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But not everyone wants the Spartans to succeed. A coalition of human rebel leaders believes an alliance with the Covenant to be its best hope of finally winning independence from the [[Unified Earth Government]]. To further their plans, the [[insurrectionists]] have dispatched a sleeper agent to sabotage the UNSC counterattack—and ensure that John-117 and the Spartans never return from battle....<ref name=amazon/>}} | But not everyone wants the Spartans to succeed. A coalition of human rebel leaders believes an alliance with the Covenant to be its best hope of finally winning independence from the [[Unified Earth Government]]. To further their plans, the [[insurrectionists]] have dispatched a sleeper agent to sabotage the UNSC counterattack—and ensure that John-117 and the Spartans never return from battle....<ref name=amazon/>}} | ||
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*The novel's cover is illustrated by artist Christian McGrath, who has done book covers for many ''New York Times'' Best selling authors. | *The novel's cover is illustrated by artist Christian McGrath, who has done book covers for many ''New York Times'' Best selling authors. | ||
*[[Steve Downes]] read an excerpt from chapter | *[[Steve Downes]] read an excerpt from ''Silent Storm''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s first chapter to promote the book.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WL8tRXQWlTw '''Youtube''' ''- Halo: Silent Storm | Special Excerpt Voiced by Steve Downes'']</ref> | ||
*Several details and characters in the novel, originally planned to be included by Troy Denning, were changed at 343 Industries' request. For one, Denning originally planned to include twenty Spartan-IIs, but was told by 343 Industries to reduce their number, resulting in a squad of twelve Spartans in the final novel. Likewise, General Harper Garvin's role was originally to be filled by [[Howard Graves]], originally featured in ''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]''. Finally, Denning's early drafts envisioned Castor's Jiralhanae companion as [[Atriox]] rather than Orsun, as ''[[Halo: Retribution]]'' had suggested the two had served together in the Bloodstars during the war.<ref>[https://haloconversationalists.wordpress.com/2018/10/03/episode-71-troy-denning-interview/ ''Halo Conversationalists: Episode 71 - Troy Denning Interview'']</ref> | |||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== |