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{{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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*[[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> | ||