Halo: Ghosts of the Gyre

Halo: Ghosts of the Gyre
Attribution information
Author(s):	Alex Wakeford Jeff Easterling
Audio book narrator(s):	Jenna Sharpe
Publication information
Publisher:	Halo Studios
Publication date:	May 26, 2026 (part of Halo: Waypoint Chronicles Volume One)
Media type:	Short story

Halo: Ghosts of the Gyre 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.

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Appearances

Characters Artificial intelligence 117649 Despondent Pyre (Mentioned only) Adjutant Recourse (First appearance) Adjutant Vigilance Cortana Mendicant Bias (Mentioned only) Shalimanda (First appearance) Forerunner Faber-of-Will-and-Might (Mentioned only) Genemender-Folder-of-Fortune Librarian (Mentioned only) Ur-Didact (Mentioned only) Human Dora Emmett (First appearance) Ellen Zoyas (First appearance) Forthencho (Mentioned only) Gamelpar (Mentioned only) Madeline Tress Michael Quinn (First appearance) Precursor Primordial (Painting) San'Shyuum Va'larr (First appearance) Xalanyn Harbinger (Mentioned only) Species Flood (Mentioned only) Forerunner Builder (Mentioned only) Lifeworker (Mentioned only) Promethean (Mentioned only) Warrior-Servant (Mentioned only) Human Florian Ancestors Tudejsa (Mentioned only) Jiralhanae (Mentioned only) Precursor (Mentioned only) Rhinok Sangheili San'Shyuum Xalanyn Organizations Covenant (Mentioned only) Covenant remnants Banished Ecumene Builder Security (Mentioned only) Criterion (Mentioned only) United Nations Space Command Zeta Halo Project Locations Coelest system Substance Installation 05 (Mentioned only) Ephsu system Ephsu I Installation 07 Cartographer (Mentioned only) Flood containment facility (Mentioned only) Palace of Pain (Mentioned only) Silent Auditorium (Mentioned only) Intergalactic space Installation 00 (Mentioned only) Khaphrae system Doavyn Installation 03 (Mentioned only) Oth Sonin system Doisac (Mentioned only)

Events Forerunner-Flood war Battle for Gyre 11 (Mentioned only) Human-Covenant War Battle of Installation 00 (Mentioned only) Plague War (First named) Battle of Charum Hakkor (Mentioned only) Post-Covenant War conflicts Battle for Zeta Halo New Phoenix Incident (Indirect mention) Operation: FAR STORM (Mentioned only) Raid on Ivanoff Station (Indirect mention) Created uprising Razing of Oth Sonin (Mentioned only) San'Shyuum rebellion Battle of Janjur Qom (Mentioned only) Weapons Combat knife Composer MA40 assault rifle Mk50 Sidekick (Mentioned only) Vehicles M12 Warthog (Mentioned only) M15 Razorback OQ-45 Honeybee UNSC Völuspá (First mentioned) Völuspá (First appearance) Technology and equipment Baffler (Mentioned only) Dazzler (Mentioned only) Domain (Mentioned only) Geas Halo Array Hard light (Mentioned only) Lifeworker beacon (Mentioned only) Mind transfer Misdirection filter (First mentioned) Monitor Facilitator-class ancilla Metarch-class ancilla (Mentioned only) Self-destruct Slipspace portal Totem Ring Miscellaneous Daowa-maad (Mentioned only) How to Study a Halo (First mentioned) Mantle (Mentioned only) Living Time (Mentioned only)