Halo: Smoke and Shadow

Halo: Smoke and Shadow
Attribution information
Author(s):	Kelly Gay
Publication information
Publisher:	Simon & Schuster
Publication date:	November 28, 2016
Media type:	Digital
Pages:	98 pages
ISBN:	9781501144608

Halo: Smoke and Shadow is a novella set in the Halo universe by Kelly Gay, and released on November 28, 2016. The first part of Smoke and Shadow was featured in Halo: Fractures as the short story Into the Fire.

Appearances

Characters Alice-130 (Hologram only) Atriox (Indirect mention) Bjorn Birger (First mentioned) Cade Douglas-042 (Hologram only) Ellen Anders (Mentioned only) Gek 'Lhar Hahn (First mentioned) Hal (First mentioned) Jerome-092 (Hologram only) Jillian Forge (Mentioned only) John Forge (Hologram only) Jul 'Mdama (Mentioned only) Kip Silas Lessa Little Bit (First appearance) Prophet of Regret (Hologram only) Niko Nor Fel Ram Chalva (First appearance) Rion Forge Serina (Mentioned only) Sorely Talia Kipley (First mentioned) Tesh (First mentioned) Unn Birger (First mentioned) William Webb (Hologram only) Species Forerunner (Mentioned only) Human Jiralhanae (Mentioned only) Kig-Yar T'vaoan Lekgolo Mgalekgolo Sangheili San'Shyuum (Mentioned only) Unggoy (Mentioned only) Organizations Banished (Indirect mention) Covenant (Mentioned only) Covenant remnants (Mentioned only) Jul 'Mdama's Covenant Mols'Desias (Mentioned only) Sedran Colonial Guard (Mentioned only) Unified Earth Government United Nations Space Command UNSC Marine Corps (Mentioned only) UNSC Navy Office of Naval Intelligence SPARTAN-II program (Hologram only) Red Team (Hologram only) Locations Earth (Mentioned only) Chicago (Mentioned only) Sydney (Mentioned only) Ectanus 45 system Chi Rho Eiro Elduros system (Mentioned only) Aleria (Mentioned only) Hesduros (Mentioned only) Korinth Prior system Shield World 0459 fragment Orrichon system Sedra (Mentioned only) Procyon system Arcadia Laconia (First appearance) Qab system Venezia New Tyne Shaps system (Mentioned only) Shaps III (Mentioned only) Sundown (Mentioned only)

Events Insurrection (Mentioned only) Human-Covenant War (Mentioned only) Harvest campaign (Indirect mention) Battle of Arcadia (Mentioned only) Battle of Shield World 0459 (Mentioned only) Fall of Arcadia (Mentioned only) Post-Covenant War conflicts Terrorist attack on Sedra City (Mentioned only) Weapons Bioweapon (Mentioned only) Flashbang grenade (Mentioned only) Fuel rod cannon M6 series Magnetic Accelerator Cannon (Mentioned only) Plasma cannon (Mentioned only) Plasma turret (Mentioned only) Rocket launcher (Mentioned only) Type-1 energy sword Type-50 concussion rifle (Mentioned only) Vehicles Bactrian-class freighter (Mentioned only) CPV-class heavy destroyer Radiant Perception Halcyon-class light cruiser UNSC Roman Blue Hakon (First mentioned) Kodiak (First mentioned) Mariner-class transport ship Ace of Spades Phoenix-class colony ship (Mentioned only) UNSC Spirit of Fire (Mentioned only) War-freighter (First appearance) Technology and equipment Active camouflage Artificial intelligence Ancilla Dumb AI (Mentioned only) Smart AI (Mentioned only) Cryo chamber (Mentioned only) Energy shielding Fusion drive Heads-up display Holo-still Luminary Sangheili combat harness Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine (Mentioned only)

Trivia

• The cover of the novella was illustrated by Nicolas "Sparth" Bouvier.
• Due to an error caused by the author's name, on November 15, 2016 Smoke and Shadow was listed on Amazon as the 14th bestselling book in the LGBT science-fiction genre.

Gallery

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  Cover art.