Rion Forge & Ace Of Spades series

The Rion Forge & Ace Of Spades series is the retroactive name given to Halo novels focusing on Rion Forge and the crew of the Mariner-class transport ship Ace of Spades, written by Kelly Gay.

It consists of Halo: Smoke and Shadow (2016), Halo: Renegades (2019), and Halo: Renegades (2021).

Novels

Title	Cover	Author	Audio book narrators	Publication	Summary
Halo: Smoke and Shadow		Kelly Gay	Scott Brick	2016	Follows Rion Forge on her quest to discover the fate of her father and his ship, the UNSC Spirit of Fire.
Halo: Renegades		Kelly Gay	Justine Eyre	2019	Sequel of Halo: Smoke and Shadow, and follows Rion Forge and the Ace of Spades crew to find Rion's father and the Spirit of Fire, while are pursued by ONI and Covenant remnants.
Halo: Renegades		Kelly Gay	Scott Brick, Tim Dadabo	2021	Sequel of Halo: Renegades, and follows Rion Forge, Spark and the Ace of Spades crew being pursued by ONI, while they try to complete the Librarian's plan.

Releases

The Halo: Fractures short Into the Fire is the first half of the novel Halo: Smoke and Shadow, it features no changes between releases except gaining chapters.

Continuity

This series shares narrative connections with the flash fiction short Spirit of Bloody Fire. Cutter. Bloody hell. from the Halo Wars: Official Strategy Guide, where an event in that is expanded upon in Halo: Smoke and Shadow.

The series also contains a narrative link to Halo Wars, where the events start with a character hunting for the ship.

This series also acts as a soft-sequel to Halo: Primordium, where after 343 Guilty Spark captured the UNSC Rubicon, it starts events in Halo: Renegades.