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'''Halo: Silentium''' is the third and | '''Halo: Silentium''' is the third and final novel in ''[[The Forerunner Saga]]'' by [[Greg Bear]]. It is the sequel to ''[[Halo: Primordium]]''. It will be released on March 19, 2013, with an audio edition released simultaneously.<ref name="delay">[http://blogs.halowaypoint.com/Headlines/post/2012/10/22/Tor-Books-Updates-Release-Date-of-the-Third-Halo-Novel-by-Legendary-Science-Fiction-Author-Greg-Bear.aspx '''Tor Books updates release date of the third Halo novel by legendary science fiction author Greg Bear''']</ref> | ||
==Official summary== | ==Official summary== | ||
''"In the last years of the [[Forerunner]] empire, chaos rules. [[ | ''"In the last years of the [[Forerunner]] empire, chaos rules. The [[Flood]] — a horrifying shape-changing parasite — has arrived in force, aided by unexpected allies. Internal strife within the [[ecumene]] has desperately weakened Forerunner defenses.'' | ||
''Too little, too late, the legal [[rate]] of Juridicals is only now investigating possible crimes by the [[Faber|Master Builder]] and others. Evidence-gathering agents known collectively as Catalog have been dispatched to collect testimony from [[ | ''Too little, too late, the legal [[rate]] of Juridicals is only now investigating possible crimes by the [[Faber|Master Builder]] and others. Evidence-gathering agents known collectively as Catalog have been dispatched to collect testimony from the [[Librarian]] and both [[Didact]]s: the Ur-Didact, treacherously abandoned in a Flood-infested system, and the Bornstellar Didact, who accompanies the Librarian as she [[Conservation Measure|preserves specimens]] against the dire possibility of [[Halo Array|Halo]] extermination.'' | ||
''Facing the imminent collapse of their civilization, the Librarian and the Ur-Didact reveal what they know about the relationship between the long-vanished [[Precursor]]s and the Flood.'' | ''Facing the imminent collapse of their civilization, the Librarian and the Ur-Didact reveal what they know about the relationship between the long-vanished [[Precursor]]s and the Flood.'' | ||
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''The Precursors created many technological species, including humanity and the Forerunners. But the roots of the Flood may be found in an act of enormous barbarity, carried out beyond [[Milky Way|our galaxy]] ten million years before...'' | ''The Precursors created many technological species, including humanity and the Forerunners. But the roots of the Flood may be found in an act of enormous barbarity, carried out beyond [[Milky Way|our galaxy]] ten million years before...'' | ||
''Because of that barbarism, a greater evil looms. Only the Ur-Didact and the Librarian--husband and wife pushed into desperate conflict--hold the keys to a solution.'' | ''Because of that barbarism, a greater evil looms. Only the Ur-Didact and the Librarian -- husband and wife pushed into desperate conflict -- hold the keys to a solution.'' | ||
''Facing the consequences of a mythic tragedy, one of them must now commit the greatest atrocity of all | ''Facing the consequences of a mythic tragedy, one of them must now commit the greatest atrocity of all time — to prevent an insane evil from dominating the entire universe."''<ref>[http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0765323982/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=heaprcom05-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creativeASIN=0765323982 '''Amazon.com official book description''']</ref> | ||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
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*[[Wiktionary:Silentium|"Silentium"]] is [[Latin]] for "silence", "stillness", "inactivity" or "cessation", which reflects the effect of the Halo Array's galaxy-wide activation on the Forerunner civilization and life in the galaxy. | *[[Wiktionary:Silentium|"Silentium"]] is [[Latin]] for "silence", "stillness", "inactivity" or "cessation", which reflects the effect of the Halo Array's galaxy-wide activation on the Forerunner civilization and life in the galaxy. | ||
*The cover art depicts a [[Cryptum]] floating near a Forerunner structure. | *The cover art depicts a [[Cryptum]] floating near a Forerunner structure. | ||
*The novel was originally set to be released on January 8, 2013,<ref>[http://halo.xbox.com/blogs/Headlines/post/2012/07/11/Tor-Books-Reveals-Title-Cover-Art-And-Release-Date-of-Third-Halo-Novel-By-Greg-Bear.aspx '''Tor Books reveals title, cover art, and release date of the third Halo novel by legendary science fiction author Greg Bear''']</ref> but the release was later delayed to March 19 | *The novel was originally set to be released on January 8, 2013,<ref>[http://halo.xbox.com/blogs/Headlines/post/2012/07/11/Tor-Books-Reveals-Title-Cover-Art-And-Release-Date-of-Third-Halo-Novel-By-Greg-Bear.aspx '''Tor Books reveals title, cover art, and release date of the third Halo novel by legendary science fiction author Greg Bear''']</ref> but the release was later delayed to March 19.<ref name="delay"/> This delay is likely intended to allow more leeway between the releases of ''[[Halo 4]]'' and the novel. | ||
==Sources== | ==Sources== |