HALO: EDGE OF DAWN - PREVIEW

Just in case you did not know, the next Halo book, Halo: Edge of Dawn, releases Tuesday, December 16, 2025.

This story will follow the Chief's continuing fight to take Zeta Halo from the Banished.

If you are behind on your Halo reading, here is a list of media relevant to this story. This list is in chronological order and will help get you up to speed.

• Halo: Infinite (Game opening cutscene only)

• Halo: Rubicon Protocol (Book) (December 2559)

• Halo: Empty Throne (Book) (2559)

• Halo: Epitaph (Book)

• Halo: Infinite (The game)

• Halo: Edge of Dawn

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The following is a post from the Halo YouTube page containing an audio preview of Halo: Edge of Dawn.

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After the Master Chief escapes the Silent Auditorium and reunites with pilot Fernando Esparza, the Weapon chooses her name.

HALO: EDGE OF DAWN releases December 16, 2025.

"2560. After eliminating War Chief Escharum and sending the Banished leadership into chaos, the Master Chief continues the fight on Zeta Halo, accompanied by his new AI companion and their loyal pilot Fernando Esparza.

As Spartan-117 searches for scattered allied forces, a young combat medic—tortured and imprisoned for months by the Banished and the enigmatic Harbinger—may hold the key to unlocking deeper mysteries within this ancient ringworld. But every step towards answers is haunted by the sinister and elusive blademaster Jega 'Rdomnai, who is hellbent on vengeance...."

Audio excerpt courtesy of Simon & Schuster Audio from HALO: EDGE OF DAWN by Kelly Gay, read by Nicolas Roye, Jen Taylor, Steve Downes, and Debra Wilson. Copyright © 2025 by Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Microsoft, Halo, the Halo logo, Xbox, the Xbox logo, and Halo Studios are trademarks of the Microsoft group of companies. Used with permission of Simon & Schuster, Inc.

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