Editing Halo: Edge of Dawn

{{Title|''Halo: Edge of Dawn''}}
{{Status|RealWorld}}
{{New content}}
{{Novel infobox
|image=[[File:Halo Edge of Dawn Front Cover.jpg|300px]]
|author=[[Kelly Gay]]{{Ref/YouTube|Id=CFL|jLgH0jgAhB4|HALO|Community Stage at Halo World Championship 2024 – Day 1|D=04|M=10|Y=2024}}
|cover artist=[[:Category:Images by Chris McGrath|Chris McGrath]]{{Ref/Site|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/halo-edge-of-dawn-cover-reveal|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Halo: Edge of Dawn - Cover Reveal|D=20|M=06|Y=2025}}
|illustrator= 
|publisher=[[Simon & Schuster]]
|publication=[[2025#December|December 16, 2025]]{{Ref/Reuse|CFEdge}}{{Ref/Site|Id=AMHEOD|URL=https://www.amazon.com/dp/1668017555|Site=Amazon|Page=Halo: Edge of Dawn|D=26|M=01|Y=2025}}{{Ref/Site|Id=S&SHET|URL=https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Halo-Edge-of-Dawn/Kelly-Gay/Halo/9781668017555|Site=Simon & Schuster|Page=Halo: Edge of Dawn|D=26|M=01|Y=2025}}
|media=Print
|length=336 pages{{Ref/Reuse|AMHEOD}}
|ISBN=[[Special:BookSources/978-1668017555|978-1668017555]]{{Ref/Reuse|AMHEOD}}
|series= ''[[A Master Chief Story]]''
|preceded=''[[Halo: Shadows of Reach]]''
|followed=
|multiseries=
|notable=
}}
'''''Halo: Edge of Dawn - A Master Chief Story''''' is a [[Halo novels|''Halo'' novel]] written by [[Kelly Gay]].{{Ref/Site|Id=CFEdge|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/canon-fodder-dawn-of-lore|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Canon Fodder - Dawn of Lore|D=24|M=01|Y=2025}} It was announced on the [[Canon Fodder]] Live panel at the Halo World Championships 2024,{{Ref/Reuse|CFL}} and released on [[2025#December|December 16, 2025]]. The novel is a part of the ''[[A Master Chief Story]]'' series of novels.{{Ref/Reuse|CFEdge}} The novel ties in with elements from Gay's previous novel ''[[Halo: The Rubicon Protocol]]'' alongside serving as a sequel to ''[[Halo Infinite]]''.{{Ref/Site|Id=CFAnthology|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/canon-fodder-anthology-assemble|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Canon Fodder - Anthology Assemble|D=30|M=05|Y=2025}}

A preview of the novel was featured in the scene reading panel with [[Steve Downes]] and [[Jen Taylor]] during the Halo World Championship on October 24, 2025.{{Ref/Site|Id=CF165|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/canon-fodder-feet-first-into-fall|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Canon Fodder - Feet First Into Fall|D=29|M=09|Y=2025}}{{Ref/YouTube|Id=HWC25Day1|OrvqXfY_7tU|Halo|<nowiki>Community Stage | Halo World Championship 2025 – Day 1</nowiki>|Detail=Scene Reading with Steve and Jen - Halo: Edge of Dawn World Premiere|T=19897}} [[Nicolas Roye]], [[Fernando Esparza]]'s voice actor, is the audio novel's main narrator, alongside [[Steve Downes]], [[Jen Taylor]], and [[Wikipedia:Debra Wilson|Debra Wilson]] reprising their roles as [[John-117]], [[Joyeuse]], and the [[Harbinger]], respectively.{{Ref/Twitter|Id=EODAB|Code=1983643772983636148|Name=Halo|Tag=Halo|Quote=In case you missed it… @SteveDownes117 & @jentaylortown reprise their roles in the new novel Halo: Edge of Dawn by Kelly Gay, narrated by @TheNicolasRoye! 💫 Preorder your copy today: http://bit.ly/4n5WPEm|D=29|M=10|Y=2025}}

The book starts with a poem epigraph called '''[[This Is the Way My World Ends]]''', and contains an [[adjunct]] section with a single poem/short story, ''[[Harbinger's Lament]]''.

==Official summary==
{{Article quote|[[2560]]. After eliminating [[War Chief]] [[Escharum]] and sending the [[Banished]] leadership into chaos, the [[John-117|Master Chief]] continues [[Battle for Zeta Halo|the fight]] on [[Installation 07|Zeta Halo]], accompanied by his [[Joyeuse|new AI companion]] and their loyal pilot [[Fernando Esparza]].

As Spartan-117 searches for scattered allied forces, [[Lucas Browning|a young combat medic]]—tortured and imprisoned for months by the Banished and the enigmatic [[Harbinger]]—may hold the key to unlocking deeper mysteries within this ancient ringworld. But every step towards answers is haunted by the sinister and elusive blademaster [[Jega 'Rdomnai]], who is hellbent on vengeance....{{Ref/Reuse|CFAnthology}}}}

==Plot synopsis==
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==Appearances==
{{Featurelist|secondcolumn=title-6
|title-1=Characters|
;Artificial intelligence
*[[117649 Despondent Pyre]] {{Mo}}
*[[Abaddon]] {{Mo}}
*[[Cortana]] {{Mo}}
*[[Elfie]]
*[[Genie Dawson]] {{1st}}
*[[Joyeuse]]
*[[Kalmiya]] {{Mo}}
*[[Offensive Bias]]

;Forerunner
*[[Chief Judicate]] {{1st}}
*[[Ur-Didact]] {{Mo}}
*[[Grand Edict]]
*[[Inspector Meritious]] {{1st}}
*[[Librarian]] {{Mo}}

;Human
*[[Esparza family|Alitza Esparza]] {{Fm}}
*[[Bonita Stone]] {{Mo}}
*[[Catherine Halsey]] {{Mo}}
*[[Cardenas]] {{1st}}
*[[Erik Bender]]
*[[Fernando Esparza]]
*[[Franklin Mendez]]
*[[Fred-104]] {{Mo}}
*[[Gainey]] {{1st}}
*[[Gavin Jo]] {{Mo}}
*[[Hightower]] {{1st}}
*[[Hudson Griffin]] {{Mo}}
*[[Esparza family|Iahlee Esparza]] {{Fm}}
*[[The Inspector]] {{Mo}}
*[[Isaiah Cameron]] {{Mo}}
*[[Jameson Locke]] {{Mo}}
*[[Janina Yu]] {{1st}}
*[[John-117]]
*[[Jonah-B283]]
*[[Kelly-087]] {{Mo}}
*[[Linda-058]] {{Mo}}
*[[Lucas Browning]]
*[[Nina Kovan]]
*[[Olympia Vale]]
*[[Robin Dimik]]
*[[Roland-B210]]
*[[Sarah Palmer]] {{Mo}}
*[[Shoff]] {{1st}}
*[[Thomas Lasky]] {{Mo}}
*[[TJ Murphy]] {{Mo}}
*[[Tomas Horvath]]
*[[Wes Thompson]] {{1st}}

;Jiralhanae
*[[Atriox]] {{Mo}}
*[[Ballas]]
*[[Denakrium]] {{1st}}
*[[En'Geddon]] {{Mo}}
*[[Escharum]]
*[[Gallian]] {{1st}}
*[[Gorian]] {{Mo}}
*[[Horatius]] {{Mo}}
*[[Hyperius]] {{Mo}}
*[[Tovarus]] {{Mo}}
*[[Tremonius]] {{Mo}}

;Sangheili
*[[Chak 'Lok]] {{Mo}}
*[[Charut 'Quvadamii]]
*[[Jega 'Rdomnai]]
*[['Kita]] {{1st}}
*[['Kor]] {{1st}}
*[['Rav]] {{1st}}
*[['Skaal]] {{1st}}
*[[Mak 'Vadam]] {{Mo}}
*[[Thel 'Vadam]]
*[[Ther 'Vadam]] {{Mo}}
*[[Val 'Hasumai]] {{1st}}

;Xalanyn
*[[Harbinger]]

;Huragok
*[[Rises High]] {{1st}}

|title-2=Species|
;Sapient
*[[Flood]] {{Mo}}
*[[Forerunner]]
*[[Gasgira]]
*[[Gigantopithecus]]
*[[Human]]
**[[Tudejsa]] {{Mo}}
*[[Huragok]]
*[[Jiralhanae]]
*[[Kig-Yar]]
*[[Lekgolo]]
**[[Mgalekgolo]]
*[[San'Shyuum]] {{Mo}}
*[[Sangheili]]
*[[Unggoy]]
*[[Xalanyn]]

;Fauna
*[[Deer and deer-like creatures|Deer-like animal]]
*[[Dengkra]] {{Mo}}
*[[Fish]]
*[[Moa]] {{Mo}}
*[[Rodent]] {{Mo}}
*[[Thorn beast]] {{Mo}}

|title-3=Organizations|
*[[Covenant]]
**[[Covenant Special Operations]]
***[[Silent Shadow]]
*[[Covenant remnants]]
**[[Banished]]
***[[Hand of Atriox]]
***[[Ravaged Tusks]]
***[[Witch's Eye]]
**[[Swords of Sanghelios]]
*[[Created]] {{Mo}}
*[[Ecumene]]
**[[Criterion]] {{Mo}}
**[[Lifeworker]] {{Mo}}
*[[United Nations Space Command]]
**[[Boat crew]]
**[[Spartan Operations]]
***[[SPARTAN-IV program]]
****[[Fireteam Intrepid]] {{Mo}}
**[[UNSC Marine Corps]]
***[[Orbital Drop Shock Troopers]]
****[[86th Shock Troops Battalion]] {{Fm}}
**[[UNSC Navy]]
***[[Office of Naval Intelligence]]
****[[SPARTAN-II program]]
*****[[Blue Team]] {{Mo}}
****[[SPARTAN-III program]]
*****[[Headhunters]]
**[[Zeta Halo Project]]

|title-4=Locations|
*[[Alluvion]] {{Mo}}
*[[Casmir]] {{Mo}}
*[[Epoloch system]]
**[[Requiem]] {{Mo}}
*[[Epsilon Eridani system]]
**[[Reach]] {{Mo}}
***[[Military Wilderness Training Preserve]] {{Mo}}
*[[Ephsu system]]
*[[Installation 07]]
**[[House of Reckoning (location)|House of Reckoning]]
**[[Lifeworker Archive]] {{1st}}
**[[Lifeworker Central]]
***[[Monolith Adjunct]] {{1st}}
**[[Rdomnai Keep]] {{1st}}
**[[Silent Auditorium (location)|Silent Auditorium]]
**[[Conservatory (location)|The Conservatory]] {{Mo}}
**[[Tower|The Tower]] {{Mo}}
*[[Intergalactic space]]
**[[Installation 00]] {{Mo}}

*[[Oth Sonin system]]
**[[Doisac]] {{Mo}}
***[[Warial]] {{Mo}}
***[[Soirapt]] {{Mo}}
***[[Teash]] {{Mo}}
*[[Rangiren]]
*[[Urs system]]
**[[Sanghelios]]
***[[Vadam]]
****[[Vadam Keep]]
****[[Kolaar Mountain]]
***[[Suban]]
*[[Sol system]]
**[[Earth]] {{Mo}}

|title-5=Events|
*[[Forerunner-Flood war]]
**[[Conservation Measure]]
**[[Battle for Gyre 11]] {{Mo}}
**[[Great Purification]] {{Mo}}
*[[Reintroduction]] {{Mo}}
*[[War of Beginnings]] {{Mo}}
*[[Human-Covenant War]]
**[[Battle of Rangiren]]
*[[Post-Covenant War conflicts]]
**[[New Phoenix Incident]] {{Mo}}
**[[Created uprising]] {{Mo}}
***[[Cortana Event]] {{Mo}}
***[[Razing of Oth Sonin]] {{Mo}}
***[[The Reclamation]] {{Mo}}
**[[Battle for Zeta Halo]]
***[[Battle over Installation 07]] {{Mo}}
***[[Battle of the Mortal Reverie]] {{Mo}}
***[[Battle of the beacon tower]] {{Mo}}
***[[Battle of the Silent Auditorium]] {{Mo}}
***[[Funeral of Escharum]] {{1st}}
***[[Raid on Rdomnai Keep]] {{1st}}
***[[Skirmish at the Silent Auditorium]] {{1st}}
**[[Battle of Suban]] {{Mo}}
*[[Project ASTER]] {{Mo}}
*[[SPARTAN-II training]] {{Mo}}

|title-6=Vehicles|
;Banished / Covenant remnants
*[[Banished dreadnought]]
*[[Banshee]]
**[['Ahtulai Workshop Banshee]]
*[[Chopper]]
*[[Crav]]
*[[Phantom]]
**[[Eklon'Dal Workshop Phantom]]
*[[Ghost]]
*[[Qavardu Workshop Prowler]]
*[[Qavardu Workshop war-skiff]]

;Forerunner
*[[Keyship]]
**''[[Anodyne Spirit]]'' {{Mo}}

;UNSC
*[[Pelican]]
**[[D77-TC Pelican]]
***''[[Echo 216]]''
*{{Class|Infinity|supercarrier}}
**{{UNSCShip|Infinity}} {{Mo}}
*{{Class|Mulsanne|light frigate}}
**[[FFG-611]] {{1st}}
**{{UNSCShip|Mortal Reverie}} {{Mo}}
*[[Warthog]]

|title-7=Weapons|
;Banished
*[[Covenant carbine]]
*''[[Ghostpierce]]''
*{{Pattern|Meluth'qelos|energy sword}}
**[[Bloodblade]]
*[[Needler]]
**[[Kemuksuru]]
*[[Plasma pistol]]
*[[Plasma grenade]]
*[[Sicatt Workshop dynamo grenade]]
*[[Sicatt Workshop shock rifle]]
*[[Ukala Workshop Mangler]]

;Forerunner
*[[Sentinel beam]]

;UNSC
*[[Combat knife]]
*[[CQS48 Bulldog]]
*[[C10 charge]]
*[[Energy disruptor]]
*[[MA40 assault rifle]]
*[[Mk50 Sidekick]]
*[[M370 autocannon]]
*[[M392 DMR]]
*[[M41 SPNKr]]
**[[M19 missile]]
*[[M9 fragmentation grenade]]
*[[Nuclear weapon]]
**[[Eris tactical nuclear weapon]] {{1st}}
*[[SRS99-S7 AM sniper rifle]]
*[[VK78 Commando]]

|title-8=Technology and equipment|
;Banished / Covenant remnants
*[[Arbiter body armor]] {{Mo}}
*[[Active camouflage]]
*[[Banished torture machine]]
**[[Gravity well (physics)|Gravity well]]
**[[Suspension manacle]] {{Mo}}
*[[Covenant portable shield]]
*[[Energy barrier]] 
*[[Energy shielding]]
*[[Kig-Yar point defense gauntlet]]
*[[Methane tank]]
*[[Overshield]]
*[[Relay satellite]] {{Fm}}
*[[Sangheili harness]]
**[[Infiltration harness]]

;Forerunner
*[[Ancilla]]
*[[Anti-gravity gondola]]
*[[Beacon tower]] {{Mo}}
*[[Combat skin]] {{Mo}}
*[[Composer]] {{Mo}}
*[[Conspectus network]] {{Mo}}
*[[Crucible]]
*[[Cylix]]
*[[Dazzler]]
*[[Domain]] {{Mo}}
*[[Durance]]
*[[Encephalon]]
*[[Geas]]
*[[Guardian Custode]] {{Mo}}
*[[Halo Array]]
*[[Hard light]]
**[[Light bridge]]
*[[Impulse drive]]
*[[Mind transfer]] {{Mo}}
*[[Monitor]]
**{{Class|Facilitator|ancilla}}
*[[Power seed]]
*[[Reformation]] {{Mo}}
*[[Sentinel]]
**[[Aggressor Sentinel]]
**[[Constructor Sentinel]]
*[[Shield world]] {{Mo}}
*[[Slipspace portal]]
*[[Stasis field]]
*[[Teleportation grid]]

;Human
*[[Anti-gravity technology]]
**[[Smart-assist splint]] {{1st}}
*[[Artificial intelligence]]
**[[Avatar]]
**[[Rampancy]] {{Mo}}
**[[Smart AI]]
*[[Biofoam]]
*[[Data crystal chip]]
*[[Data pad]]
*[[Dog tag]]
*[[Distress call]]
*[[Drop wall]]
*[[Flash cloning]] {{Mo}}
*[[Forward Operating Base]] {{Mo}}
*[[Fusion drive]]
*[[Fusion reactor]]
*[[Grappleshot]]
*[[Health pack]]
*[[Holography]]
**[[Holorecorder]]
**[[Holotank]]
*[[Identification friend or foe]]
*[[Meal, Ready-to-Eat]]
*[[Motion tracker]]
*[[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor (GEN3)]]
**[[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/Mark VI|Mark VI GEN3]]
**[[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/Mark VII|Mark VII GEN3]]
**[[ANUBIS-class Mjolnir]]
**[[STORMFALL-class Mjolnir]] {{Mo}}
*[[Nanotechnology]]
**[[Targeted Nanoparticle Therapy and Repair]] {{1st}}
*[[Night vision device]]
*[[ODST armor]]
*[[Rucksack]]
*[[Semi-Powered Infiltration armor]]
*[[Threat Sensor]]
*[[Totem Ring]]
*[[Visual Intelligence System, Reconnaissance]] {{Mo}}

|title-9=Miscellaneous|
*[[Drugs]]
**[[Polypseudomorphine]]
*[[Gekz]] {{Im}}
*[[Hangar bay]]
*[[Keepsake]]
*[[Mantle]]
*[[Service number]]
*[[Render]] {{1st}}
*[[Rubicon Protocol]]
*[[Vending machine]] {{Mo}}
*[[Xenoarchaeology]]
}}

==Trivia==
*The ''[[Gigantopithecus]]'' found in the [[Lifeworker Archive]] may be a reference to [[Mara]], a traveling companion of [[Chakas]], [[Riser]] and [[Vinnevra]] in ''[[Halo: Primordium]]'' who was said to be the last of her kind.

==Gallery==
===Cover art artwork===
<gallery>
File:EdgeOfDawnSocialTall.jpg|Old version of the cover art with the text on the cover not finalised.
File:HEOD Cover old.jpg|Old version of the cover art with the artwork not finalised.
File:Halo Edge of Dawn Cover Full.jpg|An early version of the cover art for the book.
File:HEOD Full Cover.jpg|The final version of the cover art for the book.
</gallery>

==Sources==
{{Ref/Sources}}

==External links==
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNjMNcu1UyY ''YouTube'': Designation: Joyeuse] - a scene reading from ''Edge of Dawn'' performed by the characters' voice actors.
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtkYIwMXG5U ''YouTube'':  Halo: Edge of Dawn | Chapter 1 Preview | Audio Excerpt] - a preview of chapter one of the ''Edge of Dawn'' audiobook.
*[https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/halo-edge-of-dawn-preview ''Halo Waypoint'': Halo: Edge of Dawn - Preview] - a preview of chapter one on [[Halo Waypoint]].
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