Halo: Primordium
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| Author | Greg Bear |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Series | Halo |
| Genre | Military science fiction |
| Publisher | Tor |
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Publication date
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January 3, 2012 |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover), E-book, Audiobook (9 hours) |
| Pages | 384 |
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| Preceded by | Halo: Cryptum |
| Followed by | Halo: Silentium |
Halo: Primordium is a military science fiction novel by Greg Bear, based on the Halo series of video games. The book was released in January 2012 and is the tenth Halo book (the ninth novel) and the middle book in the trilogy of novels focusing on the Forerunners, called The Forerunner Saga. Primordium was released in hardcover, e-book, and audiobook following 2011's Halo: Glasslands, the first book in the separate Kilo-Five trilogy. Primordium reached number seventeen on the New York Times Bestseller List in Hardcover Fiction.
On July 19, 2011, Tor Books revealed the cover, title, and release date of the second book in the Forerunner Saga. On October 12, 2011 the book was completed and submitted to the publisher. On December 28, 2011 the first chapter of the book was made available on the publishers website and chapters 2, 3, and part of 4 were made available on the Halo Waypoint website. Video game website Kotaku was given a five-minute audio clip of the book being read by Tim Dadabo, who voiced the character of 343 Guilty Spark in previous Halo games. At a Comic-Con panel on the Halo Universe, Frank O'Connor stated that the book would have "resonant connections" with Halo 4. Bear stated that the interactions of the humans and the Forerunners were some of his favorite parts of the Forerunner trilogy. On April 12, 2013 Tor Books ran a promotion giving away the entire book trilogy to one participant.
The books take place a hundred thousand years ago, during the fall of the Forerunner Empire and the invasion of the Flood.
Two humans and Chakas are captives on an inverted planet and stuck in a dangerous game between the Forerunners and the Precursors.
The story begins after the events of Halo 3 with the interrogation of a damaged monitor by ONI research team. The monitor was once, in human form, known as Chakas. Chakas starts telling them the story through flashbacks.
Chakas starts the story from what happened after he, Born, Didact and Riser witnessed the testing of Halo on Charum Hakkor. Afterwards he and Riser were taken prisoner by The Master Builder and thrown on Halo Installation 07. Like every human, Chakas is also carrying a spirit within him given by The Librarian (Didact's wife). The spirit within Chakas is of Forthencho, who was once the human in charge of Charum Hakkor's defenses and had fought the Didact for years in the Human-Forerunner war.
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