Halo: Divine Wind
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Halo: Divine Wind is a Halo novel and a sequel to 2020's Halo: Shadows of Reach and 2017's Halo: Retribution,[4][5] both written by Troy Denning and published by Gallery Books. It was released on October 19, 2021.[2][3]
The novel additionally follows up on elements established in the short story Sacrifice.
Official summary
Plot synopsis
Divine Wind picks up where Shadows of Reach left off, inside a slipspace bubble as the reader is reintroduced to the story's main characters; Veta Lopis and the Ferrets (Ash, Olivia and Mark). The group are undercover aboard the Banished Lich Pegoras, stolen by the Keepers of the One Freedom as it makes its way from Reach to Installation 00 to initiate the Great Journey at the behest of the dokab leading the group, Castor. The Keepers' craft makes its way to the Ark to emerge in the midst of a fierce battle being waged just outside the exit portal in orbit around the Ark. The Lich exits slipspace into a barrage of oncoming plasma and artillery courtesy of the local Banished and UNSC forces competing for the portal - the only way to access or leave the region surrounding the Ark. With Castor having betrayed the Banished leader, Atriox, by stealing the Lich and escaping to the Ark, Castor is now not only attacked by UNSC forces but also the forces of the Banished. Through a very rough and lucky ride after existing the portal, Castor and company narrowly make their way down toward the Ark to initiate the firing of the Halo Array - a process they refer to as "Divine Wind". Along the way down to the Ark's surface, the Lich and crew come face another issue; the remnants of the Covenant. Potentially facing a four-way war between the Keepers, Covenant, Banished and UNSC forces on the Ark, Castor ends up making a forced pact with the prelate leader of the loyalists, Dhas Bhasvod, to work with the Covenant remnants toward the common goal of firing the Halo array.
Veta notices that things are going bad for their company when they are heavily outnumbered and outgunned. When the Lich crashes on the Epsilon Spire, the remaining crew are surrounded by the former Covenant forces and ushered into a pact with their leader, an elite augmented San'shyuum (known as a Prelate) named Dhas Bhavod. Dhas decides to spare their lives once he learns that Castor has two things he needs to activate Halo, an "oracle" (the ancilla Intrepid Eye) and Human bodies - for their reclaimer status. Once Veta learns of this, she attempts to further sabotage their plan by starting a fight among the two groups to slow them down and send a message to the UNSC forces at the Ark consisting of the UNSC Spirit of Fire for backup or bombardment. The message is later found by Banished forces and they attempt to set a trap further down the line.
Now under the watchful and skeptical eye of the Prelate and crew, Veta and the ferrets continue to find new ways to thwart the efforts of the radical group. After eavesdropping on the Dokab and Prelates conversation and learning of a UNSC recon pelican in the area, Veta devises another plan. Veta and the ferrets start a brawl inside the phantom drop ship carrying them. The group lands momentarily for Castor and Dhas to investigate the disturbance and the ferrets take advantage of it. They contact the pelican through Morse code to get the pelican to relay to the Spirit of Fire that they need their position destroyed. Before the artillery can be called forth the covenant and keepers attempt to kill Veta and the ferrets since they have a couple other humans in their ranks and don't technically need them. The ferrets dodge the attack and return fire forcing the covenant and keepers to flee and continue their journey without them.
The pelican soon arrives at their location and evacuates the ferret team. Veta ushers the Captain of the pelican to pursue and keep an eye on Dhas and Castor. Finally, the commander believes Veta and requests more help from the Spirit of Fire...
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Appearances
Trivia
- The novel's title makes reference to the Prophet of Mercy's quote in Halo 2 when he describes Installation 05 and how it will begin the Covenant's Great Journey. It is also a reference to a quote from the Psalm of the Journey on page 3: "the galaxy will be cleansed by a Divine Wind."
- The term "Divine Wind" is also a direct translation from "Kamikaze" in Japanese.
Gallery
Back cover.
The novel's full cover art, illustrated by Benjamin Carré.
Sources
- ^ Halo Waypoint, Canon Fodder - Hot Drops (Retrieved on Feb 28, 2021) [archive]
- ^ a b Simon & Schuster Digital Catalog, Untitled DW (Retrieved on Feb 28, 2021) [archive]
- ^ a b Cite error: Invalid
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- ^ Halo: Divine Wind: Novel list
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