A review by wyrmbergmalcolm
Halo: Broken Circle by John Shirley

4.0

Set way before the games, this was a little hard to get into, but once I did, I found this to be an engrossing origin story of the Covenant and just how the Prophets wheedled their way into power. It was nice to see that there were characters who had their individuality outside of their species' generic traits. The time jump to the close of Halo 3 was a bit of a surprise, meaning I had to get to know a whole bunch of new characters, but it did make the book feel like two novellas with a common theme.