It is a question that man has long asked-are we alone in the universe? Now, the United Nations Space Command learns the answer to that question... and unfortunately, the answer is NO. Catch the beginning of the struggle between Man and Covenant in this epic series based on the novel by Eric Nylund, adapted by Brian Reed, and brought brilliantly to life by Felix Ruiz!

Before he was Master Chief, he was John — a boy stolen from his parents and conscripted into the SPARTAN II program on the fortress world of Reach. These are desperate times in the human colonies, with galactic civil war just a heartbeat away... and only Dr. Catherine Halsey understands the terrible price humanity must pay to keep from destroying itself.