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{{Status|RealWorld}} | {{Status|RealWorld}} | ||
{{Novel infobox | {{Novel infobox | ||
|name=Halo: Silentium | |name=''Halo: Silentium'' | ||
|variant=Forerunner | |||
|image={{tabcontainer|title1=Original|content1=[[File:Silentium cover front.jpg|300px]]|title2=2014 re-release|content2=[[File:HS Coverart 2014.jpg|300px]]}} | |image={{tabcontainer|title1=Original|content1=[[File:Silentium cover front.jpg|300px]]|title2=2014 re-release|content2=[[File:HS Coverart 2014.jpg|300px]]}} | ||
|author=[[Greg Bear]] | |author=[[Greg Bear]] | ||
|cover artist=*[[Nicolas Bouvier]] | |||
*[[Gabriel Garza]] | |||
*Glenn Israel {{C|Cryptum design}} | |||
|illustrator= | |||
|editor= | |||
|audio=[[Euan Morton]] | |||
|publisher=[[Tor Books]] (2013)<br>[[Simon & Schuster]] (2019) | |publisher=[[Tor Books]] (2013)<br>[[Simon & Schuster]] (2019) | ||
|publication=[[2013|March 19, 2013]] (original)<br>[[2019|March 26, 2019]] (2019 edition) | |publication=[[2013|March 19, 2013]] (original)<br>[[2019|March 26, 2019]] (2019 edition) | ||
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|length=336 pages (original)<br>320 pages (2019 edition) | |length=336 pages (original)<br>320 pages (2019 edition) | ||
|ISBN=[[Special:BookSources/0230758320|0230758320]], [[Special:BookSources/978-0230758322|978-0230758322]], [[Special:BookSources/978-1982111779|978-1982111779]] | |ISBN=[[Special:BookSources/0230758320|0230758320]], [[Special:BookSources/978-0230758322|978-0230758322]], [[Special:BookSources/978-1982111779|978-1982111779]] | ||
|series=[[The Forerunner Saga]] | |||
|preceded=''[[Halo: Primordium]] | |||
|followed= | |||
|multiseries= | |||
|notable=An epilogue/coda for ''Halo: Silentium'' was released called ''[[Halo: Rebirth|Rebirth]]''. | |||
}} | }} | ||
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==Official summary== | ==Official summary== | ||
{{Article | {{Article quote|In the last years of the [[Forerunner]] empire, chaos rules. The [[Flood]] — a horrifying shape-changing parasite — has arrived in force, aided by [[Mendicant Bias|unexpected allies]]. Internal strife within the [[ecumene]] has desperately weakened Forerunner defenses. Too little, too late, the legal [[rate]] of [[Juridical]]s is only now investigating possible crimes by the [[Faber|Master Builder]] and others. Evidence-gathering agents known collectively as [[Catalog]] have been dispatched to collect testimony from the [[Librarian]] and both Didacts: the [[Ur-Didact]], treacherously abandoned in a Flood-infested system, and the [[IsoDidact|Bornstellar Didact]], who accompanies the Librarian as she [[Conservation Measure|preserves specimens]] against the dire possibility of [[Halo Array|Halo]] extermination. | ||
Facing the imminent collapse of their civilization, the Librarian and the Ur-Didact reveal what they know about the relationship between the long-vanished [[Precursor]]s and the Flood. The Precursors created many technological species, including humanity and the Forerunners. But the roots of the Flood may be found in an [[Forerunner-Precursor war|act of enormous barbarity]], carried out beyond [[Milky Way|our galaxy]] ten million years before… Because of that barbarism, a greater evil looms. Only the Ur-Didact and the Librarian -- husband and wife pushed into desperate conflict -- hold the keys to a solution. Facing the consequences of a mythic tragedy, one of them must now commit the greatest atrocity of all time — to prevent an insane evil from dominating the entire universe."''<ref>[http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0765323982/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=heaprcom05-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creativeASIN=0765323982 '''Amazon.com official book description''']</ref>''}} | Facing the imminent collapse of their civilization, the Librarian and the Ur-Didact reveal what they know about the relationship between the long-vanished [[Precursor]]s and the Flood. The Precursors created many technological species, including humanity and the Forerunners. But the roots of the Flood may be found in an [[Forerunner-Precursor war|act of enormous barbarity]], carried out beyond [[Milky Way|our galaxy]] ten million years before… Because of that barbarism, a greater evil looms. Only the Ur-Didact and the Librarian -- husband and wife pushed into desperate conflict -- hold the keys to a solution. Facing the consequences of a mythic tragedy, one of them must now commit the greatest atrocity of all time — to prevent an insane evil from dominating the entire universe."''<ref>[http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0765323982/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=heaprcom05-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creativeASIN=0765323982 '''Amazon.com official book description''']</ref>''}} | ||
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*[[Sentinel]] | *[[Sentinel]] | ||
**[[Aggressor Sentinel]] | **[[Aggressor Sentinel]] | ||
*[[Servitor]] | |||
*[[Shield world]] | *[[Shield world]] | ||
*[[Slipspace bubble]] | *[[Slipspace bubble]] | ||
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==Promotion== | ==Promotion== | ||
On February 11, 2013, an announcement was released on [[Halo Waypoint]] that in the weeks leading up to the release of ''Silentium'' Tor Books and 343 Industries would be sending out encrypted communications via halowaypoint.com bulletins and forums, which will allow fans to unlock additional content. There will also be embedded data in the text of the ''Halo: Silentium'' paperback and e-book editions.<ref>[http://blogs.halowaypoint.com/Headlines/post/2013/02/11/Halo-Fans-Can-Unlock-Additional-Content-and-Gain-XP-with-the-Release-of-Halo-Silentium.aspx '''Halo Waypoint Blogs''': ''Halo Fans Can Unlock Additional Content and Gain XP with the Release of Halo Silentium'']</ref> Players can unlock this content in the [[Halo Waypoint#Classified|Classified menu]] at Halo Waypoint. The unlocked contents are 20,000 experience points for multiplayer and an audio video called "''Rebirth''", a story narrated by Greg Bear and acts as an epilogue for ''Silentium''. It tells the story of [[Riser]] and his last encounter with the IsoDidact. Days after, a new code was revealed, adding 50,000 XP, a new emblem (Overachiever), and 5 additional minutes to Epilogue "Rebirth", which consist of a trial made | On February 11, 2013, an announcement was released on [[Halo Waypoint]] that in the weeks leading up to the release of ''Silentium'' Tor Books and 343 Industries would be sending out encrypted communications via halowaypoint.com bulletins and forums, which will allow fans to unlock additional content. There will also be embedded data in the text of the ''Halo: Silentium'' paperback and e-book editions.<ref>[http://blogs.halowaypoint.com/Headlines/post/2013/02/11/Halo-Fans-Can-Unlock-Additional-Content-and-Gain-XP-with-the-Release-of-Halo-Silentium.aspx '''Halo Waypoint Blogs''': ''Halo Fans Can Unlock Additional Content and Gain XP with the Release of Halo Silentium'']</ref> Players can unlock this content in the [[Halo Waypoint#Classified|Classified menu]] at Halo Waypoint. The unlocked contents are 20,000 experience points for multiplayer and an audio video called "''Rebirth''", a story narrated by Greg Bear and acts as an epilogue for ''Silentium''. It tells the story of [[Riser]] and his last encounter with the IsoDidact. Days after, a new code was revealed, adding 50,000 XP, a new emblem (Overachiever), and 5 additional minutes to Epilogue "Rebirth", which consist of a trial made by the Forerunners survivors to Mendicant Bias after the latter's defeat against Offensive Bias. | ||
Similar to the preceding novels, a sneak peek of the first two chapters of the novel was released on Halo Waypoint and Tor.com on March 13, 2013.<ref>[http://blogs.halowaypoint.com/Headlines/post/2013/03/13/Silentium-Sneak-Peek.aspx '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Silentium Sneak Peek'']</ref> | Similar to the preceding novels, a sneak peek of the first two chapters of the novel was released on Halo Waypoint and Tor.com on March 13, 2013.<ref>[http://blogs.halowaypoint.com/Headlines/post/2013/03/13/Silentium-Sneak-Peek.aspx '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Silentium Sneak Peek'']</ref> | ||