Halo: Mortal Dictata

Halo: Mortal Dictata will be the third and last novel in the Kilo-Five Trilogy by Karen Traviss, and a direct follow-up to Halo: The Thursday War. It will be released in January 21, 2014.

Characters
''Note: all subjects are listed tentatively based on their appearance in the prologue, first two chapters and audiobook except alone. As such, the nature of the listed appearances does not reflect the complete novel.''

Humans

 * Catherine Halsey
 * Damien Hogarth
 * Edvin Sentzke
 * Evan Phillips
 * Franklin Mendez
 * Hedda Sentzke
 * Jakob
 * Kerstin Sentzke
 * Laura Sentzke
 * Lena Sentzke
 * Lian Devereaux
 * Malcolm Geffen
 * Margaret Parangosky
 * Mike Spenser
 * Naomi-010
 * Peter Moritz
 * Remo
 * Serin Osman
 * Staffan Sentzke
 * Vasily Beloi

Kig-Yar

 * Sav Fel

Sangheili

 * Avu Med 'Telcam
 * Jul 'Mdama
 * Thel 'Vadam

Huragok

 * Leaks Repaired
 * Requires Adjustment

Artificial Intelligence

 * Black-Box

Trivia

 * The name of the novel is a reference to the UN Colonial Mortal Dictata, a piece of legislation associated with the ethics of medical science. Dr. Catherine Halsey broke the Dictata on several occasions, namely when flash cloning a functioning human brain.
 * An online excerpt consisting of the novel's prologue was released at Tor.com on July 17, 2013. An online excerpt of the novel's first chapter and an audiobook excerpt of chapter 2 were released at HaloWaypoint.com on January 16, 2014. An online excerpt of the novel's second chapter was released at Tor.com on January 17, 2014.