Halo: Battle Born

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Halo: Battle Born
Author(s):	Cassandra Rose Clarke
Publisher:	Scholastic
Publication date:	January 1, 2019
Media type:	Print
Pages:	304 pages
ISBN:	978-1338253641

Halo: Battle Born is a print novel by Cassandra Rose Clarke, released on January 1, 2019. This novel is the first of a novel series called Battle Born: A Halo Young Adult Novel Series The book was followed by a sequel, Halo: Meridian Divide, with a third sequel planned but ultimately cancelled by the publisher.

Official summary

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Saskia, Dorian, Evie, and Victor aren't exactly friends at their small high school on the middle-of-nowhere colony world of Meridian. Each has their own problems, from absent parents to supporting their family, getting into a good college to making the next hit holo-film. But those problems were nothing next to the threat now facing their world: The alien alliance known as the Covenant is laying siege to Meridian, for reasons that aren't so easily explained. With their village in flames, the four teens find themselves stuck above ground, locked out of the town shelter where the rest of the survivors are gathered. Together, Saskia, Dorian, Evie, and Victor are thrust into battle with nothing but a few scavenged weapons and an injured Spartan, one of the UNSC's super-soldiers. What's forged from the destruction will determine the fate of Meridian, and tilt the battle for humanity's survival.

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Appearances

Characters Human Alex Linville (First appearance) Camila Gallardo (First mentioned) Daniella (First appearance) Dorian Nguyen (First appearance) Elwin (First mentioned) Evelyn Rousseau (First appearance) Garbett (First mentioned) Garzon (First mentioned) Hugo Chastain (First appearance) Maria Gallardo (First mentioned) Maximilian Nguyen (First appearance) Mikal Rousseau (First appearance) Owen-B096 (First appearance) Quinn Butain (First mentioned) Remy (First appearance) Saskia Nazari (First appearance) Tomas Reynés (First appearance) Victor Gallardo (First appearance) Xavier Dupont (First appearance) Artificial Intelligence Salome (First appearance) Fictional Hinfelm the Horrible (First appearance) Species Forerunner (Mentioned only) Human Kig-Yar Sangheili Sardans cat (First appearance) Unggoy Yanme'e Organizations Chalybs Defense Solutions Covenant Drowning Chromium (First appearance) Erse (First appearance) Insurrectionist Sundered Legion (Mentioned only) Unified Earth Government United Nations Space Command UNSC Armed Forces UNSC Air Force (Mentioned only) UNSC Navy Office of Naval Intelligence SPARTAN-III program Beta Company Xeno-Materials Exploitation Group Locations Hestia system Hestia V Meridian Aagen (First mentioned) Angoulême (Mentioned only) Avignon (Mentioned only) Brume-sur-Mer (First appearance) Brume Beach (First appearance) Old Brume (First appearance) Port Moyne (First mentioned) Rue Camélia (First mentioned) Rue Violette (First mentioned) University of Meridian (First mentioned) Sol system (Mentioned only) Earth (Mentioned only)

Events Insurrection (Mentioned only) Human-Covenant War Battle of Meridian Vehicles SDV-class heavy corvette Covenant cruiser Type-26 Banshee UNSC Cruiser UNSC Sparrow (First appearance) Prowler Sundered Legion Prowler (First appearance) Type-30 Locust Scud-rider (First appearance) Weapons ARC-920 railgun Grenade launcher (Mentioned only) M363 sticky detonator Nuclear weapon (Mentioned only) Type-1 energy sword Type-1 plasma grenade Type-25 plasma rifle Type-33 needler Technology and equipment Artificial intelligence Dumb AI Smart AI (Mentioned only) Cognitive Impression Modeling (Mentioned only) COM pad Data pad Energy shielding Holography Kig-Yar combat harness MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor Sangheili combat harness Ultra variant Miscellaneous SASO (First appearance) Self-destruct

Trivia

• The novel's cover is illustrated by artist Antonio Javier Caparo.

Gallery

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  A user on Reddit came across an early version of the book with a slightly different cover than the final release.