Halo: Fractures
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Tobias Buckell, Troy Denning, Matt Forbeck, Kelly Gay, Christie Golden, Kevin Grace, Morgan Lockhart, John Jackson Miller, Frank O'Connor, Brian Reed, James Swallow, Joseph Staten[1] |
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Halo: Fractures: Extraordinary Tales from the Halo Canon is an upcoming collection of short stories set for release on September 20, 2016, serving as the spiritual sequel to Halo: Evolutions. The stories within the anthology will range from the Forerunner era, to the aftermath of the Human-Covenant War, to the events of Halo 5: Guardians. Joseph Staten's Halo: Shadow of Intent and Frank O'Connor's Halo: Saint's Testimony will also be included in Fractures.[1] A preview for one of the stories in Fractures, Lessons Learned, was included with the first Halo Legendary Crate.[3]
Official summary
Content
Content
Lessons Learned
- Main article: Lessons Learned
Follows the activities of Spartan-IIIs Lucy-B091 and Tom-B292 after their service with Blue Team. Written by Matt Forbeck, the story also contains significant narrative connections to Forbeck's Halo: New Blood and the upcoming Halo: Legacy of Onyx.
What Remains
- Main article: What Remains
Follows Evelyn Collins and a group of survivors on Meridian after the Guardian's activation during the events of Halo 5: Guardians. It was written by Morgan Lockhart.
Breaking Strain
- Main article: Breaking Strain
This story takes place in 2553, during the harrowing final days and aftermath of the Covenant War (Halo 3 era). It was written by James Swallow.
Promises to Keep
- Main article: Promises to Keep
This story takes place at the close of recorded Forerunner history, during the events that followed the destruction of the Forerunner capital world by the rogue artificial intelligence Mendicant Bias Halo: Cryptum and the subsequent activation of the Halo Array to end the centuries-long war with the extragalactic parasite known as the Flood Halo: Silentium. It was written by Christie Golden.
Shadow of Intent
- Main article: Halo: Shadow of Intent
Focuses on a conflict between Tem'Bhetek, a vengeful San'Shyuum Prelate, and Shipmaster Rtas 'Vadum several months after the Covenant War. It was written by Joseph Staten and was previously released as a standalone work.
The Ballad of Hamish Beamish
- Main article: The Ballad of Hamish Beamish
A poem detailing the tragic life of Corbulo Academy janitor Hamish Beamish. It was written by Frank O'Connor, who portrayed Beamish in Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn and his other appearances.
Defender of the Storm
- Main article: Defender of the Storm
This story takes place near the end of the Forerunners’ three-hundred-year war with the Flood, a little more than 100,000 years BCE Halo: Cryptum, Halo: Silentium. It was written by John Jackson Miller.
A Necessary Truth
- Main article: A Necessary Truth
This story takes place three months after the United Nations Space Command’s extraction of the 717th research battalion by the elite Spartan Blue Team from the volatile and besieged colony of Gao Halo: Last Light. It was written by Troy Denning.
Into the Fire
- Main article: Into the Fire
This story takes place four years after the end of the Covenant’s brutal and costly rampage across human-occupied space (Halo 3 era) and Kilo-Five’s brief mission on Venezia, culminating in the destruction of the highly-sought-after Covenant battle cruiser Pious Inquisitor Halo: Mortal Dictata. It was written by Kelly Gay.
Saint's Testimony
- Main article: Halo: Saint's Testimony
Explores the world of smart AIs through the eyes of Iona as she attempts to prevent her own decommissioning. Previously published as an individual novella, it was written by Frank O'Connor.
Rossbach's World
- Main article: Rossbach's World
This story takes place in October 2558, during the resurrection of ominous and powerful Forerunner Guardian constructs across several populated worlds Halo 5: Guardians. It was written by Brian Reed.
Oasis
- Main article: Oasis
This story takes place in July 2558, five years after the Covenant War came to a sudden conclusion (Halo 3 era) and a year after the shocking and deadly attack on Earth by the Forerunner commander known as the Didact Halo 4. It was written by Tobias Bucknell.
Anarosa
- Main article: Anarosa
This story takes place in March 2556, three years after the end of the Covenant War (Halo 3 era) and one year after FAR STORM, a joint military operation between humans and their former Sangheili enemies in order to secure the remote and mysterious Forerunner installation known as the Ark Halo: Hunters in the Dark. It was written by Kevin Grace.
What Remains
- Main article: What Remains
Follows Evelyn Collins and a group of survivors on Meridian after the Guardian's activation during the events of Halo 5: Guardians. It was written by Morgan Lockhart.
Breaking Strain
- Main article: Breaking Strain
Promises to Keep
- Main article: Promises to Keep
Shadow of Intent
- Main article: Halo: Shadow of Intent
Focuses on a conflict between Tem'Bhetek, a vengeful San'Shyuum Prelate, and Shipmaster Rtas 'Vadum several months after the Covenant War. It was written by Joseph Staten and was previously released as a standalone work.
The Ballad of Hamish Beamish
- Main article: The Ballad of Hamish Beamish
A poem detailing the tragic life of Corbulo Academy janitor Hamish Beamish. It was written by Frank O'Connor, who portrayed Beamish in Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn and his other appearances.
Defender of the Storm
- Main article: Defender of the Storm
A Necessary Truth
- Main article: A Necessary Truth
Into the Fire
- Main article: Into the Fire
Saint's Testimony
- Main article: Halo: Saint's Testimony
Explores the world of smart AIs through the eyes of Iona as she attempts to prevent her own decommissioning. Previously published as an individual novella, it was written by Frank O'Connor.
Rossbach's World
- Main article: Rossbach's World
Oasis
- Main article: Oasis
Anarosa
- Main article: Anarosa
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