The Binding of the Halo (The Binding of the Halo Saga) (Volume 1)

halo has a rich and expansive storyline that's only getting longer and we've arbitrarily decided to cram it all into five minutes so we'd better get started five minutes oh god all right here we go a hundred thousand years ago humanity spanned the milky way galaxy but there was a problem an insidious parasitic life form known as the flood spread to so many species so rapidly it was looking like they'd soon be the only players on the board while retreating from the flood humanity encountered a planet occupied by forerunners a species led by a dude called the died act and his wife the librarian the didact knows humanity and he's not a fan in fact he finds him unworthy to receive the mantle of responsibility which is a traditional role in the galaxy where advanced species look out for lesser ones the dyed act and forerunners stole the mantle from an even older alien race called the precurs