Halo: The Flood

Halo: The Flood is the novelization of Halo: Combat Evolved written by William C. Dietz, following the book Halo: The Fall of Reach. This novel attained the Publisher's Weekly bestsellers list during May 2003.

Trivia

 * If you look at the left side of the cover, you can see a part of a Flood Combat Form's Human face. This is supposedly Captain Keyes or Mendoza.
 * On the front cover of the book the light on the Chief's chest armor is on the right side. In the game however, it is on the left.
 * On page 14, a tremendous hurricane is described to be forming over an ocean in Halo. This is highly improbable as tropical cyclones consolidate due to the presence of the Coriolis force (objects on Halo would not experience this as the Halo's surface is always perpendicular to it's plane of rotation). A possible argument would be that Forerunner technology had somehow managed to replicate the Coriolis effect.
 * On page 165, Dietz writes, "The 102mm shaped charge exploded against the very center of the Hunter's chest armor...and severed his spine." This is odd, considering Hunters are made of Lekgolo worms and do not have spines. Page 106 also has a reference to a spine. It may refer to an artificial spine, part of the Hunter's own armor, used as a means of vertical support, viewable in Halo 3 Hunters.
 * In the book it is said many times that the Master Chief is the only SPARTAN left when there are actually still some alive, although this is unknown to the Master Chief and other UNSC personnel at the time.
 * Halo: The Flood also tells the Covenant side of the story, largely from Zuka 'Zamamee and Yayap's views, though occasionally through the eyes of other characters.
 * This is the only time ever mentioned (besides in the beginning of Halo: First Strike) that the Chief was almost infected when a Combat Form attacked him with a wrench and an Infection Form jumped on him and attempted to infect him. He was saved only by Cortana's quick thinking.