If you can't get enough of Bungie Studios' and Microsoft's Halo universe and Halo 3 just isn't enough to fill your craving, there's a good chance that you're one of the many who got a copy of Joseph Staten's Halo: Contact Harvest. The fifth novel based on the Halo series has been out since October 30 and is now ranked fourth in the prestigious New York Times Best Sellers list.

Halo: Contact Harvest tells the story of how humanity  first came into contact with the Covenant. The novel is told through the perspective of young Avery Johnson and Staff Sergeant Byrne who are assigned to defend Harvest, the breadbasket of the UNSC's colonies.

Staten is a longtime Bungie employee who has had major contributions in how the Halo series shaped up. He's been directing cut scenes and is responsible for some of the most rousing moments gaming has ever seen. If you live, breathe and bleed Halo, Halo: Contact Harvest is not one to be missed.