: No, it's coming from official tie-ins commissioned by Microsoft. The first
: one actually hit the shelves two weeks before Halo shipped.
I never knew that. I thought that they were written by Eric and William as their own work which was approved by Bungie and Microsoft. I learnt something new today.
: I only ever read the first three, which were... not great. Somehow Microsoft
: couldn't be bothered to hire a proofreader.
I know what you mean. I own the original copies of the first three, before they were reprinted. They are also full of plotholes e.g. Covenant species using their human names instead of their real ones i.e. Elite instead of Sangheli or Hunter instead of Mgalekgolo.