Halo: The Thursday War

Halo: The Thursday War is the second novel in the Kilo-Five Trilogy by Karen Traviss, and a direct follow-up to Halo: Glasslands. It was released on October 2, 2012.

Official summary
"Halo: The Thursday War picks up immediately where Halo: Glasslands left off, with forces on Earth and among the Covenant threatening a peace that is precarious at best. With a splinter group among the Sangheili pushing for war, some human colonies rebel against Earth authority; and as ONI policy continues to shift with the volatile situation in space, the discovery of a trove of Forerunner technology on Onyx provokes leaders on Earth to seek uses for it in the conflict. For the fight is far from over..."

Characters
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 * 1 = ===Human===
 * Andrew Del Rio
 * Catherine Elizabeth Halsey
 * Damien Hogarth {{Mo}}
 * Dorsey
 * Evan Phillips
 * Glassman {{1st}}
 * Hugo Barton {{1st}}
 * Irena Magnusson
 * John-117 {{Mo}}
 * Kurt-051 {{Mo}}
 * Lian Devereaux
 * Malcolm Geffen
 * Margaret Orlenda Parangosky
 * Mike Spenser
 * Naomi-010
 * Priselkov {{1st}}
 * Richardson {{1st}}
 * Saeed Shafiq
 * Serin Osman
 * Staffan Sentzke {{Mo}}
 * Terrence Hood
 * Thomas Lasky
 * Vasily Beloi

AI

 * Aine
 * Black-Box
 * Cortana
 * Harriet

Sangheili

 * Asum 'Mdama
 * Avu Med 'Telcam
 * Buran 'Utaral
 * Cadan
 * Dunil
 * Dural 'Mdama
 * Elar 'Nas
 * Forze 'Mdama
 * Galur
 * Gusay
 * Ilic
 * Jul 'Mdama
 * Naxan
 * Padon
 * Raia 'Mdama
 * 'Rduan
 * Shobar
 * Thel 'Vadam

Huragok

 * Leaks Repaired
 * Perfect Density
 * Prone to Drift
 * Requires Adjustment

Unggoy

 * Dengo
 * Gikak
 * Jicam
 * Sensen

Kig-Yar

 * Lahz
 * Sav Fel

Forerunner
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 * The Didact
 * Faber
 * The Librarian

Trivia

 * A Thursday War is a colloquial name given in the Royal Navy for weekly war-fighting and damage control exercises that are held during Flag Officer Sea Training (FOST), so named because they are usually held on a Thursday.
 * The title of the novel is foreshadowed in Chapter 17 of Halo: Glasslands, where the A.I. Black-Box tells Captain Serin Osman that "We might even get you on a Thursday war."
 * The cover art depicts the among a group of s and frigates.
 * The release date for the novel is exactly 343 days after the release date of Halo: Glasslands.
 * An excerpt of the novel's prologue first chapter was released in September 3, 2012 on Amazon.com.
 * Red vs Blue references were made again, similar to Glasslands, a running-gag of Sangheili mispronouncing the name "Phillips" as "Phyllis", which is the phonetic pronunciation of the AI F.I.L.L.S