Halo: Parasite's Wake

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Halo: Parasite's Wake
Attribution information
Author(s):	Tim Lebbon
Cover artist(s):	Rythaze
Publication information
Publication date:	2026
Media type:	Print novel

Halo: Parasite's Wake is an upcoming Halo novel set to be released in 2026. The book is a horror novel written by novelist Tim Lebbon, set during the events of Halo: Combat Evolved and focusing on the Flood outbreak on Installation 04, told from the point-of-view of the UNSC Marines. The book follows-up on elements of Halo: The Flood, following Staff Sergeant Marvin Mobuto, a minor character first featured in that novel.

Official summary

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2552. As the planet Reach falls to the alien alliance known as the Covenant, a lone human ship—the UNSC Pillar of Autumn—fled into slipspace and has arrived at a place that could change the course of this decades-long war. An ancient, mysterious ringworld: Halo. With human forces scattered across the surface of this immense alien construct, Staff Sergeant Marvin Mobuto must now lead his fellow crewmates—survivors from the ship’s brig—back to the Autumn’s crash site to rally and regroup with their allies. Desertion, drunk and disorderly, and murder are only a few of the charges that Mobuto's squad carries—and keeping them in line might prove to be just as difficult as surviving the zealous, entrenched Covenant warriors who believe they have found the gateway to paradise. But as war rages across the ring's landscape for control of the installation’s weapons and secrets, a far more terrible threat from deep within Halo’s underworld is hellishly unleashed that transforms this conflict into a desperate battle of survival for UNSC and Covenant alike....

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Appearances

Characters Marvin Mobuto Species Human Flood Organizations Covenant United Nations Space Command UNSC Marine Corps Locations Milky Way Epsilon Eridani system Reach (Mentioned only) Soell system Threshold Installation 04

Events Human-Covenant War Battle of Installation 04 Outbreak at the Containment Facility Fall of Reach (Mentioned only) Weapons Vehicles Halcyon-class light cruiser UNSC Pillar of Autumn Technology and equipment