Halo: Primordium: Book Two of the Forerunner Saga: 9

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In another forest, they find a shadow ape, forerunner and other different kinds of humans. One human is named Kirimt. The forerunner is named Genebender. They tell them to follow them to a village. Vinnevra can’t smell any of them but the ape. Genebender says he cannot return them to Erde-Tyrene, and that the power stations have been disabled on the ring. The ring is situated where the last human stand was made after Charrum Hakkur. Perhaps to destroy the last of their kind and precursor relics? The origin story touches on otherwise minor details and characters in huge way. We learn also the truth of Guilty Spark 343, his creation and not only what but who the monitors really are. I thought Bear's writing style truly captured the essence and desperation of this being a lynchpin time in the universe, where the librarian not only placed the fate of the Forerunner civilization in Chakas, but the fate of the entire universe itself. Once, on my birth-world, a world I knew as Erde-Tyrene, and which now is called Earth, my name was Chakas... Halo: Primordium is the second novel in The Forerunner Saga by Greg Bear and is the sequel to Halo: Cryptum. It was released on January 3, 2012, with an audio edition released simultaneously. [1] [2] The sequel to the novel, Halo: Silentium, was released on March 19, 2013. [3]

During their lengthy journey, they notice that the planet they are nearby is becoming perilously closer and closer. Chakas is then tasked with making sure that Halo doesn't collide with the nearby planet, and to do so, he needs to navigate and rotate the installation so that the planet will pass through the Halo ring. The group is captured by 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 Halo and preventing its destruction. BS Angel (December 28, 2011). "THE HALO BULLETIN: 12.28.11, EXCLUSIVE BOOK EXCERPT - PRIMORDIUM". Halo Waypoint . Retrieved April 15, 2013. The monitor contains Chakas' memories and proceeds to describe Chakas memories of his life and what happened to him after the battle at the end of book one. 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 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.The second of the Forerunner series was a bit of a let down for me, in comparison to the first book. It had the intensity, the drama, the ability to sway your sympathies from one species to another simply by change of perspective, all the power of a well-written book but in the end i was disappointed. The author changed one of his characters (the main from his first book, Cryptum) very drastically, turning him from a soul searching, true-to-himself young man into an exact copy of his mentor with no willful thought of his own. A huge letdown for a character that was so dynamic in the first book.

Wow, what a surprise this book has been. I came in expecting it to be the darker middle entry in a trilogy that would ultimately have a tragic-but-hopeful ending. This book is not that. It is dark to be sure, but in many ways, this hardly feels in any way like a sequel to Cryptum . The only thing that even reminds me that this is related to that book is that some characters reappear, and that it takes place on a Halo, but that's about it. That's not necessarily a bad thing, but there's no doubt this book suffers a bit more than the first, despite its strengths. Hilary Williamson. "Halo Primordium: The Forerunner Saga #2". Book Loons . Retrieved April 15, 2013.At first, the monitor describes his childhood and youth as Chakas, and how he met his companion Riser. He then recounts the events of Halo: Cryptum from Chakas' perspective and explains how the Librarian's geas caused "old spirits", or genetically imprinted personalities of humans who fought in the human-Forerunner wars, to surface within him and Riser. After the Didact, Bornstellar and the two humans are captured by the Master Builder at Janjur Qom, Chakas is separated from the others and is put into stasis. Chakas spirit tells him Genebender is more about unity than division. They see 7 or 8 types of humans gather in the hundreds in a large meeting hut. Master Builder was all about division and creating war within the humans. Supposedly Gene don’t want dat. In the process she also made it so Forerunner and Human souls would attach themselves to the psyche of various individuals. Both Chakas and Grandfather (Gamelpar) have these souls in them, and they did battle thousands of years ago. Silentium had its title, first cover and release date announced by Tor Books on July 11, 2012, with a release date of January 8, 2013. [16] [17] The book's draft was finished by August, [18] and complete by November. [19] The release was delayed until March 2013, to avoid revealing any plot details about Halo 4. [3] [20] Synopsis [ edit ] Setting and characters [ edit ]

In the epilogue, Riser, Vinnevra and other humans are relocated on Installation 00 among many other species, where Forerunners watch over them until they are returned to their homeworld. At Riser's request, his people are relocated to a series of islands. Riser meets with the IsoDidact one last time before the Forerunners leave and the humans begin settling their new home. Mendicant Bias is tried for his crimes, and imprisoned on the Ark to think about atonement. The novel's cover illustration, as well as that of Halo: Cryptum, was created as concept art for Halo 4. Both images were illustrated by Nicolas "Sparth" Bouvier. [7] [8]David Hinkle (January 4, 2011). "PSA: Greg Bear's Halo: Cryptum novel out now". joystiq . Retrieved March 21, 2013.