Halo: Bella Corsa

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Halo: Bella Corsa
Attribution information
Author(s):	Alex Wakeford Jeff Easterling
Audio book narrator(s):	Lottie Van-Praag
Publication information
Publisher:	Halo Studios
Publication date:	May 26, 2026 (part of Halo: Waypoint Chronicles Volume One)
Media type:	Short story
Pages:	7 pages

Halo: Bella Corsa is a short story in the Waypoint Chronicle series written by Jeff Easterling and Alex Wakeford. It is exclusively included in the print compilation Halo: Waypoint Chronicles - Volume One, released on May 26, 2026. In the Volume One audiobook, the story is narrated by Lottie Van-Praag, an esports presenter for the Halo Championship Series.

Official summary

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Plot synopsis

Bella Corsa takes place in 2551, a year prior to the events of the Fall of Reach, and follows Bella Disztl, a renowned racing driver first introduced in Halo: Shadows of Reach. The story opens with Disztl surveying the drivers preparing to race the 24 Hours of Quezon, a long-endurance challenge which pits teams of drivers against one another in order to race at high-speeds for a full day across the surface of Reach. As a famous driver, moments such as this are the only times Disztl can partake in the sport as a fan. She is interrupted in her thoughts and marvel by a reporter from Waypoint Sports, who begins to ask for Bella's thoughts on the competition and the vehicles involved, though Bella is eventually whisked away by her manager Marco Bellogio.

Arriving at the race start, Bella meets with her teammates and co-drivers Alan Winslow and Jakob Duval. The group share some jokes and idle chatter as they wait for the race to start. Ten minutes later, the race opens with a choir from Tribute singing an anthem to celebrate the Epsilon Eridani system and the race itself, and a flight of UNSC Shortsword bombers and a Pelican dropship to mark the race's beginning. Bella and her teammates climb into their vehicle, a customised Hog clad in Avalanche Slate livery, wait for countdown, and the race begins.

Appearances

Characters Alan Winslow (First appearance) Bella Disztl Gloria (First mentioned) Jakob Duval (First appearance) Marco Bellogio (First appearance) Species Human Organizations Private companies AMG Transport Dynamics (Mentioned only) Avalanche Slate (First mentioned) BLAST (Mentioned only) ChatterNet (Mentioned only) HuCiv (Mentioned only) Sarthe (First mentioned) TurboGen (Mentioned only) Waypoint Sports (First mentioned) Governments Covenant (Mentioned only) Unified Earth Government (Mentioned only) United Nations Space Command (Mentioned only) Locations Earth (Mentioned only) France (Mentioned only) Epsilon Eridani system Reach Quezon Quezon Ikersárkány Versenypály (First appearance) Szalajka Valley Tribute

Events 24 Hours of Quezon (2551) Human-Covenant War (Mentioned only) Fall of Reach (Mentioned only) Tantalus 10,000 (Mentioned only) Weapons Vehicles B-65 Shortsword Hog Genet GTX (First appearance) Goblin VS Pelican Spade (Mentioned only) X-cart (First mentioned) Technology and equipment Artificial intelligence Credit