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[quote][url=https://blogs.halowaypoint.com/en-us/blogs/headlines/posts/halo-broken-circle-coming-in-november]Simon & Schuster is proud to announce a new Halo novel from John Shirley, releasing on November 4, 2014!
Witness an untold chapter in Halo lore as John Shirley's Halo: Broken Circle takes us to the dawn of the Covenant and the fateful first bargain between the Prophets and the Elites. Broken Circle will explore an Elite splinter group rebelling against the Covenant in its earliest days, a brave Prophet caught in the machinations of the new Covenant leadership, and the root of the betrayal that would ultimately shatter the Covenant during events seen in the blockbuster Xbox game Halo 2.[/url][/quote]
Holy shit. They made a Halo novel just for Halo 2 Anniversary. And it covers the formation of the COVENANT!!!! =D
UPDATE:
[url=http://books.simonandschuster.com/Halo-Broken-Circle/John-Shirley/9781476783598#read_an_excerpt]Full Excerpt[/url]
[quote]Halo: Broken Circle CHAPTER 1
Dreadnought Keyship
Conference Deck
The Age of Reconciliation
Despite his current status as Minister of Relic Safety, High Lord Mken ‘Scre’ah’ben—the Prophet of Inner Conviction—was always a bit intimidated by the Chamber of Decision. Those he was expected to worship had presumably sat here, at this long, sweeping translucent table within the Dreadnought. The San’Shyuum used their own chairs, but the rest of the room remained just as the Forerunners had left it. The table itself seemed imbued with fractals, animated nesting scrolls that moved into and out of larger forms: three-dimensional, then two-dimensional, then three again. The area faced not a window so much as simply a transparent wall. The hub of the spiral galaxy itself glowed effulgently blue, in places streamed with scarlet and purple nebulae, wheeling with unspeakable immensity, ever transforming...[/quote]
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Read the book today. Really good. And a lot of interesting lore stuff, not to mention I'm pretty sure this is confirmation that elites hatch fro eggs
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Edited by NAStheMagiking: 10/29/2014 6:32:37 AMLooking forward to sitting down and reading the excerpt. Has to be said again, those ships on the cover look awesome.
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Send me the link please
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I miss Dietz and Nylund.
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Burp.
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Bump for gaming.
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Hey chicka bump bump!
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Bumped. #RememberGaming.
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BURMP.
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=DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD MOAR NOVELS ABOUT THE SANGHELI
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Edited by FeelGoodCEO: 10/9/2014 7:04:30 PMFor the glory of Halo and #gaming! I BUMP THIS THREAD IN THE NAME OF THE ARBITER, MASTER CHIEF, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY... I BUMP FOR SGT JOHNSON AND ALL OF HIS MANLY GLORY!! SHAZAAAMMMM! [spoiler]bump[/spoiler]
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Halo 2 Anniversary novel? That's pretty awesome.
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Anyways. I've always loved the halo novels since ghosts of onyx and the fall of reach. I hope this one is just as good as the others
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Sweet, Thanks.
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Yeey, new Halo book and its all about Elites! Awesome!!!