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A fair and imaginative array of short stories set in the Halo universe. Some patchier or more worthy than others based on author, subject or maybe my own personal biases :)
The only story in this volume that wasn’t in my other copy was “Wages of Sin”, so I will comment on that story. It is written from the perspective of the Prophet of Discovery. The story is about is reconciliation of all his wrongs in the war - how they should have worked to include humans in the covenant, how they never should have trusted the brutes, how right the arbiter was after the truth was known, and how the high prophets knowingly led all of the covenant into a lie. He believes his race
I'll just put the same comments I did on Volume I as they still apply:A fairly decent of short stories in the Halo universe. If you love the lore like me than you will likely enjoy them. They are not quite groundbreaking though in terms of literature.
I love the whole multiple short stories in one book deal. Mostly all the stories are a good read. I recommend this for a seasoned Halo science fiction reader. I could imagine if you've never played the games and read the first 3 Halo novels this book may not make any sense. Fanboys/girls only.
So this just had one story extra that was that in the first book. Apparently I don't read user reviews well. So yeah that happened. Anyways, pretty much all the stories are solid. Good read.
The book was a good continuation of the first. My favorite story being The Mona Lisa, with good characters and plot. The theme of Lopez's rosary beads representing one of her marines and as the count continuously dwindles. As well as some genuinely sad scenes to read such as burgundy's capture. Other stories I enjoyed were Human weakness, and blunt instruments. Over all I good read that I would recommend, though you should just get full book rather than it's separate volumes. As Volume one and t...
Halo Evolutions vol. 2 is a collaboration of short stories in the Halo Universe! My favorite short story was Blunt Instruments. Fire team Spartan: Black is a team of highly trained marines. They had one mission, look for a big purple beam of energy shooting up the horizon on the planet Verge. Who ever controlled the beam had the power to instantly spawn a whole fleet of ships! As Spartan Team Black lands on the planet they find out they are not the only ones there. The covenant (a group of harsh...
Evo 2 is the same book as Evo 1 except for a single novella that was added to it that wasn't in 1. I rated it four stars because I'm a fan of the Halo world and single story or not I'm a sucker for more.
I will break down my review for each story, with the assumption that most readers will have a basic knowledge of the Halo universe. I have left out the poetry and the (essay?) Icon, just because I really have nothing to say about them, positive or negative:Blunt ObjectsFire Team Spartan: Black are on a mission on one of the Covenant occupied human colonial worlds. Their mission: to destroy giant beehive-like machines called Beacons that the Covies use to mine Helium-3, which is then used for fue...
All of the authors are great
It bothered me that two of the authors referred to the Elites as MEN and another author referred to the young Elites as BOYS. It's even worse because the terms are being written as if it were a covenant member writing them. For example, a Covenant prophet refers to an Elite and his warriors as "The elite and his MEN..." Ummmm... There are so many other words/terms that would have worked here. Just on the top of my head: Warriors, army, battalion, followers, brethren, etc...Then in the story that...
Excellent companion to volume 1While not as consistent as volume 1, there are still several stories that are engaging. Highly recommended for fans of the halo franchise.
