An original novel set in the Halo universe--based on the New York
Times bestselling video game series!
October 2559. With the galaxy in the suffocating grip of a renegade
artificial intelligence, another perilous threat has quietly emerged in
the shadows: the Keepers of the One Freedom, a fanatical and merciless
Covenant splinter group, has made its way beyond the borders of the
galaxy to an ancient Forerunner installation known as the Ark. Led by an
infamous Brute named Castor, the Keepers intend to achieve what the
Covenant, in all its might, failed to: activate Halo and take the last
steps on the path of the Great Journey into transcendence.
But unknown to Castor and his new, unexpected ally on the Ark, there are
traitors to the cause in their midst--namely the Ferrets, composed of
Office of Naval Intelligence operative Veta Lopis and her young team of
Spartan-IIIs, who have been infiltrating the Keepers to lay the
groundwork for Castor's assassination. But with ONI's field operations
now splintered and cut off by the Guardian threat, Veta's original
mission has suddenly and dramatically escalated in scope. There's simply
no choice or fallback plan--either the Ferrets somehow stop the Keepers
or the galaxy faces an extinction-level event....
