[quote][url=https://blogs.halowaypoint.com/en-us/blogs/headlines/posts/halo-broken-circle-coming-in-november]Simon & Schuster is proud to announce a new Halo novel from John Shirley, releasing on November 4, 2014! Witness an untold chapter in Halo lore as John Shirley's Halo: Broken Circle takes us to the dawn of the Covenant and the fateful first bargain between the Prophets and the Elites. Broken Circle will explore an Elite splinter group rebelling against the Covenant in its earliest days, a brave Prophet caught in the machinations of the new Covenant leadership, and the root of the betrayal that would ultimately shatter the Covenant during events seen in the blockbuster Xbox game Halo 2.[/url][/quote] Holy shit. They made a Halo novel just for Halo 2 Anniversary. And it covers the formation of the COVENANT!!!! =D UPDATE: [url=http://books.simonandschuster.com/Halo-Broken-Circle/John-Shirley/9781476783598#read_an_excerpt]Full Excerpt[/url] [quote]Halo: Broken Circle CHAPTER 1 Dreadnought Keyship Conference Deck The Age of Reconciliation Despite his current status as Minister of Relic Safety, High Lord Mken ‘Scre’ah’ben—the Prophet of Inner Conviction—was always a bit intimidated by the Chamber of Decision. Those he was expected to worship had presumably sat here, at this long, sweeping translucent table within the Dreadnought. The San’Shyuum used their own chairs, but the rest of the room remained just as the Forerunners had left it. The table itself seemed imbued with fractals, animated nesting scrolls that moved into and out of larger forms: three-dimensional, then two-dimensional, then three again. The area faced not a window so much as simply a transparent wall. The hub of the spiral galaxy itself glowed effulgently blue, in places streamed with scarlet and purple nebulae, wheeling with unspeakable immensity, ever transforming...[/quote]