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Halo: The Cole Protocol

[Bungie.net]

Bungie has announced the next chapter in the Halo universe, a new novel entitled Halo: The Cole Protocol. The next Halo novel is to be penned by up and coming science fiction writer Tobias S. Buckell (Crystal Rain, Ragamuffin).

The only details we have right now are that the novel will center around the fate of Spartan Gray Team, once thought lost. For those of you who are legitimate hardcore fans of the Halo universe in its entirety (no, not just the games, but all of it) you will undoubtedly have your interest piqued at the mention of “Gray Team”. To refresh your memory, and to brief the uninitiated, of all the Spartan IIs trained alongside Master Chief, all but three are accounted for in some way (Missing in Action, retired due to injury suffered during training, or Killed in Action), with the exception of three that were designated “Gray Team”. These were the Spartans famously described in Eric Nylund’s Halo: Fall of Reach as being “in fields of battle too distant to be recalled” a phrase that seems built to setup something interesting.

While it is somewhat disappointing that Eric Nylund (author of Fall of Reach, Halo: First Strike, and Halo: Ghosts of Onyx) won’t be resuming his role as novelist of the Halo universe, it seems Buckell is a promising author with plenty of potential, and great opportunity to expand on some tantalizing content.

Click the link above to read more about the author on Bungie.net.