Our friends at Tor Books have sent word that the release date for Halo: Silentium has been updated. You can check out the official release below:
Tor Books Updates Release Date of the Third Halo Novel by LegendaryScience Fiction Author Greg Bear
Thefinal installment in the New York Times bestselling Forerunner Saga
New York, NY – October 18,2012 - Tor Books, an imprint of TomDoherty Associates, LLC—the largest publisher of science fiction in the world—isthrilled to announce the final release date for the third novel in the NewYork Times bestselling Halo Forerunner Saga, HALO: SILENTIUM,written by legendary science fiction author Greg Bear. The first two books ofthe Forerunner Saga, Halo: Cryptum and Halo: Primordium arecurrently available in trade paperback, e-book, and audiobook. This newest book in the series, HALO: SILENTIUMwill release in hardcover from Tor on March 19, 2013 alongside simultaneous audio and e-book editions.
The New York Times bestselling Halo® series ofnovels, based on the hugely successful Halo videogame franchise, has soldmillions of copies, and is part of a global phenomenon that has dominated thescience fiction landscape over the last decade.
In Halo: Cryptum, Greg Bearbegan a three-book arc set in the era of the Forerunners, the ancient andenigmatic creators and builders of the Halos, which continued in Halo:Primordium. Now, in the last years of the Forerunner empire, chaos rules.The Flood—a horrifying shape-changing parasite—has arrived in force, aided byunexpected allies. Internal strife within the ecumene has desperately weakenedForerunner defenses.
Only the Didact and the Librarian—husbandand wife pushed into desperate conflict—hold the keys to a solution. Facing theconsequences of a mythic tragedy, one of them must now commit the greatestatrocity of all time—to prevent an unmatched evil from dominating the entireuniverse. TorBooks has proudly partnered with Microsoft and 343 Industries to publish every bookset in this iconic universe. Along withthe books of the Forerunner Saga, Tor also publishes another all-new Halotrilogy penned by New York Times bestselling author Karen Traviss that explores the Halo Universe in the wake of the final eventsof Halo 3. Traviss’s first novel, Halo: Glasslands,came out in 2011, with Halo: The Thursday War out this month (October2012).
The Halo franchise is anaward-winning collection of properties that have grown into a globalentertainment phenomenon. Beginning with the original “Halo: Combat Evolved”for Xbox in 2001, the rich fiction of the franchise has since inspired a seriesof blockbuster Xbox and Xbox 360 video games, New York Timesbest-selling novels, comic books, action figures, apparel and more. To date, the Halo franchise has sold morethan 43 million copies to date, with franchise sales eclipsing $3 billion overits lifetime. “Halo4” marks the beginning of a new saga in the iconic franchise, as Master Chiefreturns to confront his own destiny and an ancient evil that threatens the fateof the entire universe. Developed by 343 Industries exclusively for Xbox 360,“Halo 4” will release on Nov. 6, 2012.
About Tor BooksTor Books, an imprint of Tom DohertyAssociates, LLC, is a New York-based publisher of hardcover and softcoverbooks, founded in 1980 and committed (although not limited) to SF and fantasyliterature. Between an extensive hardcover and trade-softcover line, an Orbbacklist program, and a stronghold in mass-market paperback, Tor annuallypublishes what is arguably the largest and most diverse line of science fictionand fantasy ever produced by a single English-language publisher. Books fromTor have won every major award in the SF and fantasy fields, and for the lasttwenty-five years in a row the company has been named Best Publisher in the LocusPoll, the largest consumer poll in SF.
About“Halo”The“Halo” franchise is an award-winning collection of properties that has growninto a global entertainment phenomenon. Beginning with the original “Halo:Combat Evolved” (2001), the critically acclaimed and record-shattering seriesof games has since inspired multiple New York Times bestselling novels, comicbooks, action figures, apparel and more.
Publishedby Microsoft Studios, the “Halo” franchise of games is exclusive to the Xbox360 video game and entertainment system and the Xbox LIVE online entertainmentnetwork. To date, more than 43 million copies of “Halo” games have been soldworldwide, driving more than 3.3 billion hours of gameplay by people connectedto Xbox LIVE.
So it's delayed by about two months, which certainly isn't too bad at all. Looking forward to the book and the conclusion of the trilogy!
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