Halo books have nothing to do with the Halo series at all, they were made by some Halo fanboy. Anything in them is not connected to actual Halo, as in, Master Chief's name is John, when no one actually knows his name. Also, I don't spend my time reading books about game that I could just play and have the full experience. Anyone that actually reads the books and believes they have everything to do with Halo, is just a Halo fanboy that will believe anything said about Halo.