Halo: Empty Throne
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Halo: Empty Throne is a Halo novel by longtime franchise writer Jeremy Patenaude, released on February 18, 2025.[3][4] It was announced at the Canon Fodder Live event at the Halo World Championship on October 13, 2023.[1]
The novel is set in the late months of 2559 and early months of 2560, around the time of the start of Halo Infinite. The story focuses on new characters and explores what is happening in the rest of the galaxy away from the conflict on Installation 07.[5]
Official summary[edit]
| “ | 2559. It has been a year since the rogue artificial intelligence Cortana seized control of the Domain, an otherworldly dimension housing a vast information network. With an array of Forerunner weapons at her disposal, Cortana set out to enforce an authoritarian peace on the civilizations of the galaxy. But as the United Nations Space Command flagship Infinity prepares to strike against Cortana at Zeta Halo, another plan has also been set in motion.
An ancient access point hidden on a seemingly insignificant human colony has become the focus of a parallel effort to claim the Domain and its immeasurable capabilities. The UNSC, however, needs a key: a living, forsaken product of an old war. As a new generation of heroes rise to meet this challenge and Cortana's pursuit of control reaches a desperate and sudden crescendo, a cunning, ruthless warrior emerges from the shadows of the Banished, who has vowed to fill the new power vacuum by any means necessary...[1] |
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Production notes[edit]
A preview of the novel was shown during the Canon Fodder live event at the Halo World Championship 2024 on October 4, 2024.[6]
Jeremy Patenaude, the author, explained in an interview that his hope was to capture the spirit, that magic of earlier stories with similar themes and concepts, more than treading brand new ground. "As an old school Halo fan who poured over the first Halo novels over twenty years ago, my hope was to capture some of that magic here while setting the table for future exploration," said Jeremy Patenaude.
Believing he might not get another opportunity to tell a Halo story, he set out to tell a "distinctively Halo story" as he put it, even if it meant relying on some clichés such as "the ineffable Forerunner tech MacGuffin."
He also entertained the idea of this book's story being translated into a game. While he believes the book and games are different and it'd be hard to tell this kind of story in a game, especially a shooter, he did point out certain elements such as James-005 taking down an entire slave ship convoy or war sphinx dogfighting as things that could potentially be translated into gameplay moments.[7]
Gallery[edit]
A parody of the novel's cover art created by community writer Alex Wakeford.
External links[edit]
- Text previews
- Audiobook preview
- Halo: Empty Throne | Chapter 2 Preview | Audio Excerpt - An Audio Excerpt of the novel's second chapter.
Sources[edit]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c YouTube - Halo, HaloWC 2023 Community Stage – Day 1 (Forge, Steve Downes, Jen Taylor, Keith David, Lore, Digsite +) (Retrieved on Oct 13, 2023)
- ^ Halo Waypoint, Canon Fodder - In-Zane in the Membrane (Retrieved on May 15, 2024) [archive]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e Simon & Schuster, Halo: Empty Throne (Retrieved on Nov 16, 2023) [archive]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Halo Waypoint, Canon Fodder - O Come All Ye Fiction (Retrieved on Dec 19, 2024) [archive]
- ^ YouTube - HALO, Community Stage at Halo World Championship 2024 – Day 1 (Retrieved on Oct 4, 2024)
- ^ Halo Waypoint, Road to HaloWC2024 (Retrieved on Sep 13, 2024) [archive]
- ^ paulsemel.com, Exclusive Interview: “Halo: Empty Throne” Author Jeremy Patenaude (Retrieved on Feb 24, 2025) [archive]
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