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John Shirley’s tale takes readers to the earliest days of the Covenant, depicting the pivotal bargain between its Prophets and Elites. The narrative follows a splinter Elite group rebelling against Covenant authority, a Prophet caught amid shifting loyalties, and the origins of the betrayal that ultimately fractures the Covenant, events that echo the conflict in *Halo 2*.
First publish date: 2014
Genre: Science Fiction/Military Science Fiction
Authors: John Shirley
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