{"id":2158,"date":"2012-07-14T03:00:20","date_gmt":"2012-07-14T08:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/?p=2158"},"modified":"2012-07-14T03:00:20","modified_gmt":"2012-07-14T08:00:20","slug":"final-book-in-the-halo-forerunner-saga-revealed-halo-silentium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/?p=2158","title":{"rendered":"Final Book in the Halo: Forerunner Saga Revealed! Halo: Silentium"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Text from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tor.com\/blogs\/2012\/07\/final-book-in-the-halo-forerunner-saga-revealed\">Tor.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Halo-Silentium-cover.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2159\" title=\"Halo-Silentium-cover\" src=\"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Halo-Silentium-cover.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Halo-Silentium-cover.jpg 600w, https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Halo-Silentium-cover-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tor Books has just announced the title, first cover, and release date for the third novel in the\u00a0<em>New York Times<\/em>\u00a0bestselling Halo Forerunner Saga,\u00a0<strong><em>Halo: Silentium<\/em><\/strong>, written by legendary science fiction author Greg Bear. The first two books of the Forerunner Saga,\u00a0<em>Halo: Cryptum<\/em>and\u00a0<em>Halo: Primordium\u00a0<\/em>are currently available in trade paperback, e-book, and audiobook. This newest book in the series will release in hardcover from Tor on January 8, 2013 alongside simultaneous audio and e-book editions.<\/p>\n<p>In\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/halo-greg-bear\/1102186275?ean=9780765330048\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Halo: Cryptum<\/em><\/a>, Greg Bear began a three-book arc set in the era of the Forerunners, the ancient and enigmatic creators and builders of the Halos, which continued in\u00a0<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/temp-changed-california-appellate-decisions\/1107775733?ean=9780765323972\" target=\"_blank\">Halo: Primordium<\/a>.\u00a0<\/em>Now, in the last years of the Forerunner empire, chaos rules. The Flood\u2014a horrifying shape-changing parasite\u2014has arrived in force, aided by unexpected allies. Internal strife within the ecumene has desperately weakened Forerunner defenses.<\/p>\n<p>Only the Ur-Didact and the Librarian\u2014husband and wife pushed into desperate conflict\u2014hold the keys to salvation. Facing the consequences of a mythic tragedy, one of them must now commit the greatest atrocity of all time\u2014to prevent an unmatched evil from dominating the entire universe.<\/p>\n<p>Tor Books has proudly partnered with Microsoft and 343 Industries to publish every book set in this iconic universe. Along with the books of the Forerunner Saga, Tor also publishes another all-new Halo trilogy penned by<em>New York Times<\/em>\u00a0bestselling author Karen Traviss that explores the Halo Universe in the wake of the final events of Halo 3. Traviss\u2019s first novel,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/halo-karen-traviss\/1103386733?ean=9780765330406\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Halo: Glasslands<\/em><\/a>, came out in 2011, with\u00a0<em>Halo: The Thursday War<\/em>\u00a0due out in October 2012.<\/p>\n<p>\/end copy\/paste<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t know about you folks, but I&#8217;m REALLY excited to read this last in the trilogy of books. The cover art is amazing and gives us yet another glimpse into the scope and size of Forerunner technology.<\/p>\n<p>-HFFL<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Text from Tor.com Tor Books has just announced the title, first cover, and release date for the third novel in the\u00a0New York Times\u00a0bestselling Halo Forerunner Saga,\u00a0Halo: Silentium, written by legendary science fiction author Greg Bear. 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