Okay, this is official this time, not a few backroom stockboys itchin' to put the new stuff out front before they're supposed to-- Eric Nylund's new Halo novelization, Halo: First Strike, has been released. Lorraine "Mehve" McLees' cover art has been turned into wallpapers at Bungie.net to celebrate. Thanks SketchFactor.

Halo: First Strike picks up where the game Halo: Combat Evolved (and the novel Halo: The Flood) leave off. Nylund last wrote Halo: Fall of Reach, a prequel to the first Halo game.