Halo Silentium, Greg Bear
Halo Silentium, Greg Bear
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Halo: Silentium

Author: Greg Bear

Series: Halo #10

Narrator: Euan Morton

Unabridged: 7 hr 5 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/01/2019


Synopsis

The final novel of the Forerunner Saga trilogy by science fiction legend Greg Bear—set in the Halo universe and based on the New York Times bestselling video game series!

One hundred thousand years ago. Chaos rules the final days of the Forerunner empire. The Flood—a horrifying, shape-changing, and unstoppable parasite—has arrived in force, aided by unexpected allies, and internal strife has desperately weakened Forerunner defenses. Facing the imminent collapse of their civilization, the Forerunners known as the Ur-Didact and the Librarian reveal what they know about the relationship between the long-vanished race of the Precursors and the Flood. While the Precursors created many technological species, including those of the Forerunners and humanity itself, the roots of the Flood may be found in an act of enormous barbarity, carried out beyond our galaxy ten million years before. Because of that savagery, a greater evil looms. Only the Ur-Didact and the Librarian—husband and wife pushed into desperate conflict—hold the keys to a solution. As they face the consequences of a mythic tragedy, one of them must now commit the greatest atrocity of all time—a shocking act designed to prevent an insane abomination from dominating the entire galaxy…

About The Author

Greg Bear is the author of Hull Zero Three (Orbit, November 2010), City at the End of Time (Del Rey 2009), Mariposa (Perseus paperback November 2010), Halo: Silentium, Halo: Primordium, and Halo: Cryptum (Tor, January 2013, 2012, and 2011). He's the father of two young writers, Erik and Alexandra. Greg's wife, Astrid Anderson Bear, has sold her first short story to San Diego Noir, in collaboration with Diane Clark.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Ben on March 07, 2019

Woof. Most of the time, when I don’t like a book, it’s not a big deal – I type up a quick Goodreads review, I assign it a star rating, and I move on to the next title on my (what feels like an increasingly growing) stack – no harm, no foul. However, when the book that I’ve read and disliked happens......more

Goodreads review by Joe on April 10, 2013

Greg Bear's Forerunner trilogy was always quite unlike the other books, and games, in the Halo franchise. It felt to me very much like "big" sci-fi, highly evocative, dealing with technologies and concepts so advanced as to be akin to magic. The games, and other books, have always focused on humanit......more

Goodreads review by T.R. on July 12, 2021

Brilliant once again. This book perfectly sets up the events of Halo 4, and it even makes the original trilogy more enjoyable as well. So much depth was added to the franchise thanks to this series of books. I'm honestly in awe. I can't even imagine being a Halo fan and NOT reading the books at this......more

Goodreads review by Alex on May 02, 2023

This book vastly expands the story of Halo 4 and even the original trilogy of Halo games. But, it reads like a wikipedia page.......more

Goodreads review by Jason on January 02, 2023

First book of 2023!!! Closer to 5 than 4 stars, and it sorta makes me want to give the last book 2 instead of 3. Why was the last one so unclear with bad characterization 😭😭. He did so well with this one. Even the characters. Anyway. Librarian was the best pov in this trilogy by far. Felt bad for ur-di......more