Halo: Broken Circle is a new novel from John Shirley which further expands Master Chief's universe. Here's the publisher's blurb for Broken Circle: "Centuries before the Human-Covenant War would ...

Some of the plot also lines up with the events of Halo 2. Halo: Broken Circle is a deep and thought-provoking novel that focuses on when the Covenant was founded and provides amazing context for ...

Since Halo: Combat Evolved launched in 2001 to ... explains their backstory and culture. The upcoming Broken Circle goes into the more recent past, focusing on the Covenant before the games.

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. We've all played a lot of Halo over the past two decades and change, but I'm gonna be totally honest: in some ways I prefer Halo as a book franchise.