is the worst. This list will be updated accordingly.

5-Star Ranking – Book of the Year

• Halo: Ghosts of Onyx (2006) – Ghosts of Onyx details the creation of a group of super soldiers known as the SPARTAN-IIIs to defend humanity against the alien collective known as the Covenant, but the planet of Onyx becomes beset by robotic attackers uncovering the planet’s secrets.

4-Star Ranking – Top 10 Worthy

• Halo: The Fall of Reach (2001) – The novel explains the origins of the SPARTAN-II super soldiers and their unsuccessful attempt to defend Reach from the arrival of the Covenant armada.

3-Star Ranking – Entertaining Read

• Halo: First Strike (2003) – The book follows both the unsuccessful attempt to defend Reach by the SPARTAN-IIs who were on the planet’s surface from a Covenant armada and the adventures of the rag-tag survivors of the battle at Alpha Halo. 
• The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole (Halo: Evolutions – 2009) – a series of email transcripts from Codename: SURGEON to Codename: USUAL SUSPECTS, and details in length the life and times of UNSC military leader Preston Cole, including his possible death or survival during his famed last stand.

2-Star Ranking – Could’ve Been Better

• NA

1-Star Ranking – Total Garbage

• NA

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