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Halo: Silentium

By: Greg Bear
Narrated by: Euan Morton
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 The final novel of the Forerunner Saga trilogy by science fiction legend Greg Bear—set in the Halo universe and based on the New York Times bestselling video game series!

One hundred thousand years ago. Chaos rules the final days of the Forerunner empire. The Flood—a horrifying, shape-changing, and unstoppable parasite—has arrived in force, aided by unexpected allies, and internal strife has desperately weakened Forerunner defenses. Facing the imminent collapse of their civilization, the Forerunners known as the Ur-Didact and the Librarian reveal what they know about the relationship between the long-vanished race of the Precursors and the Flood. While the Precursors created many technological species, including those of the Forerunners and humanity itself, 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 savagery, a greater evil looms. Only the Ur-Didact and the Librarian—husband and wife pushed into desperate conflict—hold the keys to a solution. As they face the consequences of a mythic tragedy, one of them must now commit the greatest atrocity of all time—a shocking act designed to prevent an insane abomination from dominating the entire galaxy... Adventure Genre Fiction Military Movie, TV & Video Game Tie-Ins Science Fiction
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Was a good listen but lacked action and depth of the major events just seemed to glass over them in favour of more basic dialogue between in interesting characters.

Good explanation on lore with some great characters introduced definitely worth listening to if you’re a fan of Halos rich lore and depth of story.

Good story but slow

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As a fan of the Halo games, after listening to this trilogy I feel this should be essential listening for anyone beginning their Halo journey or already on it. I feel it answers many questions you may have thought of about the Forerunners while playing through the games, and gives more depth to the Halo story.

Essential read for Halo back story.

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I love the flood.

The flood is very cool, the precursors are cool.
What is not cool is that 343 can't make a good game.

Probably one of my favourite Halo books.

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Another pointless and boring Greg Bear novel that goes nowhere and where nothing happens. 7+ hours of inner monologue and people standing around talking. Not worth the paper it’s printed on. Don’t do it to yourself

What a complete waste of time

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