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Compsognathus posted...

First, they are among the most widely disliked novels of the series. Second, they play very loose with the lore. Third, the leadership is treated like one-note idiots and/or monsters. And finally there is like no nuance whatsoever. Everything is black and white.

Traviss' Kilo-5 trilogy estabilished a lot of the base post-H3 canon and the second book was mostly setup for Halo 4. It was also one of the worst Halo books, yes. The 1st book of the trilogy wasn't too bad, though it was hated a lot for its criticism of Halsey. The 3rd was weird, but not bad.

The moral treatment of its leaders is weird, with Halsey painted as a complete monster but Parangosky held as an absolute saint. But the books contain a lot of morally gray black ops. The main characters start by selling weapons to anti-Arbiter rebels to destabilize Sanghelios. ONI also develops grains that give Elites diarrhea, which leads to Jul M'damas vendetta against humanity.