Tor Books announces the second Halo® novel in the “Kilo-Five Trilogy” by
#1
New York Times bestselling author Karen Traviss
HALO:
THE THURSDAY war
By
kAREN tRAVISS
New York, NY – April 25, 2012
- Tor Books, an imprint of Tom Doherty
Associates, LLC—the largest publisher of science fiction in the world—is
excited to reveal the title and release date for the second novel in
the “Kilo-Five Trilogy”
written by bestselling novelist and renowned game writer Karen Traviss. HALO: THE THURSDAY WAR will release in hardcover alongside a simultaneous audio edition on October 2, 2012.
Traviss, whose first foray into the Halo Universe came with the short story “Human Weakness” in Fall 2009’s
New York Times bestselling “Halo: Evolutions” anthology, launched her new trilogy last fall with the acclaimed bestseller
Halo: Glasslands. A #1 New York Times bestselling author who has
penned novels in the Star Wars and Gears of War franchises (she most
recently served as lead game writer for
Gears of War 3), as well as her own critically acclaimed science
fiction series, the Wess’har Wars, Traviss has an incredible gift for
writing believable and compelling military science fiction.
“From the very first page, The Thursday War
propels you into a universe on the brink of chaos,” says Frank O’Connor,
Franchise Development Director, 343 Industries. “It will immerse you
immediately and enthrallingly into the events and
circumstances that will come to define the state of the Halo universe
in Halo 4. I can’t wait for fans and newcomers alike to experience the
sequel to Glasslands.”
HALO: THE THURSDAY WAR picks up immediately where
Halo: Glasslands left off, with forces on Earth and among the
Covenant threatening a peace that is precarious at best. With a splinter
group among the Sangheili pushing for war, some human colonies rebel
against earth authority; and as ONI policy continues
to shift with the volatile situation in space, the discovery of a trove
of Forerunner technology on Onyx provokes leaders on Earth to seek uses
for it in the conflict. For the fight is far from over…
"I wanted to focus on
what it feels like to operate in a fragile ceasefire that’s turning into
a mass of small, unpredictable wars where the enemy is much harder to
spot and define,” says author Karen Traviss.
“It's not about big set piece space battles, superheroes, and hardware;
this is a messy conflict seen at close quarters by real people with
their own problems, whether those people are human, alien, or artificial
intelligences."
About Tor Books
Tor Books, an imprint of Tom Doherty Associates,
LLC, is a New York-based publisher of hardcover and softcover books.
Founded in 1980, Tor annually publishes what is arguably the largest and
most diverse line of science fiction and fantasy
ever produced by a single English-language publisher. In 2002, Tor
launched Starscape, an imprint dedicated to publishing quality science
fiction and fantasy for young readers, including books by critically
acclaimed and award winning authors such as Cory
Doctorow, Orson Scott Card, and David Lubar. Between an extensive
hardcover and trade-softcover line, an Orb backlist program, and a
stronghold in mass-market paperbacks, books from Tor have won every
major award in the SF and fantasy fields, and the company
has been named Best Publisher 24 years in a row in the Locus Poll, the largest consumer poll in SF.
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