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Halo: Divine Wind
Cover art of Halo: Divine Wind.

Author(s):

Troy Denning

Cover artist(s):

Benjamin Carré[1]

Publisher:

Gallery Books

Publication date:

October 19, 2021[2][3]

Media type:

Print

Pages:

464 pages

ISBN:

9781982174903

 

Halo: Divine Wind is a Halo novel and a sequel to 2020's Halo: Shadows of Reach and 2017's Halo: Retribution,[4][5] both written by Troy Denning and published by Gallery Books. It was released on October 19, 2021.[2][3]

The novel additionally follows up on elements established in the short story Sacrifice.

Official summary[edit]

“ October 2559. With the galaxy in the suffocating grip of a renegade artificial intelligence, another perilous threat has quietly emerged in the shadows: the Keepers of the One Freedom, a fanatical and merciless Covenant splinter group, has made its way beyond the borders of the galaxy to an ancient Forerunner installation known as the Ark. Led by an infamous Brute named Castor, the Keepers intend to achieve what the Covenant, in all its might, failed to: activate Halo and take the last steps on the path of the Great Journey into transcendence…

But unknown to Castor and his new, unexpected ally on the Ark, there are traitors to the cause in their midst—namely the Ferrets, composed of Office of Naval Intelligence operative Veta Lopis and her young team of Spartan-IIIs, who have been infiltrating the Keepers to lay the groundwork for Castor’s assassination. But with ONI’s field operations now splintered and cut off by the Guardian threat, Veta’s original mission has suddenly and dramatically escalated in scope. There’s simply no choice or fallback plan—either the Ferrets somehow stop the Keepers or the galaxy faces an extinction-level event….[3]

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Plot synopsis[edit]

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Appearances[edit]

Characters

AI

Human

Huragok

Jiralhanae

Kig-Yar

Sangheili

San'Shyuum

Species

Organizations

Locations

Events

Vehicles

Covenant/ Banished

Human

Weapons

Covenant/ Banished

Forerunner

Human

Technology and equipment

Miscellaneous


Trivia[edit]

  • The novel's title makes reference to the Prophet of Mercy's quote in Halo 2 when he describes Installation 05 and how it will begin the Covenant's Great Journey. It is also a reference to a quote from the Psalm of the Journey on page 3: "the galaxy will be cleansed by a Divine Wind."
    • The term "Divine Wind" is also a direct translation from "Kamikaze" in Japanese.

Gallery[edit]

  • Back cover.

  • The novel's full cover art, illustrated by Benjamin Carré.

Sources[edit]

  1. ^ Halo Waypoint, Canon Fodder - Hot Drops (Retrieved on Feb 28, 2021) [archive]
  2. ^ a b Simon & Schuster Digital Catalog, Untitled DW (Retrieved on Feb 28, 2021) [archive]
  3. ^ a b c Halo Waypoint, Canon Fodder - Parallel Threads (Retrieved on Jun 25, 2021) [archive]
  4. ^ Halo: Divine Wind: Historian's Note
  5. ^ Halo: Divine Wind: Novel list

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