Halo: Divine Wind

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

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

Plot synopsis
Divine Wind picks up where Shadows of Reach left off, inside a slipspace bubble as the reader is reintroduced to the story's main characters; Veta Lopis and the Ferrets (Ash, Olivia and Mark). The group are undercover aboard the Banished Lich Pegoras, stolen by the Keepers of the One Freedom as it makes its way from Reach to Installation 00 to initiate the Great Journey at the behest of the dokab leading the group, Castor. The Keepers' craft makes its way to the Ark to emerge in the midst of a fierce battle being waged just outside the exit portal in orbit around the Ark. The Lich exits slipspace into a barrage of oncoming plasma and artillery courtesy of the local Banished and UNSC forces competing for the portal - the only way to access or leave the region surrounding the Ark. With Castor having betrayed the Banished leader, Atriox, by stealing the Lich and escaping to the Ark, Castor is now not only attacked by UNSC forces but also the forces of the Banished. Through a very rough and lucky ride after existing the portal, Castor and company narrowly make their way down toward the Ark to initiate the firing of the Halo Array - a process they refer to as "Divine Wind". Along the way down to the Ark's surface, the Lich and crew come face another issue; the remnants of the Covenant. Potentially facing a four-way war between the Keepers, Covenant, Banished and UNSC forces on the Ark, Castor ends up making a forced pact with the prelate leader of the loyalists, Dhas Bhasvod, to work with the Covenant remnants toward the common goal of firing the Halo array.

Veta notices that things are going bad for their company when they are heavily outnumbered and outgunned. When the Lich crashes on the Epsilon Spire, the remaining crew are surrounded by the former Covenant forces and ushered into a pact with their leader, an elite augmented San'shyuum named Dhas Bhavod. Dhas decides to spare their lives once he learns that Castor has two things he needs to activate Halo, an "oracle" (the ancilla Intrepid Eye) and Human bodies - for their reclaimer status. Once Veta learns of this, she attempts to further sabotage their plan by starting a fight among the two groups to slow them down and send a message to the UNSC forces at the Ark consisting of the for backup or bombardment. The message is later found by Banished forces and they attempt to set a trap further down the line.

Appearances
{{Featurelist|secondcolumn=title-5|title-1=Characters|

AI

 * 343 Guilty Spark
 * Cortana
 * Epsilon submonitor
 * Intrepid Eye

Human

 * Alice-130
 * Arlo Casille
 * Aubert Domhill
 * Barre
 * Douglas-042
 * Ash-G099
 * Frederic-104
 * Graselyn Tuwa
 * Hanson
 * James Cutter
 * Jerome-092
 * John-117
 * John Cassidy
 * Joubert
 * Knox
 * Mahajan
 * Margaret Parangosky
 * Mark-G313
 * Myklonas
 * Ngonga
 * Olivia-G291
 * Quenbi
 * Serin Osman
 * Spencer Hume
 * Veta Lopis

Huragok

 * Roams Alone

Jiralhanae

 * Amphium
 * Arcas
 * Atriox
 * Caius
 * Castor
 * Escharum
 * Feodruz
 * Ferko
 * Hekabe
 * Idomenius
 * Krelis
 * Lydus
 * Manus
 * Maximus
 * Mazentus
 * Orsun
 * Palaemon
 * Pavium
 * Polydamas
 * Rhadandus
 * Saturnus
 * Thalazan
 * Voridus

Kig-Yar

 * Kalvo

Sangheili

 * Inslaan 'Gadogai
 * Let 'Volir
 * Marshal of Varo
 * Olabisi
 * Unavaro

San'Shyuum

 * Dhas Bhasvod
 * Jom G'e'qth
 * Prophet of Mercy
 * Prophet of Regret
 * Prophet of Truth


 * title-2=Species|
 * Flood
 * Gravemind
 * Forerunner
 * Human
 * Huragok
 * Jiralhanae
 * Kig-Yar
 * Kralidonk
 * Sangheili
 * San'Shyuum
 * Unggoy


 * title-3=Organizations|
 * Covenant
 * Covenant fleet
 * Fleet of Certain Glory
 * Fleet of Righteous Vigilance
 * Special Warfare Group
 * Covenant Special Operations
 * Silent Shadow
 * Covenant remnants
 * San'Shyuum flotilla
 * Covenant loyalists
 * Prelate
 * Keepers of the One Freedom
 * Banished
 * Legion of the Corpse-Moon
 * Clan of the Long Shields
 * Ravaged Tusks
 * Humans of the Joyous Journey
 * Misriah Armory
 * Moul clan
 * United Nations Space Command
 * UNSC Armed Forces
 * UNSC Navy
 * SPARTAN-II program
 * Red Team
 * SPARTAN-III program
 * Office of Naval Intelligence
 * Ferret


 * title-4=Locations|
 * Installation 00
 * Anodyne Spirit
 * High Charity
 * Installation 00 Citadel
 * Epsilon Spire
 * Refugia Epsilon 001
 * Chasm Lands Biome
 * Drifting Lands
 * White Dune
 * Reef of Thieves
 * Ridge Nineteen
 * Refugia Epsilon 026
 * Epsilon Cartographer
 * Refugia Epsilon 050
 * Broken Plain
 * Epsilon Wedge
 * Refugia Core 000
 * Epsilon Clarion
 * Outer Gallerium
 * Refugia Core 001
 * Refugia Core 010
 * Maze Rift
 * Refugia Core 101
 * Refugia 500
 * Translocation portal Epsilon
 * Long Valley Moor
 * West Ridge Observation Point
 * Terminus Basin
 * Installation 08
 * Installation 09
 * Milky Way
 * Actium
 * Cloister
 * Coelest system
 * Epsilon Eridani system
 * Reach
 * Menachite portal complex
 * Hestia system
 * Meridian
 * Isbanola sector
 * Cordoba system
 * Gao
 * Montero
 * Montero Jungle
 * Montero Cave System
 * Covert Support Base 4276
 * Nefoluzo
 * Orion complex
 * Jat-Krula
 * Salia system
 * Joyous Exultation
 * State of Varo
 * Shaps system
 * Pydoryn
 * Taram
 * Suluhu Contemplarium
 * Soell system
 * Installation 04
 * Sol system
 * Mars
 * Ulumari
 * Zeta Doradus system
 * Onyx
 * Zone 67


 * title-5=Events|
 * Forerunner-Flood War
 * Great Purification
 * Insurrection
 * Blockade of Gao
 * Human-Covenant War
 * Battle of Actium
 * Battle of Installation 00
 * Battle of Installation 04
 * Battle of the Etran Harborage
 * Great Schism
 * Fall of High Charity
 * Post-Covenant War conflicts
 * Operation: JOVIAN WHISTLE
 * Operation: RETRIBUTION
 * Keepers Eradication Campaign
 * Operation: BIRD IN HAND
 * Second Ark Conflict
 * Outbreak on Installation 00
 * Raid on Anodyne Spirit
 * Battle of Epsilon Clarion
 * Created conflict
 * Operation: WOLFE


 * title-6=Vehicles|

Covenant/ Banished

 * Banshee
 * Banished Banshee
 * Type-26 Banshee
 * Enduring Conviction
 * Ghost
 * Type-32 Ghost
 * Lich
 * Banished Lich
 * Pegoras
 * Phantom
 * Banished Phantom
 * Type-52 Phantom
 * Seraph
 * Morsam-pattern Seraph
 * Spirit
 * Wraith
 * Banished Wraith
 * Type-26 Wraith
 * Type-26 Wraith

Human

 * AC-220 Vulture
 * Argent Moon
 * AV-14 Hornet
 * AV-22 Sparrowhawk
 * B-65 Shortsword
 * M12 Warthog
 * M12R Rocket Warthog
 * M312 Elephant
 * M808 Scorpion
 * Nandao fighter
 * Pelican
 * D77-TC Pelican
 * D77-TC/r Pelican
 * Romeo 008
 * Prowler
 * ONI Acrisius
 * S-14 Baselard
 * Warthog
 * XRP12 Gremlin
 * Warthog
 * XRP12 Gremlin
 * XRP12 Gremlin


 * title-7=Weapons|

Covenant/ Banished

 * Hard light glaive
 * Mangler
 * Pulse Carbine
 * Ravager
 * Type-1 energy sword
 * Type-2 gravity hammer
 * Type-3 firebomb
 * Type-25 Brute plasma rifle
 * Type-25 Brute Shot
 * Type-25 plasma pistol
 * Type-25 Spiker
 * Type-48 Weevil
 * Type-51 plasma repeater
 * Type-52 Mauler

Forerunner

 * Sentinel beam

Human

 * Assault rifle
 * MA series
 * MA37 assault rifle
 * MA40 assault rifle
 * Battle rifle
 * BR55 battle rifle
 * Designated Marksman Rifle
 * M395 DMR
 * M370 autocannon
 * M41 SPNKR
 * M6 series
 * M6C magnum
 * M6D magnum
 * M6E magnum
 * M6H magnum
 * M9 fragmentation grenade
 * Magnetic Accelerator Cannon
 * Missile
 * Anvil-II air-to-surface missile
 * Argent V missile
 * Phoenix missile
 * Submachine gun
 * M7 SMG


 * title-8=Technology and equipment|
 * AlON pressure barrier
 * Ancilla
 * Biofoam
 * Domain
 * Fighting skin
 * Forerunner entanglement dish
 * Guardian Custode
 * Halo Array
 * Hard light
 * Jiralhanae armor
 * Jiralhanae power armor
 * Longshot sight
 * MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor
 * Mark IV
 * CENTURION-class Mjolnir
 * Menachite Forerunner crystal
 * Nanobug
 * Semi-Powered Infiltration armor
 * Sentinel
 * Aggressor Sentinel
 * Shield world
 * ODST armor
 * Aggressor Sentinel
 * Shield world
 * ODST armor

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 * title-9=Miscellaneous|
 * Final protective fire
 * Logic plague
 * Orbital bombardment
 * Tossers

Trivia

 * 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.