Chakas and Riser--two humans who live a hundred millennia before Master Chief--find themselves on one of the Forerunner's ancient Halo rings. In an effort to get off the ring and back to Erde-Tyrrene--Earth--to find out why the Librarian would tamper with human destiny. In so doing, they meet the Captive, the last of the Precursors--those who came even before the Forerunners, who spread the seeds of life across the galaxy--and he has a vendetta against all sentient life.
year: 2012, 2019
call number/section: 1000
subjects: science fiction, space warfare, fiction, life on other planets, war stories, science fiction, war fiction
Editions
Bear, Greg
Tor (2012)
Chakas and Riser--two humans who live a hundred millennia before Master Chief--find themselves on one of the Forerunner's ancient Halo rings. In an effort to get off the ring and back to Erde-Tyrrene--Earth--to find out why the Librarian would tamper with human destiny. In so doing, they meet the Captive, the last of the Precursors--those who came even before the Forerunners, who spread the seeds of life across the galaxy--and he has a vendetta against all sentient life.
Schools: 1
Bear, Greg
Gallery Books (2019)
After the Forerunner empire self-destructs, two surviving humans--Chakas and Riser--are washed up on strange shores propelling them on a journey in an inverted world where horizons rise into the sky and humans are trapped in a dangerous cycle of horror and neglect.
Schools: 1