This article is about the novel. For the legislation, see UN Colonial Mortal Dictata.
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Karen Traviss |
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496 pages |
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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.[2][1]
Official summary
Characters
Note: all subjects are listed tentatively based on material released so far. As such, the nature of the listed appearances does not reflect the complete novel; i.e. certain subjects which are "mentioned only" may actually appear in the full novel .
Humans
- Catherine Halsey (Mentioned only)
- Damien Hogarth (Mentioned only)
- Edvin Sentzke (First appearance)
- Evan Phillips
- Franklin Mendez (Mentioned only)
- Hedda Sentzke (First appearance)
- Jakob (First appearance)
- Kerstin Sentzke (First appearance)
- Laura Sentzke Template:First mentioned
- Lena Sentzke (First appearance)
- Lian Devereaux
- Malcolm Geffen
- Margaret Parangosky
- Mike Spenser (Mentioned only)
- Naomi-010
- Peter Moritz Template:First mentioned
- Remo (First appearance)
- Serin Osman
- Staffan Sentzke
- Vasily Beloi
Kig-Yar
Sangheili
- Avu Med 'Telcam (Mentioned only)
- Jul 'Mdama (Mentioned only)
- Thel 'Vadam (Mentioned only)
Huragok
- Leaks Repaired (Mentioned only)
- Requires Adjustment
Artificial intelligence
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.[3]
- An online excerpt of the novel's prologue was released at Tor.com on July 17, 2013.[4] A preview consisting of the novel's first chapter and the audiobook's second chapter was released at HaloWaypoint.com on January 16, 2014.[5] The second chapter was released online at Tor.com on January 17, 2014.[6]
Sources
- ^ a b Amazon - Halo: Mortal Dictata
- ^ Tor.com: The Halo Kilo-Five Trilogy Will Conclude This January
- ^ Dr. Halsey's personal journal, May 21, 2549
- ^ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedexcerpt - ^ Halo Waypoint - Exclusive Halo: Mortal Dictata Prologue and Chapter One Excerpt
- ^ Tor.com: Halo: Mortal Dictata (Excerpt 2)