Halo Primordium, Greg Bear
Halo Primordium, Greg Bear
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Halo: Primordium

Author: Greg Bear

Series: Halo

Narrator: Timothy Dadabo

Unabridged: 8 hr 58 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/14/2012


Synopsis

The second in a new series of three HALO novels, Greg Bear's Halo: Primordium dives back into the Forerunner saga.A long time ago, I was a living, breathing human being. I went mad. I served my enemies. They became my only friends.Since then, I've traveled back and forth across this galaxy, and out to the spaces between galaxies--a greater reach than any human before me. You have asked me to tell you about that time. Since you are the last true Reclaimer, I must obey. Are you recording? Good. Because my memory is failing rapidly. I doubt I'll be able to finish the story.Once, on my birth-world, a world I knew as Erde-Tyrene, and which now is called Earth, my name was Chakas...In the wake of apparent self-destruction of the Forerunner empire, two humans--Chakas and Riser--are like flotsam washed up on very strange shores indeed.Captured by the Master Builder, misplaced during a furious battle in space, they now find themselves on an inverted world where horizons rise into the sky, and where humans of all kinds are trapped in a perilous cycle of horror and neglect. For they have become both research animals and strategic pawns in a cosmic game whose madness knows no end--a game of ancient vengeance between the powers who seeded the galaxy with life, and the Forerunners who expect to inherit their sacred Mantle of duty to all living things.In the company of a young girl and an old man, Chakas begins an epic journey across a lost and damaged Halo in search of a way home, an explanation for the warrior spirits rising up within, and for the Librarian's tampering with human destiny.This journey will take them into the Palace of Pain, the domain of a powerful and monstrous intelligence who claims to be the Last Precursor, and who now has control of both this Halo and the fate of Forerunners and Humans alike.Called the Captive by Forerunners, and the Primordial by ancient human warriors, this intelligence has taken charge of, and retasked, the Master Builder's cruel researches into the Flood--which it may have itself unleashed on the galaxy more than ten thousand years before.

About Greg Bear

Greg Bear has won two Hugo Awards and three Nebula Awards and is a past president to the Science Fiction Writers of America. He lives in Seattle, Washington.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Ben on February 14, 2019

Typically, when one is reading a series of sci-fi or fantasy novels, there comes a point – usually after the end of the first book, MAYBE a bit into the second book – when the reader will feel totally “at home” within the trilogy – that is to say, they’ll have developed a solid grasp of the world an......more

Goodreads review by Kaley on April 12, 2022

I think your enjoyment of this novel can seriously depend on whether you read it yourself or whether you listen to the audiobook version, because the narrator of the audiobook is none other than Tim Dadabo, the voice of 343 Guilty Spark himself - near the end he even uses the flanger effect that Gui......more

Goodreads review by Sacha on January 23, 2019

This book was a real disappointment coming off the first in the Forerunner Saga which I thought was fantastic. In this entry we follow the story of Chakas after he falls to the surface of a Halo caught up in the battle with the Master Builder and his forces. He's pried from his broken protective suit,......more

Goodreads review by T.R. on June 14, 2021

Absolutely brilliant. This book has made 343 Guilty Spark one of the most interesting characters in the Halo universe. The Primordial is now one of the best parts of the lore as well. This book was thought-provoking, dark, cosmic, layered, emotional, and perfect. Yet another winner for this franchis......more

Goodreads review by Chris on December 14, 2021

Halo: Primordium is the second novel in The Forerunner trilogy by Greg Bear. Preceded by Halo: Cryptum, those looking to pick up exactly where the first novel left off may be disappointed, as it takes a different approach with a change of pace, especially from the other Halo novels. For those that di......more