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In the last years of the Forerunner empire, chaos rules. The Flood—a horrifying shape-changing parasite—has arrived in force, aided by unexpected allies. Internal strife within the ecumene has desperately weakened Forerunner defenses.
Too little, too late, the legal rate of Juridicals is only now investigating possible crimes by the Master Builder and others. Evidence-gathering agents known collectively as Catalog have been dispatched to collect testimony from the Librarian and both Didacts: the Ur-Didact, treacherously abandoned in a Flood-infested system, and the Bornstellar Didact, who accompanies the Librarian as she preserves specimens against the dire possibility of Halo extermination.
Facing the imminent collapse of their civilization, the Librarian and the Ur-Didact reveal what they know about the relationship between the long-vanished Precursors and the Flood.
The Precursors created many technological species, including humanity and the Forerunners. But 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 barbarism, a greater evil looms. Only the Ur-Didact and the Librarian—husband and wife pushed into desperate conflict—hold the keys to a solution.
Facing the consequences of a mythic tragedy, one of them must now commit the greatest atrocity of all time—to prevent an insane evil from dominating the entire universe.
The third, final, and most ominous of Greg Bear's Forerunner Saga sets the stage for the Halo epic. In Silentium, a Librarian and an Ur-Didact make startling revelations about the relationship between the long-vanished Precursors and the parasitic Flood. A mythic tragedy dealt with in an extreme way. Essential reading for Halo fans.
GREG BEAR is the author of more than thirty books of science fiction and fantasy, including Hull Zero Three, City at the End of Time, Eon, Moving Mars, Mariposa, and Quantico. He is married to Astrid Anderson Bear and is the father of Erik and Alexandra. Awarded two Hugos and five Nebulas for his fiction, one of two authors to win a Nebula in every category, Bear has been called the “Best working writer of hard science fiction” by “The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Science Fiction.” His stories have been collected into an omnibus volume by Tor Books. Bear has served on political and scientific action committees and has advised both government agencies and corporations on issues ranging from national security to private aerospace ventures to new media and video game development. His most recent endeavor is a long-term collaboration with Neal Stephenson and the Subutai Corporation on The Mongoliad, an interactive serial novel available on multiple platforms, including iPhone, iPad, and Kindle.
Anonymous
Posted March 21, 2013
This series puts the mystery and space opera back in Halo. The tragedy of the Didact, Librarian, and the humans is very well done and the book has a great sense of wonder. Many questions are answered and more are raised. Halo 4 replay is greatly enhanced by this book and it will be amazing to see where Halo 5 and 6 go from here.
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Posted March 27, 2013
@Anon2 it is a very well known fact that there will be a Halo 5 and a Halo 6. 343 Industries has been contracted by Microsoft to produce a second trilogy after Bungi finished with theirs.
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Posted April 3, 2013
This book is a prequal before the Master Chief came onto Reqium.
It tells us the story of how the Didact became evil and hated human life and how the Librarian tells information about the Forerunners.
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Posted March 27, 2013
Who thinks that the 2nd didect will be in HALO 5?
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Posted March 26, 2013
99,9999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999% chance of halo 5
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Posted March 23, 2013
Book was amazing, i read all the other halo books and played all the games and this just keeps adding to the great experience!
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Posted March 22, 2013
Silentium is fantastic end to the trilogy and answers many of the questions from both the games as well as other novels. It shows the true desperation of a species that thought itself invincible, but rendered helpless at its end. This book is a must read for Halo fans or just sci-fi fans in general.
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Posted May 17, 2013
What are these books about? And how do they compair with the standered halo books (the ones with spartans)?
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Posted May 2, 2013
"Saw them and spys on them" hmm what are they doing?
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Posted May 2, 2013
Appears next to yapyap
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Posted May 2, 2013
Draws his energy sword
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Posted April 20, 2013
I staartedreading the first one but stoped cause it was boring. I dont know why u like this. If u want 2 respond put 4 the headline. I THINK HALO. If u dont kare put for th headline SHUUP AND GET A LIFE
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Posted April 13, 2013
Go to any halo book and chat!!!!!!!!!!!!!! $$$$$$$$$ enjoy
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Posted March 22, 2013
Gay.
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Posted April 10, 2013
The second didact was killed by the halo rings at the end of the book, so he cant be in halo 5
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Posted May 26, 2013
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Posted March 21, 2013
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Overview
In the last years of the Forerunner empire, chaos rules. The Flood—a horrifying shape-changing parasite—has arrived in force, aided by unexpected allies. Internal strife within the ecumene has desperately weakened Forerunner defenses.
Too little, too late, the legal rate of Juridicals is only now investigating possible crimes by the Master Builder and others. Evidence-gathering agents known collectively as Catalog have been dispatched to collect testimony from the Librarian and ...