An original full-length novel set in the Halo universe and based on the
New York Times bestselling video game series!It has been six years since
the end of the Covenant War...and yet on the planet Carrow, a world on
the edge of the Joint Occupation Zone, a decisive new battle suddenly
erupts. Human colonists and the alien Sangheili have already been living
a tension-filled co-existence in this place, with Unified Earth
Government envoy Melody Azikiwe attempting to broker a lasting peace
between their two species. But as civil war now engulfs the Sangheili
settlers, Melody must act on an additional covert assignment courtesy of
the Office of Naval Intelligence: find a way to free the SPARTAN-IIs
known as Gray Team, held in stasis since the end of the war by a cunning
Elite fleetmaster consumed with vengeance. And none can anticipate the
ongoing violence leading to the discovery of an even greater,
unstoppable threat--one hidden for eons below the surface of the
planet....