{"product_id":"halo-contact-harvest-9781982111694","title":"Halo: Contact Harvest","description":"The New York Times bestseller--part of the expanded universe based on the award-winning video game series Halo!2524. Harvest is a peaceful, prosperous farming colony on the very edge of human-controlled space. But humanity has unknowingly trespassed on holy ground--straying into the path of the aggressive, theocratic empire known as the Covenant. What begins as a chance encounter between an alien privateer and a human freighter soon catapults all of mankind into a struggle for its very existence. But humanity is also currently locked in a bitter civil war of its own: the Insurrection. With resources strained to the breaking point, the ultimate survival of Harvest's citizens falls to a squad of battle-weary UNSC Marines and their inexperienced colonial militia trainees. In this unlikely group of heroes, one will stand above the rest--a young Marine staff sergeant named Avery Johnson....\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eStaten, Joseph:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Joseph Staten is the senior creative director at Microsoft and was the writer and creative lead for \u003ci\u003eHalo: Combat Evolved\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHalo 2\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eHalo 3\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as \u003ci\u003eHalo: ODST\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHalo: Reach\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eHalo: Contact Harvest\u003c\/i\u003e and the novella \u003ci\u003eHalo: Shadow of Intent\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives with his family in Washington.","brand":"Gallery Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50600736620818,"sku":"9781982111694","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_24590a86-8cad-4ef8-83f4-4f8d7127e1d7.jpg?v=1732215752","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/halo-contact-harvest-9781982111694","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}