{"id":1441,"date":"2012-05-04T10:19:42","date_gmt":"2012-05-04T15:19:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/?p=1441"},"modified":"2012-05-04T10:19:42","modified_gmt":"2012-05-04T15:19:42","slug":"info-on-the-upcoming-halo-novel-the-thursday-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/?p=1441","title":{"rendered":"Info on the upcoming Halo novel: The Thursday War"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This text is reposted from HaloWaypoint.com:<\/p>\n

New York, NY \u2013 April 25, 2012 – Tor Books, an imprint of Tom Doherty Associates, LLC\u2014the largest publisher of science fiction in the world\u2014is excited to reveal the title and release date for the second novel in the \u201cKilo-Five Trilogy\u201d written by bestselling novelist and renowned game writer Karen Traviss.\u00a0HALO: THE THURSDAY WAR<\/strong>\u00a0will release in hardcover alongside a simultaneous audio edition on October 2, 2012.<\/p>\n

Traviss, whose first foray into the Halo Universe came with the short story \u201cHuman Weakness\u201d in Fall 2009\u2019s\u00a0New York Times<\/em>bestselling\u00a0\u201cHalo: Evolutions\u201d<\/em>\u00a0anthology, launched her new trilogy last fall with the acclaimed bestseller\u00a0Halo: Glasslands<\/em>. A #1 New York Times bestselling author who has penned novels in the\u00a0Star Wars<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0Gears of War<\/em>\u00a0franchises (she most recently served as lead game writer for\u00a0Gears of War 3<\/em>), as well as her own critically acclaimed science fiction series,\u00a0The Wess\u2019har Wars<\/em>, Traviss has an incredible gift for writing believable and compelling military science fiction.<\/p>\n

\u201cFrom the very first page,\u00a0The Thursday War<\/em>\u00a0propels you into a universe on the brink of chaos,\u201d says Frank O\u2019Connor, Franchise Development Director, 343 Industries. \u201cIt will immerse you immediately and enthrallingly into the events and circumstances that will come to define the state of the Halo universe in\u00a0Halo 4<\/em>. I can\u2019t wait for fans and newcomers alike to experience the sequel toGlasslands.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

HALO: THE THURSDAY WAR<\/strong>\u00a0picks up immediately where\u00a0Halo: Glasslands<\/em>\u00a0left off, with forces on Earth and among the Covenant threatening a peace that is precarious at best. With a splinter group among the Sangheili pushing for war, some human colonies rebel against earth authority; and as ONI policy continues to shift with the volatile situation in space, the discovery of a trove of Forerunner technology on Onyx provokes leaders on Earth to seek uses for it in the conflict. For the fight is far from over\u2026<\/p>\n

“I wanted to focus on what it feels like to operate in a fragile ceasefire that\u2019s turning into a mass of small, unpredictable wars where the enemy is much harder to spot and define,\u201d says author Karen Traviss. \u201cIt’s not about big set piece space battles, superheroes, and hardware; this is a messy conflict seen at close quarters by real people with their own problems, whether those people are human, alien, or artificial intelligences.”<\/p>\n

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Okay, while the book itself sounds great, the title…not so much.<\/p>\n

Really? I mean, a writer couldn’t think of a better name for their own novel? Who knows, maybe Karen Travis did and the publishers renamed it, or 343. Seriously, it’s a bland name for a Halo book.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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