Halo Broken Circle

The New York Times bestselling series based on the blockbuster Xbox® games! Centuries before the Human-Covenant War would rage across the galaxy, a similar conflict erupted between the Prophets and the Elites—two alien races at odds over the sacred artifacts left by the powerful Forerunners, who disappeared eons ago. Although they would eventually form a stable alliance called the Covenant, there are those on both sides who question this fateful union. From an Elite splinter group rebelling against the Covenant during the time of its founding...to a brave Prophet caught in the machinations of the new leadership...to the root of the betrayal that would ultimately shatter the Covenant many years later, this is the untold chapter of the most unexpected heroes emerging from a realm filled with shocking treachery and ceaseless wonder. Copyright © 2014 by Microsoft Corporation. All Rights Reserved. Microsoft, Halo, the Halo logo, Xbox, and the Xbox logo are trademarks of the Microsoft group of companies.

Num universo influenciado pela herança dos Forerunners, uma raça superpoderosa que desapareceu misteriosamente, duas grandes raças alienígenas – os San 'Shyuum (Profetas) e Sangheili (Elites) – travam uma batalha pelo controle dos artefatos sagrados, e mortais, deixados pelos extintos Forerunners. Halo: Broken Circle é uma obra original do universo expandido de Halo, um dos maiores sucessos da Microsoft, com mais de 60 milhões de jogos vendidos em todo o mundo. Inspirado no universo do game, o escritor John Shirley mergulha nas origens do conflito entre Prophets e Elites que resultou na aliança Covenant, familiar aos fãs do jogo, e apresenta aos leitores a história desconhecida de um dos heróis mais improváveis do universo Halo.

"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 video game Halo 2"--

Zero three zero nine.Four little numbers ... four little words. They might be random and insignificant to anyone else, but they meant something to us. No, they meant everything to us. Until they were ripped away.That was the day our lives took a different course. One we had no control over. One that others puppeteered and mangled into a cluster so big, it left us with emotional scars lined with resentment and venom toward each other.All because I'm a Montgomery and he's a Barrett.Now, Trig's back and he hates me with more hostility and rage than ever ... and I've learned to do the same. But when the world comes crashing down and the stakes couldn't be higher, I can't run and I can't hide. I need the help of the one person whose loathing for me runs deeper than blood and colder than his icy-blue stare. I need Trig.I need him more than I know.

A world exists behind your eyes. A place with its own history and culture, heroes and villains, gods and demons. A place where noble Guildsmen defend their nation-state of Guildshelm from threats within and without, using technology and endowments beyond our understanding. A place where a fallen society of hidden immortals bides its time for revolution. A place only a very rare, gifted few in our world can reach when they lie down to sleep. One of them is Crystal Molcott: Young, independent, strong, and trapped in an arranged marriage from birth. Meet Richard Cavalon, the young suitor who sways her heart, and Count Rahlkhlis, a power hungry madman manipulating the whole of Guildshelm toward a disaster sculpted to give him ultimate power. And meet the Amaranthines, the secret gods whose ancient failure trapped the world of Sunfall in darkness-and whom may yet be its only hope for salvation. Relax. Dream deep. Enter Sunfall.