Halo: Mortal Dictata

This article is about the novel. For the legislation, see UN Colonial Mortal Dictata.

Halo: Mortal Dictata
Attribution information
Author(s):	Karen Traviss
Publication information
Publisher:	Tor Books
Publication date:	January 21, 2014
Media type:	Print (paperback, hardcover); audiobook
Pages:	496 pages
ISBN:	0765323958, 978-0765323958

Halo: Mortal Dictata will be the third and last novel in the Kilo-Five Trilogy by Karen Traviss, and a direct follow-up to Halo: The Thursday War. It will be released in January 21, 2014.

Characters

Note: all subjects are listed tentatively based on their appearance in the prologue, first chapter and audiobook except alone. As such, the nature of the listed appearances does not reflect the complete novel.

Humans

• Catherine Halsey (Mentioned only)
• Damien Hogarth
• Edvin Sentzke (First appearance)
• Evan Phillips
• Hedda Sentzke (First appearance)
• Jakob (First appearance)
• Kerstin Sentzke Template:First mentioned
• Laura Sentzke Template:First mentioned
• Lena Sentzke (First appearance)
• Lian Devereaux
• Malcolm Geffen
• Margaret Parangosky (Mentioned only)
• Naomi-010
• Peter Moritz Template:First mentioned
• Serin Osman
• Staffan Sentzke
• Vasily Beloi (Mentioned only)

Kig-Yar

• Sav Fel (Mentioned only)

Sangheili

• Avu Med 'Telcam (Mentioned only)
• Thel 'Vadam (Mentioned only)

Huragok

• Leaks Repaired (Mentioned only)
• Requires Adjustment (Mentioned only)

Artificial Intelligence

• Black-Box

Trivia

• The name of the novel is a reference to the UN Colonial Mortal Dictata, a piece of legislation associated with the ethics of medical science. Dr. Catherine Halsey broke the Dictata on several occasions, namely when flash cloning a functioning human brain.
• An online excerpt consisting of the novel's prologue was released at Tor.com on July 17, 2013. An online except of the novel's first chapter was released at HaloWaypoint.com on January 16, 2014.