Halo: Evolutions

Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe is a story collection set from Tor Books.Tor/Forge - Tor Books Announces HALO: EVOLUTIONS—Essential Tales of the Halo Universe Like the Halo Graphic Novel, Evolutions features stories by a variety of writers, including Eric Nylund, Tobias Buckell, Karen Traviss, Robert McLees, and many other critically acclaimed authors. It was released on November 24th, 2009. Halo: Evolutions' short stories act like stepping stones to the Forerunner Trilogy, to be written by Greg Bear in 2010. The book also explores foggy corners and faces of the Halo Universe.

Beyond
Beyond describes an individual's opinion on the Halo rings and the implications of their existence. Cover art by Sparth and written by Jonathan Goff

Pariah
Pariah tells the story of Soren-66, a Spartan who was one of a dozen unfortunate candidates who washed out of the program due to complications arising from the biological enhancements. It was written by B.K. Evenson.

Stomping on the Heels of a Fuss
Stomping on the Heels of a Fuss tells the story of an ONI agent who was sent to investigate Brutes on a remote colony world. The individual eventually gets captured and thrown together with the rest of the human survivors being used as amusement and food. The ONI agent conspires with a spiritual guru to escape. It was written by Eric Raab.

Midnight in the Heart of Midlothian
Midnight in the Heart of Midlothian tells the story of an ODST who is put under for a surgery to remove a tumor before the Covenant took over the ship. When the ODST awakens, he became the only human left alive on the the UNSC Heart of Midlothian. Living on borrowed time, the ODST has to stop the Covenant from capturing the shipboard AI and learning the location of Earth. It was written by Frank O'Connor.

Dirt
Dirt follows a Harvest militiaman desperate to get off the planet through nearly thirty years of war until he sits dying on a besieged planet, telling his life story to a rookie ODST. It was written by Tobias S. Buckell.

Acheron-VII
Cover art was done by Sparth and it was written by Jonathan Goff.

Headhunters
Headhunters is about the titular two-man SPARTAN-III teams, sent deep into Covenant territory to deal serious damage. It was written by Jonathan Goff.

Blunt Instruments
Blunt Instruments follows SPARTAN-II Black Team which is given the task to disable a Covenant energy supply station. During the course of the operation, Black Team made an uneasy alliance with the Yanme'es whom later betrayed the SPARTAN-IIs at the end of the operation. It was written by Fred Van Lente.

The Mona Lisa
The Mona Lisa follows the crew of the UNSC Red Horse and UNSC Mona Lisa surviving the Flood outbreak. It was written by Tessa Kum and Jeff VanderMeer.

Icon
Icon describes the lives of John-117, the SPARTAN-IIs and Spartan-IIIs, and the legacy they left. Cover art was done by Robogabo and it was written by Jonathan Goff.

Palace Hotel
Palace Hotel follows the Master Chief's movements from getting on the other side of the bridge in the Halo 2 level "Metropolis" to right before he boards the Scarab. It was written by Robert McLees.

Human Weakness
Human Weakness tells what happened at the end of Halo 2, with Cortana in the clutches of the Gravemind. The Gravemind eventually manage to break Cortana by introducing the fallacies of her existence and purpose of her service. It was written by Karen Traviss.

Connectivity
Connectivity describes the connection between Cortana and John-117. Cover art was done by Robogabo and it was written by Jonathan Goff.

The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole
The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole is a series of email transcripts from Codename: SURGEON to Codename: USUAL SUSPECTS, and details in length the life and times of UNSC military leader Preston Cole. It was written by Eric Nylund.

The Return
The Return follows a Sangheili Ship Master as he travels back to the human colony world Kholo. The story takes place after the events of Halo 3 in which the Sangheili are no longer serving the San 'Shyuum and reveals that the Covenant Civil War was still ongoing. It was written by Kevin Grace.

From the Office of Dr. William Arthur Iqbal
From the Office of Dr. William Arthur Iqbal is an email transcript from Dr. William Arthur Iqbal to his colleagues, and details the progress of their research on the Forerunner structure in Mombasa, Kenya.

Internal

 * 343 Industries
 * Halo Graphic Novel

External

 * Tor Books Announces HALO: EVOLUTIONS—Essential Tales of the Halo Universe
 * Collection: Halo Evolutions