Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, Volume 4 - Eric Nylund

nThe New York Times bestseller--part of the expanded universe based on the award-winning video game series Halo nThe twenty-sixth century. Once considered clandestine, the Spartan-II program has now gone public. Tales of armored super-soldiers fending off thousands of Covenant attacks have become the stuff of legend.

While the Master Chief defends a besieged Earth, and the myriad factions of the Covenant continue their crusade to eliminate humanity, an ultra-secret cell of the Office of Naval Intelligence known as Section Three devises a plan to buy the UNSC vital time. It will need hundreds of willing soldiers, though--and one more Spartan--to get the job done. n n The planet Onyx is virtually abandoned and the perfect place to set this new plan in motion.

But when the Master Chief destroys Halo, something is triggered deep within Onyx: Ancient Forerunner technology stirs, and fleets of UNSC and Covenant vessels race to claim it and change the course of the Human-Covenant War. But this reawakened and ancient force may have plans of its own...n