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== Cover and Title ==

As you can see we now have the new ''Halo: Mortal Dictata'' which I can't wait to read as I've already read ''Glasslands'' & ''The Thursday War''. However, I can't help to think, who thought of this as a cover for a Halo novel? It's kind of unusual IMO. By the looks of it, I can only assume that the little girl on the front cover is "Naomi", starring at a Mjolnir helmet - in other words, her "future". <s>I'm also gonna assume the title is a reference to The Didact.</s> IDK. Anyway, its just a thought I had to get out there.--'''''[[User:Killamint|<span style="color:Black; font-family: Arial;">Killamint</span>]]''''' <small>['''''[[User talk:Killamint|<font color="Gray">Comm</font>]]'''''|'''''[[Special:Contributions/Killamint|<font color="Black">Files</font>]]''''']</small> 12:39, 9 July 2013 (EDT)

::I liked it overall, barring the "Halsey is an unrepentant Satanazi" and "Huragok are ''dei ex machina''" irks I've come to expect from the series. I appreciated Sentzke's ending, though it felt very familiar. I wonder wh - {{Plain|[http://youtu.be/ohQY7kpOc50 oh, ''yeah'']}}. I agree that the characterization of the original (read: Traviss-created) characters is the strongest part of the ''Kilo-Five'' books. I really empathized with Staffan, despite knowing objectively that the SPARTAN-IIs really were utterly essential to humanity's survival. I'm in the same boat about the Kig-Yar story arc, though; it had a strong start, but halfway through Chol Von had become nothing more than an extraneous plot device. Unfortunately, we're left hanging on Parangosky's plan to incriminate herself and everyone else associated with the SPARTAN-II project, which is brought up maybe three times throughout the trilogy. Still, it shows that Maggie acknowledges her guilt in spite of the S-III double standard.

:::''"Some days, you just can't get rid of a bomb!"'' I tend to come across as supremely negative but as I said, there were times when I actually found myself liking it. Traviss shines when she's writing about her own characters (the times she's not using them as her personal soapbox anyway). I could see the series being much more enjoyable if 343i had just told her to write her own story. No Halsey, no Blue Team or Mendez, no throwaway Arbiter cameos and definitely none of that hamfisted and awfully convenient Didact foreshadowing. And a bit more editorial hand-holding to keep the Huragok from being that absurdly overpowered. That wouldn't leave much in terms of connecting threads to the games, mind you, but it would've been more suited given the author.

:::But I am definitely curious to see who they'll get to pen their next inevitable novels (and where they'll go, story-wise). I'm sure they're aware of the overwhelming demand for more Nylund, but that's entirely up to the man himself: I almost get the sense that he's sort of had it with Halo and wants to focus on his own creations. I could be wrong and maybe there's some backroom politics were weren't made aware of - it does strike me as odd that Frankie and co. were talking a ''Ghosts of Onyx'' sequel with him, only to hire a different author over the obvious choice. Creative differences? Or simply a schedule thing? And then there's Nylund's departure from Microsoft, not that one's job dictates who they can write novels for.--[[User:Jugus|<font color="MidnightBlue"><b>Jugus</b></font>]] <small>([[User talk:Jugus|<font color="Gray">Talk</font>]] | [[Special:Contributions/Jugus|<font color="Gray">Contribs</font>]])</small> 00:14, 27 January 2014 (EST)

I can't really comment on this novel, since I haven't read it (and can't afford it for a while), but I can already tell that the Halsey-bashing is going to annoy me. I didn't mind most of the rest of the other books - I liked her original characters, even Osman, and I've started to come around to the idea that Parangosky's hypocrisy was deliberate - that we're meant to be outraged at it, and to think that they're just as bad as each other. Because that's what I'm left with.

Well, it looks like I'm not buying this book. I thought I was but based on Jugus' review I'm going to pass. And yes, I like a review of something before I buy it, especially games - I learned the hard way with True Crimes: Streets of New York. That is all.--'''''[[User:Killamint|<span style="color:Black; font-family: Arial;">Killamint</span>]]''''' <small>['''''[[User talk:Killamint|<font color="Red">Comm</font>]]'''''|'''''[[Special:Contributions/Killamint|<font color="Black">Files</font>]]''''']</small> 12:13, 1 February 2014 (EST)

::Halocanon made a good point about how the trilogy should have been condensed into one book. I was thinking the same thing since "The Thursday War" came out. In fact it would've been better - would've made the books less boring, and less of a drag to read through if everything happened in one or two books, and would've ended the trilogy before Halo 4 came out. The same should have been applied with the Forerunner trilogy - Halo: Primordium was boring and confusing as hell, and Halo: Silentium's story about the Ur-Didact would've been more relevant to gamers before the release of Halo 4 rather than after (which didn't make any sense to me).--'''''[[User:Killamint|<span style="color:Black; font-family: Arial;">Killamint</span>]]''''' <small>['''''[[User talk:Killamint|<font color="Red">Comm</font>]]'''''|'''''[[Special:Contributions/Killamint|<font color="Black">Files</font>]]''''']</small> 10:24, 3 February 2014 (EST)