


First Strike also ties up several unresolved plot threads, including how Sergeant Johnson survived the attack of the Flood. The story is continued directly in Halo 2 and the subsequent novel Halo: Ghosts of Onyx. Halsey on Reach where Halo: The Fall of Reach left off. Halo: First Strike fills the gap between Halo: Combat Evolved and Halo 2, in addition to continuing the story of the Spartans and Dr. It was published in December 2003, after being written in a period of sixteen weeks.

Halo: First Strike is a Halo novel authored by Eric Nylund.
