narrative truth and reconciliation
Oh, hello! It’s been about a month since Halo: Renegades released and Kelly Gay’s latest foray into the Halo universe has given the lore community plenty to discuss. As such, Dave and Dani of Forward Unto Dawn invited me onto their podcast (again!) to discuss some of the intriguing developments that came from this story – mysteries […]
Read More FUDcast #28 – Halo: Renegades, ‘Forerunner Dynamite Fishing’ (feat. Me!)“With Covenant forces closing in on their location, Spartan sharpshooter Linda-058 must rally the human settlers under a single essential cause: protect an AI that contains the bulk of human history. As new threats rise, the legendary supersoldier sees her mission parameters shift and finds that she will need help from the very man she […]
Read More Halo: Lone Wolf #3 – ReviewToday, Halo: Renegades – Kelly Gay’s sequel to her 2017 novella Halo: Smoke and Shadow – has finally released! Let me distill the essence of everything I’m about to say into less than a dozen words… This is the best Halo novel since Silentium.
Read More Halo: Renegades – Non-Spoiler ReviewI hope your calendars are marked for February 19th because we are just days away from the release of Halo: Renegades! We’re barely a quarter of the way into 2019 and we’ve already received a wealth of amazing Halo content – from the monthly releases of Anne Toole’s Lone Wolf comic series, to Cassandra Clarke’s deep-dive into the invasion of […]
Read More I Interviewed Kelly Gay! – A Primer for HALO: RENEGADES“With Dr. Chen, a dangerous ex-ONI scientist, in her sights, Spartan Linda-058 and her AI companion must find a way to end the threat posed by Chen and evacuate the endangered humans in the settlement. But as the Covenant prepare to stage an assault, Linda discovers that Chen holds the key to a secret that […]
Read More Halo: Lone Wolf #2 – Review“If the Covenant hadn’t attacked, she would just be getting out of school. Maybe meeting up with Victor to do homework and talk about his holo-film.The normal world felt like a dream, fragmented and half-forgotten.” One day, life is normal. You go to school, to work, or you have a day in and spend the […]
Read More Halo: Battle Born – On Lost Childhood and the Value of YA Literature“Sent on a covert mission without the rest of her team, Spartan Linda-058’s skills in infiltration and marksmanship are called upon to end the threat posed by a wanted scientist on a distant planet. With only an ONI AI at her side, Linda must fight through both the dregs of the Covenant and the hostility […]
Read More Halo: Lone Wolf #1 – Review