Kilo-Five Trilogy: Difference between revisions

Released October 25, 2011,<ref name="Karen Travis"/> ''Glasslands'' explores the volatile political situation in the ''Halo'' universe following the end of the Human-Covenant war. Picking up where ''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx'' left off, [[Catherine Halsey|Dr. Catherine Halsey]], [[Franklin Mendez|SCPO Franklin Mendez]], and a group of [[SPARTAN-II Program|SPARTAN-IIs]] and [[SPARTAN-III Program|SPARTAN-IIIs]] look for a means of escape from a [[Forerunner]] [[ONI Research Facility Trevelyan|shield world]] locked in a [[Slipstream space|slipspace]] bubble in the remnants of the artificial planet [[Onyx]]. Meanwhile, Office of Naval Intelligence Commander in Chief [[Admiral]] [[Margaret Parangosky]] assembles a black operations team known as Kilo-Five, which is assigned on a covert mission to sow discord between disparate [[Sangheili]] factions by any means necessary, as well as to arrest Dr. Halsey once she has been located. At the same time, a Sangheili group known as the [[Servants of the Abiding Truth]] push for an insurrection against [[Arbiter]] [[Thel 'Vadam]] and his forces, whom they consider to be blasphemous.

''Halo: The Thursday War'' is a direct follow-up to ''Glasslands''. The book was released on October 2, 2012.<ref name="Tor Books"/> Recovering from an attack by the [[Jiralhanae]], Dr. [[Evan Phillips]] looks for a way to escape his entrapment as [[Avu Med 'Telcam]] gears up for an attack against the Arbiter. Kilo-Five must return to Sanghelios to retrieve their fallen comrade before he is lost in the fray, temporarily abandoning another growing priority on the rebel-leaning planet [[Venezia]]. Meanwhile [[Jul 'Mdama]] looks for a way to escape his confinement inside the enormous shield world and soon learns of an [[Ur-Didact|ancient entity]] that once held a hatred for humanity. All while this is taking place, the {{UNSCShip|Infinity}} is set on a course to undergo her first space trials thanks to newly incorporated Forerunner technology.

''Halo: Mortal Dictata'' is the third and final installment of the trilogy. It was released on January 21, 2014.<ref name="amazon"/><ref>[http://www.tor.com/blogs/2013/07/the-halo-kilo-five-trilogy-will-conclude-this-january '''Tor.com''': ''The Halo Kilo-Five Trilogy Will Conclude This January'']</ref> Naomi-10's father, [[Insurrectionist]] [[Staffan Sentzke]], acquires a {{Class|CCS|battlecruiser}}, ''[[Pious Inquisitor]]'', from [[Kig-Yar]] [[piracy|pirate]] [[Sav Fel]]. With it, he intends to threaten [[Earth]] with [[glassing]] in order to coerce the authorities into providing answers about his daughter's disappearance decades earlier. It is [[Kilo-Five]]'s mission to apprehend Staffan and end his terrorist plots. Kilo-Five must test their loyalties and prevent Naomi's family ties from compromising the mission to stop her father. Meanwhile, [[Avu Med 'Telcam]] hires Kig-Yar [[Shipmaster|Shipmistress]] [[Chol Von]] to steal back the ''Inquisitor'', after Fel had stolen it from him. However, Von intends to steal the ship for herself to use it for her united Kig-Yar navy.