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Halo: Edge of Dawn, the latest novel by acclaimed author Kelly Gay, is out now!



Taking place in the immediate aftermath of Halo Infinite‘s campaign, Edge of Dawn follows the Master Chief, the Weapon (now having chosen the name Joyeuse), and pilot Fernando Esparza as they embark on a journey to fight back against the Banished and uncover ancient secrets hidden within Zeta Halo.



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2560. After eliminating War Chief Escharum and sending the Banished leadership into chaos, the Master Chief continues the fight on Zeta Halo, accompanied by his new AI companion and their loyal pilot Fernando Esparza.



As Spartan-117 searches for scattered allied forces, a young combat medic—tortured and imprisoned for months by the Banished and the enigmatic Harbinger—may hold the key to unlocking deeper mysteries within this ancient ringworld. But every step toward answers is haunted by the sinister and elusive blademaster Jega ‘Rdomnai, who is hellbent on vengeance….



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Halo: Edge of Dawn is available in trade paperback, ebook, and unabridged audiobook formats.



Audiobook listeners are in for a treat as this story is narrated by the following video game voice talent:



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<li>Nicolas Roye – Fernando Esparza, Narrator</li>



<li>Jen Taylor – Joyeuse, Cortana, Dr. Halsey</li>



<li>Steve Downes – John-117</li>



<li>Debra Wilson – The Harbinger</li>
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<h2 class="wp-block-heading">CHAPTER PREVIEW</h2>



Check out a preview of the book’s first chapter where the AI known throughout Halo Infinite as “the Weapon” chooses her name.



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You can also read the text <a href="https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/halo-edge-of-dawn-preview">here on Halo Waypoint</a>.



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<h2 class="wp-block-heading">AVAILABLE NOW!</h2>



Halo: Edge of Dawn by Kelly Gay is out now! Whether you’re intending to listen to the audiobook, grab a digital copy, or read the physical paperback edition, hit the link below and prepare to return to Zeta Halo.



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DESIGNATION: JOYEUSE

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Issue 166

Canon Fodder: Joyeuse Occasions

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December 2559. The UNSC faces its darkest hour.



Set during the six months that follow the UNSC Infinity getting ambushed by the Banished, Kelly Gay’s novel, Halo: The Rubicon Protocol, takes us along the journey as humanity fights for survival on Zeta Halo. 



Wrapping up our <a href="https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/audiobook-club">Audiobook Club series with Simon & Schuster</a>, we joined Franchise Writer Alex ‘Haruspis’ Wakeford to delve into the pivotal moments after the Master Chief is neutralized by Atriox, including Cortana’s sacrifice and the ring’s slipspace departure.



A fight against impossible odds and heroes pushed to their limits, Halo: The Rubicon Protocol is a must-read.



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You can find previous episodes of Spartan Chatter on our <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SWLEPaTx4c&list=PLn5QvCoiY3w7t84T_MFkGl8qvYI_q148-">YouTube channel’s Podcasts page</a>.

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Join the #audio-book-club channel of our <a href="https://discord.gg/halo" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">official Discord server</a> to listen along to this month’s audiobook club selection, discuss your favorite Halo moments with fellow fans, and enter to win free audiobooks from Simon & Schuster!



Our final audiobook club title of the year is Halo: The Rubicon Protocol, a gritty story that follows intrepid Spartans and other surviving crew members of the UNSC Infinity, from the fall of their flagship through subsequent ground actions against the Banished in the months leading up to the start of Halo Infinite’s campaign.



Halo: The Rubicon Protocol is written by USA Today bestselling author Kelly Gay, who has also authored many other Halo universe novels and shorts. The audiobook edition is narrated by acclaimed actor and writer Scott Brick.



Listen to an exclusive excerpt from the audiobook below!



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<h2 class="wp-block-heading">PLOT PREVIEW</h2>



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December 2559. The UNSC Infinity is ambushed and boarded by the Banished. As the defenders are overwhelmed, the crew is forced to abandon ship and flee to Zeta Halo.



Spartans Bonita Stone and Nina Kovan make a narrow escape to the surface and help shepherd survivors—both regular marines and civilian personnel—to a makeshift base around the wrecked UNSC Mortal Reverie. Lost, outnumbered, and severed from leadership, the UNSC’s only hope may lie in turning the inexperienced non-combatants of the “boat crew” into an effective guerilla unit.



Elsewhere, Spartan Tomas Horvath pursues a Banished Bloodstar warrior and unexpectedly learns of a hidden network that could help them find a way to get a message back home.



In the months that follow, duty compels these heroes to enact the Rubicon Protocol, a wartime directive to deny the Banished from gaining new assets by any means necessary.



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<h2 class="wp-block-heading">CHARACTER GUIDE</h2>



Learn more about the cast of Halo: The Rubicon Protocol with these brief character bios.



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<h3 class="wp-block-heading">TOMAS HORVATH</h3>



Separated from his squadmates on Fireteam Intrepid, Spartan Tomas Horvath encounters Bloodstar Gorian while stranded on a fragment of the ruined Halo ring. To escape, they form an unlikely and short-lived alliance. After Gorian betrays him, Horvath pursues the Bloodstar for months looking to settle the score.



<h3 class="wp-block-heading">BONITA STONE</h3>



Spartan Stone is a member of Fireteam Shadow, one of the longest-serving Spartan-IV units. After piloting a Bumblebee to the surface, Stone saves a stranded marine unit and aids a second group of non-combatants (soon to be known as the “boat crew”). She soon rejoins her squadmate, Spartan Nina Kovan, and escorts survivors to an impromptu forward base at the wrecked UNSC Mortal Reverie.



<h3 class="wp-block-heading">NINA KOVAN</h3>



Known to her comrades on Fireteam Shadow as “The Stoic,” Kovan’s icy demeanor is matched only by her unwavering aim. After escorting the boat crew to relative safety alongside Stone, Kovan conducts field recon and provides overwatch to fellow Spartans.



She is on the front line during the desperate defense of the Mortal Reverie, and proves instrumental in the boat crew’s effort to transmit Zeta Halo’s current coordinates to friendly forces after it is moved through slipspace.



<h3 class="wp-block-heading">HUDSON GRIFFIN</h3>



As the UNSC Infinity fell, Spartan Griffin gave the order for all Spartans to abandon ship. Having since established a forward base at the wrecked UNSC Mortal Reverie, Griffin now acts as the de facto leader of the marooned Spartans. Acting on the suspicions of his colleagues, he mounts a doomed mission to assassinate War Chief Escharum.



<h3 class="wp-block-heading">LUCAS BROWNING</h3>



A UNSC field medic stranded following the Infinity attack. Though initially rescued from a crashed lifeboat by Stone, Browning gives himself up to Banished patrols to allow his fellow survivors to escape their wrath. As he is processed through the Banished internment facilities, Browning is forced to unlock a cylix containing the enigmatic Harbinger.



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<h3 class="wp-block-heading">THE HARBINGER</h3>



One of the Endless imprisoned by the Forerunners countless millennia ago, after the firing of Halo cleansed the galaxy. Upon being freed by Browning, the Harbinger enjoins herself to the Banished, evidently finding that their aims are aligned. She vows that the Endless shall return, and tortures Browning, imprinting him with knowledge that breaks his sanity.d tortures Browning, imprinting him with knowledge that breaks his sanity.



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<h3 class="wp-block-heading">JEGA ‘RDOMNAI</h3>



A Sangheili blademaster and renowned Spartan Killer. As a close confidante and top enforcer for War Chief Escharum, Jega is fiercely loyal to the Jiralhanae leader. With his uncanny stealth and deadly blade, Jega fortifies the Banished occupation of Zeta Halo by hunting surviving Spartans from the shadows.



<h3 class="wp-block-heading">GORIAN</h3>



A Jiralhanae Bloodstar, from a class of spec-ops soldiers renowned for their battlefield prowess. During the Battle of Zeta Halo, Gorian led a Bloodstar unit to the surface to search for Forerunner artifacts. When his Phantom is waylaid by the ring’s autonomous sentinels, he forges a temporary alliance with Horvath just long enough to return to his dirty work.



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">GAME CONNECTIONS</h2>



Though the novel begins during the raid on the UNSC Infinity, the majority of Halo: The Rubicon Protocol’s narrative occurs during the six-month period in which the Master Chief remained adrift in orbit around Zeta Halo.



As the heroes of The Rubicon Protocol battle the Banished occupation forces, they encounter several enemies and allies from Halo Infinite, adding important character exposition and helping to bridge the gap between the game’s opening flashback and the full campaign set in May 2560.



(Spoilers for Halo: The Rubicon Protocol and Halo Infinite below!)



Some heroes of The Rubicon Protocol can be encountered in Halo Infinite as fallen allies (such as Spartan Stone, whose recovered Spartan Cores aid the Master Chief), in cutscenes (as with the tortured Spartan Griffin), or as recurring characters in Halo Infinite’s hidden audio logs.



Several locations from the novel can also be found throughout Halo Infinite’s campaign. After defeating the UNSC survivors, Chieftain Tremonius establishes a Banished outpost around the wrecked Mortal Reverie. Lucas Browning is brought to the Redoubt of Sundering for bodily inspection, conveyed to Chak ‘Lok’s tower for interrogation, and finally forced to release the Harbinger from her cylix at the Silent Auditorium.



In Halo Infinite, Master Chief John-117 raids all four locations, toppling Outpost Tremonius to establish his first Forward Operating Base, freeing captured marines from the Redoubt of Sundering, defeating Chak ‘Lok in his tower while trying to rescue Spartan Griffin, and finally thwarting the Harbinger at the rebuilt Silent Auditorium as she attempts to complete the Reformation of Zeta Halo.



To learn more about the Halo novels, visit our <a href="https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/official-halo-book-guide" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Official Halo Book Guide</a>.



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">ABOUT THE AUTHOR</h2>



Kelly Gay is a USA TODAY bestselling author and the critically acclaimed creator of the Charlie Madigan urban fantasy series. Within the Halo universe, she has authored the widely lauded novels Halo: The Rubicon Protocol, Halo: Point of Light, and Halo: Renegades, the novella Halo: Smoke and Shadow, and the short story “Into the Fire,” featured in Halo: Fractures.



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">ABOUT THE READER</h2>



Actor, writer, and award-winning audiobook narrator Scott Brick has narrated almost 900 audiobooks, including over a dozen Halo-universe titles. To date, his narrations have earned him over 65 Earphones Awards, five Audie Awards, five SOVAS Awards for voiceover, and a Grammy nomination for the multi-cast recording of The Mark of Zorro (2011).



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">AUDIOBOOK GIVEAWAY</h2>



Enter to win an audiobook copy of Halo: The Rubicon Protocol! To participate, react to the Halo: The Rubicon Protocol post in the #giveaways channel of the <a href="https://www.discord.gg/halo" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">official Halo Discord server</a> before October 10.



Stay tuned to <a href="https://www.x.com/halo" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">@Halo on X</a> for more ways to enter later this month. <a href="https://www.aka.ms/AudiobookClubGiveaway" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">See contest rules.</a>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">JOIN THE BOOK CLUB</h2>



Listen to Halo: The Rubicon Protocol along with us in our Discord audiobook club! To participate, simply join the #audio-book-club channel of the <a href="https://www.discord.gg/halo" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">official Halo Discord server,</a> where we’ll discuss the book, share favorite moments, and meet fellow Halo fans.



Drop a reaction in the topic thread for a chance to find your words featured in an upcoming Halo Waypoint post! At the end of the month, we’ll also host a special Spartan Chatter episode on Discord to discuss the book and answer questions from the Halo community.



<a href="https://www.bit.ly/485gDEh">Purchase your copy of Halo: The Rubicon Protocol from Simon & Schuster.</a>

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Issue 165

Canon Fodder: Feet First Into Fall

“Mission failure is not an option.”



Blue Team returns to Reach, seven years after the planet fell to the Covenant. The legendary squad is on a mission to reach Halsey’s lab, deep within CASTLE base to retrieve assets that could turn the tide of war against Cortana and the rogue AIs of the Created.



But they’re not alone. Between Blue Team and their objective are three Banished clans, led by War Chief Escharum, searching for a portal to bring Atriox back to the galaxy from the Ark.



As part of our ongoing <a href="https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/audiobook-club">Audiobook Club in partnership with Simon & Schuster</a>, we sat down with Franchise Writer Alex ‘Haruspis’ Wakeford on our latest episode of Spartan Chatter to explore how Troy Denning’s novel sets the stage for what’s to come leading up to the events of Halo Infinite.



From the Spartans’ homecoming to the ruins of Reach to the rise of the Banished, this is Halo at its most reflective. 



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Want to tag along with the legendary heroes as they navigate the lechatelierite of Reach? <a href="https://bit.ly/41kPh90">Grab a copy of the audiobook today!</a>

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