Halo: Silentium

By: Greg Bear

Narrated by: Euan Morton

The final novel of the Forerunner Saga trilogy by science fiction legend Greg Bear—set in the Halo universe and based on the New York Times bestselling video game series!

One hundred thousand years ago. Chaos rules the final days of the Forerunner empire. The Flood—a horrifying, shape-changing, and unstoppable parasite—has arrived in force, aided by unexpected allies, and internal strife has desperately weakened Forerunner defenses. Facing the imminent collapse of their civilization, the Forerunners known as the Ur-Didact and the Librarian reveal what they know about the relationship between the long-vanished race of the Precursors and the Flood. While the Precursors created many technological species, including those of the Forerunners and humanity itself, the roots of the Flood may be found in an act of enormous barbarity, carried out beyond our galaxy ten million years before. Because of that savagery, a greater evil looms. Only the Ur-Didact and the Librarian—husband and wife pushed into desperate conflict—hold the keys to a solution. As they face the consequences of a mythic tragedy, one of them must now commit the greatest atrocity of all time—a shocking act designed to prevent an insane abomination from dominating the entire galaxy...

Great book

Great book, with a bitter-sweet finale. Lots of ground is covered in this and unlike certain points in Primordium(still a good book), I was never bored/

Couldn’t put it down!!

Silentium delivers an exceptional ending to the Forerunner saga. The novel is an information overload, doing a great job of connecting the final pieces of the puzzle and setting the stage for the next phases in the Halo universe. It’s fast pace directly contradicts to the previous novel and keeps you on the edge of the page from start to finish!

Not the expected ending

Found this book a little harder to follow, as it changes points of view quite frequently. I was pulling for the main Didact the whole time, so his ending kind of broke my heart. The conclusion of this series will be something I will never forget as these three books together told a wonderful and engaging story.

phenomenal read

such a great end to the series I would suggest anyone that is a Halo fan pick these books up so they can unlock all the secrets and questions that were asked throughout the timeline

One of the best books in the series!

I love halo and all the lore, mystery and realism of the series. The books are great at building on the epic story of the halo universe and this one is an essential read.