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all sentient life in the galaxy to stop the Flood's spread. At the
Greater Ark, a foundry for Halos, a power struggle ensues between those who follow the IsoDidact, and those who support the Ur-Didact. A massive Flood fleet led by Mendicant Bias arrives and chaos erupts. In the confusion, the Ur-Didact uses converts human populations being stored on the nearby Halo into digital forms, and retreats to his mobile command installation, Requiem. Chakas is tasked with saving the rest of the humans on the Ark and taking them to the lesser Ark, still hidden from the Ur-Didact and the Flood. Chakas manages to save the IsoDidact and takes him to the Lesser Ark as the Flood attack destroys the Halo and Greater Ark.
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Bornstellar, Chakas, and Riser on an interstellar quest given to him by his wife, the Librarian. Bornstellar learns that the Forerunners fought a war with humankind 10,000 years prior. Humanity and their allies, weakened from fighting the Forerunners and a parasite known as the Flood, made a last stand on the ancient Precursor planet Charum Hakkor. After their defeat, the Librarian saved the human race from extinction—they were instead stripped of their technology—and planted genetic commands known as "geas" in them, subconsciously allowing Chakas and Riser to lead Bornstellar to the Didact.
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Didact is gone, Bornstellar resolves to take his place. The book ends with a narration from the Didact/Bornstellar, revealing that the escaped prisoner on Charum Hakkor was the last
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Precursor technology. The Librarian realizes that the activation of the Halo Array will mean the destruction of the Domain, and that it will condemn the Ur-Didact to spend the eons to come in complete silence, dwelling on his own rage and madness. She hopes humanity will one day inherit the Mantle.
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In the ensuing chaos several Halos escape, their own AIs enacting failsafe protocols. Bornstellar is recovered by the
Librarian and her Lifeworkers. The Librarian informs Bornstellar that the Master Builder executed the Didact soon after Bornstellar was sent back to his family. With the news that the
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weapons. The Didact opposed the
Builders' decision to construct such weapons, leading to his exile. Bornstellar is called to the Forerunner Capital to testify against the Master Builder, who has been put on trial; he stands accused of crimes against The Mantle, a Forerunner philosophy that values the
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At the Lesser Ark, the remaining Halos are assigned monitor caretakers in preparation for their distribution across the galaxy. The IsoDidact has a brief conversation with Chakas/343 Guilty Spark and assigns him to
Installation 04. The Librarian sneaks aboard Requiem and confronts the Ur-Didact, who
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Mendicant Bias, and their human imprints extracted; Mendicant Bias promises them revenge on the Forerunners, and kills those who oppose him. A fleet led by the Didact appears and the Didact purges Mendicant Bias from Installation 07. Chakas assists the Didact with moving the
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The Didact and company travel to Charum Hakkor. Many of the Precursor structures on the planet, thought indestructible, have fallen into ruin. The Didact also discovers that a prisoner, protected by Precursor and human containment methods, has escaped. They travel to the nearby planet of Faun Hakkor
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In the present, the original (Ur) Didact is discovered alive in a Flood-infected star system, having been captured by the Flood intelligence known as the Gravemind. Though he reaches safety, the UrDidact is severely shaken by the experience. The Gravemind revealed that the Forerunners rebelled upon
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The Forerunner investigator Catalog gathers testimony from witnesses about the battle at the Forerunner Capital, and demands testimony from the Librarian and Bornstellar Makes Eternal Lasting—now known as the IsoDidact. While Catalog accompanies the Librarian, she tells it about the events that led
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The Forerunner war effort against the Flood goes poorly. Formerly-dormant Precursor artifacts across the galaxy begin to reactivate, their immense power bolstering the Flood's already enormous forces. The Forerunners prepare a final plan to stop the Flood; they will fire the Halo rings, destroying
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The Didact and Chakas visit The Primordial, who reveals that Precursors decided Forerunners were not meant to inherit the Mantle. Instead, humanity has been selected and is to be tested by the Flood. The Didact destroys the Primordial. Gravely wounded, Chakas is converted into a monitor, and it is
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After crossing an ocean, the trio are found by a Lifeworker who accompanies them with several other humans and a giant ape named Mara. While sleeping at night in the refugee center, Chakas is greeted by Riser who warns him not to trust the Lifeworker; the others are revealed to be illusions run by
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After being taken prisoner by The Master Builder, Chakas and Riser end up on the Halo ring known as Installation 07 with other humans. Chakas carries the imprint of Forthencho, a human general during the Human-Forerunner war. Chakas befriends Vinnevra and her grandfather Gamelpar, and the three of
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The Librarian passes her title of Lifeshaper to a subordinate, Chant-to-Green, and then sends Chant off to the lesser Ark with the planet's remaining humans. The Gravemind sends ancient human essences to taunt the Librarian, revealing that the Forerunner's repository of information known as the
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Story Hobby reviewed the book and gave it an 80% rating, calling the book a "big improvement" over the previous title, citing the exciting conclusion and more human centered story, but called the plot "weak". Book Loons called it "slow", and said it was only with those familiar with the source
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was met with varying reviews. Dr. Nigel Seel of sciencefiction.com called it tired, unoriginal and boring, saying, "It's hard to care about the flimsy characters, the plot is wearily over familiar, the hero is passive throughout and overall, not enough happens." He criticised the characters as
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The young Forerunner Bornstellar Makes Eternal Lasting visits the human planet Erde-Tyrene (Earth), intent on discovering treasures left by the Precursors. With the aid of two human guides, Chakas and Riser, Bornstellar discovers a cryptum—a Forerunner stasis vessel. Inside is the Didact, a
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learning humanity was to receive the Mantle, and killed nearly all the Precursors. A few survived by converting themselves into a powder to later regenerate their forms, but time rendered this powder defective, and gave rise to the Flood, which seeks to consume all sentient life.
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had its title, first cover and release date announced by Tor Books on July 11, 2012, with a release date of January 8, 2013. The book's draft was finished by August, and complete by November. The release was delayed until March 2013, to avoid revealing any plot details about
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revealed that he became the Forerunner AI 343 Guilty Spark. In the present, Chakas/Guilty Spark hijacks the human ship he is aboard. He insists that he can find the spirits of Riser, Vinnevra, and the Librarian, before taking the ship to parts unknown.
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them follow Vinnevra's geas to find safety. Discovering that the Primordial is guiding humans who had followed their geas to places for experimentation with the Flood. After witnessing The Primordial, they decide to head in the opposite direction.
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Forerunner computers called monitors, who are there to extract their spirits and store them as monitors. Gamelpar dies due to old age. The imprints in Riser and Chakas converse and recall the discovery of the Primordial.
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1499:. Portland Book Review
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