Halo: Contact Harvest

Halo: Contact Harvest is the title of an upcoming Halo book by Joseph Staten. Published by Tor, it will be released October 2, 07 for $15 dollars. The novel will also be available as an audio book CD for $30 dollars.

As part of Bungie's contract with Tor, there will be at least one more Halo novel released after Contact Harvest.

It is possible that it may lead up to the upcoming game Halo Wars which deals with the UNSC's first encounters with the Covenant.

Plot
Spoiler warning: Plot and ending details follow.

At present, very little is known about the book. It has been confirmed that, as the title suggests, this is a story of the first contact between the UNSC and the Covenant. It has also been confirmed that the novel will not feature any Spartan-IIs, and that the main character will be not the Master Chief nor Kurt, but Staff Sergeant Johnson. It has also been hinted that the novel will feature a Covenant subplot, as Staten mentioned that the book will feature "some major Covenant characters from Halo 2." When pressed if he meant the Arbiter, Staten flatly denied the possibility. Many speculate that Rtas 'Vadumee is meant.

The book may be about Operation: KALEIDOSCOPE, which took place on Harvest, and may have involved Johnson.

Characters

 * Staff Sergeant Avery Johnson (Main character)
 * "Major Covenant character(s) from Halo 2" (Possibly Rtas 'Vadumee and/or the High Prophets)