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{{Title|''Halo: Hunters in the Dark''}}
{{Title|''Halo: Hunters in the Dark''}}
{{Era|RW}}
{{Status|RealWorld}}
{{Novel infobox
{{Novel infobox
|name=''Halo: Hunters in the Dark''
|name=''Halo: Hunters in the Dark''
|image=[[File:Halo-HuntersInTheDark-CoverArt.jpg|300px]]
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|author=[[Peter David]]<ref name="Canon Fodder 20150312">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/community/blog-posts/canon-fodder-novel-ideas '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Canon Fodder - Novel Ideas'']</ref>
|author=[[Peter David]]<ref name="Canon Fodder 20150312">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/canon-fodder-novel-ideas '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Canon Fodder - Novel Ideas'']</ref>
|publisher=Simon & Schuster<ref name="Canon Fodder 20150312"/>
|cover artist=[[:Category:Images by Kory Lynn Hubbell|Kory Lynn Hubbell]]
|publication=[[2015|June 16, 2015]]<ref name="Canon Fodder 20150312"/>
|publisher=Simon & Schuster{{Ref/Reuse|Canon Fodder 20150312}}
|media=Print<ref name="Canon Fodder 20150312"/>
|publication=[[2015|June 16, 2015]]{{Ref/Reuse|Canon Fodder 20150312}}
|length=416 pages<ref name="s&s">[http://books.simonandschuster.com/HALO-Hunters-in-the-Dark/Peter-David/9781476795874 '''Simons and Schuster''': ''Halo: Hunters in the Dark'']</ref>
|media=Print{{Ref/Reuse|Canon Fodder 20150312}}
|ISBN=[[Special:BookSources/9781476795874|9781476795874]]<ref name="s&s"/>
|length=368 pages<ref name="s&s">[http://books.simonandschuster.com/HALO-Hunters-in-the-Dark/Peter-David/9781476795874 '''Simons and Schuster''': ''Halo: Hunters in the Dark'']</ref>
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'''''Halo: Hunters in the Dark''''' is a [[Halo novels|full-length print novel]] from Simon & Schuster written by ''New York Times'' bestselling author [[Wikipedia:Peter David|Peter David]]. It was released on June 16, 2015.<ref name="Canon Fodder 20150312"/>
'''''Halo: Hunters in the Dark''''' is a [[Halo novels|full-length print novel]] from Simon & Schuster written by ''New York Times'' bestselling author [[Wikipedia:Peter David|Peter David]]. It was released on June 16, 2015.{{Ref/Reuse|Canon Fodder 20150312}}


==Official summary==
==Official summary==
{{Article Quote|It is [[2555]], more than two years after the [[John-117|Master Chief]] went missing-in-action following a [[Battle of Installation 00|decisive conflict]] on [[Installation 00]] — the massive, extragalactic [[Forerunner]] construct known as the Ark — as part of the final chapter in humanity’s bloody [[Human-Covenant War|thirty-year struggle]] against the overwhelming forces of the [[Covenant]]. Now, as a tenuous peace exists between the humans and the [[Sangheili|Elites]], a startling scientific discovery is made…and the riddle behind its Forerunner origins could very well seal the fate of the entire galaxy within a matter of weeks. In order to unravel these dangerous secrets, a heroic, hastily formed coalition of humans and Elites must attempt to overcome their differences as they embark on a [[Operation: FAR STORM|covert mission]] back to the Ark — an astonishing, enigmatic place beyond comprehension from which few have returned and where mortal danger awaits them all…<ref name="s&s"/>}}
{{Article quote|It is [[2555]], more than two years after the [[John-117|Master Chief]] went missing-in-action following a [[Battle of Installation 00|decisive conflict]] on [[Installation 00]] — the massive, extragalactic [[Forerunner]] construct known as the Ark — as part of the final chapter in humanity’s bloody [[Human-Covenant War|thirty-year struggle]] against the overwhelming forces of the [[Covenant]]. Now, as a tenuous peace exists between the humans and the [[Sangheili|Elites]], a startling scientific discovery is made…and the riddle behind its Forerunner origins could very well seal the fate of the entire galaxy within a matter of weeks. In order to unravel these dangerous secrets, a heroic, hastily formed coalition of humans and Elites must attempt to overcome their differences as they embark on a [[Operation: FAR STORM|covert mission]] back to the Ark — an astonishing, enigmatic place beyond comprehension from which few have returned and where mortal danger awaits them all…{{Ref/Reuse|s&s}}}}


==Plot summary==
==Plot summary==
{{Spoiler}}
{{Spoiler/begin}}
[[Bobby Kodiak|Broadside One]], the [[squad]] leader of [[Broadside]], is lying heavily wounded in a small cave after an encounter with unknown creatures on [[Installation 00]]. One of the several [[remote contact team]]s deployed to the remains of the Ark by {{UNSCShip|Rubicon}}, Broadside was attacked by the creatures and most of the team was killed. While Broadside One contemplates his fate and observes that the creatures seemed to suddenly unite together to destroy the team, an unidentified voice confirms his theory. Claiming that it requires [[human]] assistance and that it will save him, the voice orders Broadside One to surrender himself and he accepts.
[[Bobby Kodiak|Broadside One]], the [[squad]] leader of [[Broadside]], is lying heavily wounded in a small cave after an encounter with unknown creatures on [[Installation 00]]. One of the several [[remote contact team]]s deployed to the remains of the Ark by {{UNSCShip|Rubicon}}, Broadside was attacked by the creatures and most of the team was killed. While Broadside One contemplates his fate and observes that the creatures seemed to suddenly unite together to destroy the team, an unidentified voice confirms his theory. Claiming that it requires [[human]] assistance and that it will save him, the voice orders Broadside One to surrender himself and he accepts.


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==Appearances==
==Appearances==
{{Featurelist|secondcolumn=title-5|title-1=Characters|
{{Featurelist|secondcolumn=title-5|title-1=Characters|
====Artificial Intellegence====
*[[000 Tragic Solitude]]
*[[000 Tragic Solitude]]
*[[117649]] {{Mo}}
*[[117649 Despondent Pyre]] {{Mo}}
*[[343 Guilty Spark]] {{Mo}}
*[[343 Guilty Spark]] {{Mo}}
*[[Cortana]] {{Mo}}
====Deer-Like Creature====
*[[Vanessa]] {{1st}}
====Human====
*[[Annabelle Richards]] {{1st}}
*[[Annabelle Richards]] {{1st}}
*[[Bob Casper]] {{Fm}}
*[[Bob Casper]] {{Fm}}
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*[[Calder]] {{1st}}
*[[Calder]] {{1st}}
*[[Carl Radeen]] {{1st}}
*[[Carl Radeen]] {{1st}}
*[[Cortana]] {{Mo}}
*[[Crystal Speakman]] {{1st}}
*[[Crystal Speakman]] {{1st}}
*[[Cynthia Diggs]] {{Fm}}
*[[Cynthia Diggs]] {{Fm}}
*[[Drifts Randomly]] {{1st}}
*[[Elias Holt]] {{1st}}
*[[Elias Holt]] {{1st}}
*[[Frank Kodiak]] {{1st}}
*[[Frank Kodiak]] {{1st}}
*[[Gonzalez]] {{1st}}
*[[Gonzalez]] {{1st}}
*[[Henry Lamb]] {{1st}}
*[[Henry Lamb]] {{1st}}
*[[Ilta 'Bemet]] {{Fm}}
*[[John-117]] {{Mo}}
*[[John-117]] {{Mo}}
*[[Kapalos]] {{1st}}
*[[Kapalos]] {{1st}}
*[[Kola 'Baoth]]
*[[Luther Mann]] {{1st}}
*[[Luther Mann]] {{1st}}
*[[Margaret Parangosky]] {{Mo}}
*[[Margaret Parangosky]] {{Mo}}
*[[N'tho 'Sraom]]
*[[O'Shea]] {{1st}}
*[[O'Shea]] {{1st}}
*[[Olympia Vale]]
*[[Olympia Vale]]
*[[Otar 'Bemet]] {{1st}}
*[[Prophet of Truth]] {{Mo}}
*[[Ramona]] {{Fm}}
*[[Ramona]] {{Fm}}
*[[Rtas 'Vadum]] {{Im}}
*[[Sehar]] {{1st}}
*[[Serin Osman]]
*[[Serin Osman]]
*[[Stein]] {{1st}}
*[[Stein]] {{1st}}
*[[Tangredi]] {{1st}}
*[[Tangredi]] {{1st}}
*[[Terrence Hood]]
*[[Terrence Hood]]
*[[Thel 'Vadam]]
*[[Theresa]] {{Fm}}
*[[Theresa]] {{Fm}}
*[[Toha 'Sumai]] {{Mo}}
*[[Turot]] {{1st}}
*[[Turot]] {{1st}}
*[[Usze 'Taham]]
*[[Van Zandt]] {{1st}}
*[[Van Zandt]] {{1st}}
*[[Vanessa]] {{1st}}
*[[William Iqbal]]
*[[William Iqbal]]
====Hurakgok====
*[[Drifts Randomly]] {{1st}}
====Sangheili====
*[[Ilta 'Bemet]] {{Fm}}
*[[Kola 'Baoth]] {{1st}}
*[[N'tho 'Sraom]]
*[[Otar 'Bemet]] {{1st}}
*[[Rtas 'Vadum]] {{Im}}
*[[Sehar]] {{1st}}
*[[Thel 'Vadam]]
*[[Toha 'Sumai]] {{Mo}}
*[[Usze 'Taham]]
*[[Xaebho 'Anyame]] {{Fm}}
*[[Xaebho 'Anyame]] {{Fm}}
*[[Zon 'Vadum]] {{1st}}
*[[Zon 'Vadum]] {{1st}}
 
====San'Shyuum====
*[[Prophet of Truth]] {{Mo}}
|title-2=Species|
|title-2=Species|
*[[Chaefka]] {{1st}}
*[[Chaefka]] {{1st}}
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*****[[HIGHCOM Facility Bravo-6]]
*****[[HIGHCOM Facility Bravo-6]]
***British Isles  
***British Isles  
****London {{Mo}}
****[[London]] {{Mo}}
****[[University of Oxford]] {{Mo}}
****[[University of Oxford]] {{Mo}}
****[[University of Edinburgh]] {{Mo}}
****[[University of Edinburgh]] {{Mo}}
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|title-6=Weapons|
|title-6=Weapons|
;Covenant
*[[Antimatter mine]] {{1st}}
*[[Antimatter mine]] {{1st}}
*[[Type-1 energy sword]]
*{{Pattern|Mosa|carbine}}
;Human
*[[BR85HB battle rifle]]
*[[BR85HB battle rifle]]
*[[M6 series]]
*[[M6 series]]
*[[Type-1 energy sword]]
 
*[[Type-51 carbine]]
;Forerunner
*[[Hard light stave]] {{1st}}
*[[Z-250 lightrifle]]
*[[Z-250 lightrifle]]


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*{{Class|Charon|light frigate}} {{Mo}}
*{{Class|Charon|light frigate}} {{Mo}}
**{{UNSCShip|Forward Unto Dawn}} {{Mo}}
**{{UNSCShip|Forward Unto Dawn}} {{Mo}}
*[[D81-LRT Condor‎]]
*[[D81-LRT Condor]]
*[[Diplomatic shuttle]] {{Mo}}
*[[Diplomatic shuttle]] {{Mo}}
*[[F-99 Wombat]]
*[[F-99 Wombat]]
*[[Keyship]] {{Mo}}
*[[Keyship]] {{Mo}}
**[[Forerunner Dreadnought]] {{Mo}}
**''[[Anodyne Spirit]]'' {{Mo}}
*[[Pelican]]
*[[Pelican]]
*{{Class|SDV|heavy corvette}}
*{{Pattern|Ceudar|heavy corvette}}
**''[[Mayhem]]'' {{1st}}
**''[[Mayhem]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Shadow of Intent]]'' {{Im}}
*''[[Shadow of Intent]]'' {{Im}}
*[[Type-47B Scarab]]
*{{Pattern|Deutoros|Scarab}}
*[[Type-52 Phantom]]
*{{Pattern|Ru'swum|Phantom}}
*{{UNSCShip|Spirit of Fire}} {{Mo}}
*{{UNSCShip|Spirit of Fire}} {{Mo}}
*[[UNSC carrier]]
*[[UNSC carrier]]
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*[[UNSC cruiser]]
*[[UNSC cruiser]]
**{{UNSCShip|Endeavor}} {{1st}}
**{{UNSCShip|Endeavor}} {{1st}}
*{{UNSCShip|Redoubtable‎}} {{Mo}}
*{{UNSCShip|Redoubtable}} {{Mo}}
*{{UNSCShip|Rubicon}} {{Mo}}
*{{UNSCShip|Rubicon}} {{Mo}}


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==Trivia==
==Trivia==
*The book's cover is illustrated by [[:Category:Images by Kory Lynn Hubbell|Kory Lynn Hubbell]], a concept artist who worked for [[343 Industries]] on ''[[Halo 4]]'' and ''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]''. ''Hunters in the Dark'' was Hubbell's first book cover illustration, though he would later go on to illustrate the cover of ''[[Halo: Last Light]]''.{{Ref/Site|URL=https://koryface.tumblr.com/post/115745859150/halo-hunters-in-the-dark-i-was-lucky-enough-to-do|Site=Tumblr|Page=koryface|Quote='''Halo: Hunters in the Dark''' I was lucky enough to do a book cover for the next Halo Novel, Hunters in the Dark. This was a first for me, so I’ll mark that off the old’ bucket list.|D=27|M=12|Y=2022}}
*The title of the novel is an allusion to several lines (691-694) from the 1781 Poem ''Retirement'' by [[Wikipedia:William Cowper|William Cowper]], which are featured as an epigraph:<br>{{Quote|Philologists, who chase<br>A panting syllable through time and space,<br>Start it at home, and hunt it in the dark<br>To Gaul, to Greece, and into Noah's Ark.|William Cowper}}
*The title of the novel is an allusion to several lines (691-694) from the 1781 Poem ''Retirement'' by [[Wikipedia:William Cowper|William Cowper]], which are featured as an epigraph:<br>{{Quote|Philologists, who chase<br>A panting syllable through time and space,<br>Start it at home, and hunt it in the dark<br>To Gaul, to Greece, and into Noah's Ark.|William Cowper}}
**A [[Wikipedia:Philology|Philologist]] is one who studies ancient texts and languages. This epigraph is therefore appropriate as Luther Mann's study of the ancient Forerunner language brought him on a chase from Trevelyan to Zeta Halo and finally to the Ark.
**A [[Wikipedia:Philology|Philologist]] is one who studies ancient texts and languages. This epigraph is therefore appropriate as Luther Mann's study of the ancient Forerunner language brought him on a chase from Trevelyan to Zeta Halo and finally to the Ark.
**Peter David has stated, perhaps jokingly, that because of the prominence of the Ark in the story he desperately wished to title it ''Raiders of the Lost Ark'', but was prevented by his publisher for [[Wikipedia:Raiders of the Lost Ark|obvious reasons]].<ref>[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/community/blog-posts/canon-fodder-jurassic-ark '''Halo Waypoint''' ''Canon Fodder - Jurassic Ark'']</ref>
**Peter David has stated, perhaps jokingly, that because of the prominence of the Ark in the story he desperately wished to title it ''Raiders of the Lost Ark'', but was prevented by his publisher for [[Wikipedia:Raiders of the Lost Ark|obvious reasons]].<ref>[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/canon-fodder-jurassic-ark '''Halo Waypoint''' ''Canon Fodder - Jurassic Ark'']</ref>
*The novel's cover depicts [[Blind wolf|blind wolves]], creatures that were originally planned to be featured in ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]'' as ambient wildlife. The cover was designed by Kory Hubbell.<ref>[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/community/blog-posts/canon-fodder-nine-lives '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Canon Fodder - Nine Lives'']</ref>
*The novel's cover depicts [[Blind wolf|blind wolves]], creatures that were originally planned to be featured in ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]'' as ambient wildlife. The cover was designed by Kory Hubbell.<ref>[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/canon-fodder-nine-lives '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Canon Fodder - Nine Lives'']</ref>
*When the UNSC-Swords of Sanghelios taskforce arrives at the Citadel, the elevator descends into the main room.<ref>'''Halo: Hunters in the Dark''', ''page 255''</ref> However, in the ''[[Halo 3]]'' level [[The Covenant (level)|The Covenant]], the elevator goes ''up'' to the main room.
*When the UNSC-Swords of Sanghelios taskforce arrives at the Citadel, the elevator descends into the main room.<ref>'''Halo: Hunters in the Dark''', ''page 255''</ref> However, in the ''[[Halo 3]]'' level [[The Covenant (level)|The Covenant]], the elevator goes ''up'' to the main room.


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
===Cover art artwork===
<gallery>
File:Hunters in the Dark full cover.jpg|2015 cover art of the novel.
</gallery>
===Edition covers===
<gallery>
File:Halo-HuntersInTheDark-CoverArt.jpg|2015 edition.
</gallery>
===Other===
<gallery>
<gallery>
File:Hunters in the Dark full cover.jpg|The novel's full cover
File:Hunters in the dark Cover Back.jpg|Back cover of the 2015 edition.
File:Hunters in the dark Cover Back.jpg
</gallery>
</gallery>


==Sources==
==Sources==
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