Halo Primordium

by Greg Bear

Continues the story of the ancient Forerunners engineering race, who are worshiped as gods by the Covenant while their mysterious connection to humanity slowly unfolds --

Halo Primordium

Author: Greg Bear

Publisher: Macmillan

ISBN: 0765323974

Page: 384

View: 649

Continues the story of the ancient Forerunners engineering race, who are worshiped as gods by the Covenant while their mysterious connection to humanity slowly unfolds --

Primordium

by Greg Bear

For they have become both research animals and strategic pawns in a cosmic game whose madness knows no end - a game of ancient vengeance between the powers who seeded the galaxy with life, and the Forerunners who expect to inherit their ...

Primordium

Author: Greg Bear

Publisher: Tor Books

ISBN: 9780230758292

Page: 379

View: 814

In the wake of the apparent self-destruction of the Forerunner empire, two humans âe" Chakas and Riser âe" are like flotsam washed up on very strange shores indeed. They find themselves on an inverted world where horizons rise into the sky and where humans of all kinds are trapped in a perilous cycle of neglect. They have become strategic pawns in a cosmic game whose madness knows no end âe" a game of ancient vengeance between the powers who seeded the galaxy with life, and the Forerunners. In the company of a young girl and an old man, Chakas begins an epic journey across a lost and damaged Halo in search of a way home, an explanation for the warrior spirits rising up within, and for the Librarianâe(tm)s tampering with human destiny. This journey will take them into the domain of a powerful and monstrous intelligence who claims to be the Last Precursor, and who now has control of both this Halo and the fate of Forerunners and humans alike. Called the Primordial by ancient human warriors, this intelligence may control the fate of not only Chakas, Riser, and the rest of humanity, but all of sentient life.

Halo Primordium

by Greg Bear

... Traviss Halo: Glasslands Halo: The Thursday War Halo: Mortal Dictata THE FORERUNNERSAGA Greg Bear Halo: Cryptum Halo: Primordium Halo: Silentium Halo: ...

Halo Primordium

Author: Greg Bear

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

ISBN: 198211178X

Page: 384

View: 365

The second 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. In the wake of the apparent self-destruction of the alien Forerunner empire, two humans—Chakas and Riser—are like flotsam washed up on very strange shores indeed. Captured by the Forerunner known as the Master Builder and then misplaced during a furious battle in space, Chakas and Riser now find themselves on an inverted world, where horizons rise into the sky and humans of all kinds are trapped in a perilous cycle of horror and neglect. They have become both research animals and strategic pawns in a cosmic game whose madness knows no end—a game of ancient vengeance between the powers who seeded the galaxy with life, and the Forerunners who expect to inherit their sacred Mantle of Responsibility to all living things. In the company of a young girl and an old man, Chakas begins an epic journey across a lost and damaged Halo ringworld in search of a way home, an explanation for the warrior spirits rising up within, and the reason for the Forerunner Librarian’s tampering with human destiny. Their travels will take them into the domain of a powerful and monstrous intelligence—known as “the Captive” by Forerunners, and “the Primordial” by ancient human warriors, this being may not only control the fate of Chakas, Riser, and the rest of humanity, but of all sentient life across the galaxy…

Halo Silentium

by Greg Bear

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!

Halo Silentium

Author: Greg Bear

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

ISBN: 1982111828

Page: 368

View: 666

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…

Halo Cryptum

by Greg Bear

They were the Forerunners—the keepers of the Mantle of Responsibility, the next stage of life in the Universe’s Living Time. And then they vanished. This is their story.

Halo Cryptum

Author: Greg Bear

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

ISBN: 1982111763

Page: 336

View: 725

The first novel in 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, the galaxy was populated by a great variety of beings. But one species—eons beyond all others in both technology and knowledge—achieved dominance. They ruled in peace, but met opposition with quick and brutal effectiveness. They were the Forerunners—the keepers of the Mantle of Responsibility, the next stage of life in the Universe’s Living Time. And then they vanished. This is their story.

Halo Silentium

by Greg Bear

In the last years of the Forerunner empire, chaos rules.

Halo Silentium

Author: Greg Bear

Publisher: Tor

ISBN: 9780330545648

Page: 330

View: 282

In the last years of the Forerunner empire, chaos rules. The Flood - a horrifying shape-changing parasite - has arrived in force, aided by unexpected allies. Internal strife within the ecumene has desperately weakened Forerunner defences. Too little, too late, the legal rate of Juridicals is only now investigating possible crimes by the Master Builder and others. Evidence-gathering agents, known collectively as Catalog, have been dispatched to collect testimony from the Librarian and both Didacts: the Ur-Didact, treacherously abandoned in a Flood-infested system, and the Bornstellar Didact, who accompanies the Librarian as she preserves specimens against the dire possibility of Halo extermination. Facing the imminent collapse of their civilization, the Librarian and Ur-Didact reveal what they know about the relationship between the long-vanished Precursors and the Flood. The Precursors created many technological species, including humanity and the Forerunners. But 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 barbarism, a greater evil looms. Only the Ur-Didact and the Librarian - husband and wife pushed into desperate conflict - hold the keys to a solution. Facing the consequences of a mythic tragedy, one of them must now commit the greatest atrocity of all time - to prevent an insane evil from dominating the entire universe.

War Dogs

by Greg Bear

An epic interstellar tale of war from a master of science fiction.

War Dogs

Author: Greg Bear

Publisher: Hachette UK

ISBN: 0316335762

Page: 304

View: 962

An epic interstellar tale of war from a master of science fiction. One more tour on the red. Maybe my last. They made their presence on Earth known thirteen years ago. Providing technology and scientific insights far beyond what mankind was capable of. They became indispensable advisors and promised even more gifts that we just couldn't pass up. We called them Gurus. It took them a while to drop the other shoe. You can see why, looking back. It was a very big shoe, completely slathered in crap. They had been hounded by mortal enemies from sun to sun, planet to planet, and were now stretched thin -- and they needed our help. And so our first bill came due. Skyrines like me were volunteered to pay the price. As always. These enemies were already inside our solar system and were moving to establish a beachhead, but not on Earth. On Mars.

The War Dogs Trilogy

by Greg Bear

Collected in a single volume for the first time, the epic War Dogs trilogy of interstellar war from a master of science fiction.

The War Dogs Trilogy

Author: Greg Bear

Publisher: Hachette UK

ISBN: 0316513326

Page: 960

View: 923

Collected in a single volume for the first time, the epic War Dogs trilogy of interstellar war from a master of science fiction. The Gurus made their presence on Earth known thirteen years ago. Providing technology and scientific insights far beyond what mankind was capable of, they became indispensable advisors and promised even more gifts that we just couldn't pass up. But they were followed by mortal enemies -- the Antagonists -- from sun to sun, planet to planet, and now the Gurus are stretched thin -- and they need humanity's help. Our first bill has come due. Skyrines like Michael Venn have been volunteered to pay the price. They face insidious enemies who were already inside the solar system, establishing a beachhead on Mars. Venn and his comrades will be lucky to make it out alive -- let alone preserve the future of all of mankind. The War Dogs TrilogyWar DogsKilling TitanTake Back the Sky For more from Greg Bear, check out: Hull Zero Three

Corona

by Greg Bear

Corona An awesome, sentinent force of protostars -- Corona -- has taken control of a stranded team of Vulcan scientists.

Corona

Author: Greg Bear

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

ISBN: 0671743538

Page: 192

View: 385

The Corona, an awesome, sentient force of protostars, has taken control of a stranded team of Vulcan scientists. The U.S.S. Enterprise comes on a rescue mission, with a female reporter and a new computer that can override Kirk's command. Suddenly, the rescuers must save themselves and the entire Universe-- before Corona unleashes a Big Bang!

Take Back the Sky

by Greg Bear

The conclusion to an epic interstellar trilogy of war from master of science fiction, Greg Bear.

Take Back the Sky

Author: Greg Bear

Publisher: Hachette UK

ISBN: 0316223964

Page: 304

View: 540

The conclusion to an epic interstellar trilogy of war from master of science fiction, Greg Bear. Marooned beneath the icy, waxy crust of Saturn's moon, Titan, Skyrine Michael Venn and his comrades face double danger from Earth and from the Antagonists, both intent on wiping out their growing awareness of what the helpful alien Gurus are really doing in our solar system. Haunted by their dead and by the ancient archives of our Bug ancestors, the former combatants must now team up with their enemies, forget their indoctrination and their training, and journey far beyond Pluto to the fabled Planet X, the Antagonists' home world, a Sun-Planet in the comet-generating Kuiper belt. It's here that Master Sergeant Venn will finally understand his destiny and the destiny of every intelligent being in the solar system-including the enigmatic Gurus.

Darwin s Children

by Greg Bear

In the decade since women began giving birth to a new human species, Homo sapiens novus, the world has been in turmoil as these "new" humans battle for survival against those who feel threatened by this leap in evolution.

Darwin s Children

Author: Greg Bear

Publisher: Random House Digital, Inc.

ISBN:

Page: 387

View: 696

In the decade since women began giving birth to a new human species, Homo sapiens novus, the world has been in turmoil as these "new" humans battle for survival against those who feel threatened by this leap in evolution.

Dead Lines

by Greg Bear

When a new information channel that enables the transmission of unprecedented volumes of data is developed, the bandwidth's users begin having strange experiences that lead to the realization that it might be a pathway to the spirit realm ...

Dead Lines

Author: Greg Bear

Publisher: Random House Digital, Inc.

ISBN:

Page: 246

View: 518

When a new information channel that enables the transmission of unprecedented volumes of data is developed, the bandwidth's users begin having strange experiences that lead to the realization that it might be a pathway to the spirit realm where people go when they die. By the author of Darwin's Children.

Darwin s Radio

by Greg Bear

A virus hunter at the Epidemic Intelligence Service has discovered that a long-dormant virus encoded in human DNA is about to re-awaken, with terrifying consequences for any woman about to have a child.

Darwin s Radio

Author: Greg Bear

Publisher:

ISBN: 9780345459817

Page: 430

View: 150

A virus hunter at the Epidemic Intelligence Service has discovered that a long-dormant virus encoded in human DNA is about to re-awaken, with terrifying consequences for any woman about to have a child. Reprint.

Blood Music

by Greg Bear

Ordered to destroy all products of unauthorized experimentation involving mammal genes, a researcher injects the altered cells into his own body.

Blood Music

Author: Greg Bear

Publisher:

ISBN:

Page: 246

View: 973

Ordered to destroy all products of unauthorized experimentation involving mammal genes, a researcher injects the altered cells into his own body.

Beyond Heaven s River

by Greg Bear

Captured by aliens hundreds of years ago during World War II, warrior Yoshio Kawashita is left stranded alone on a desolate prison planet when they suddenly leave without warning, until the arrival of Anna Nestor. Reprint.

Beyond Heaven s River

Author: Greg Bear

Publisher: iBooks

ISBN: 9780743474849

Page: 256

View: 247

Captured by aliens hundreds of years ago during World War II, warrior Yoshio Kawashita is left stranded alone on a desolate prison planet when they suddenly leave without warning, until the arrival of Anna Nestor. Reprint.

Rogue Planet

by Greg Bear

Charged with educating young Anakin Skywalker in the ways of the Jedi, Obi-Wan Kenobi takes the boy to Zonama Sekot--where the fastest ships in the galaxy are built--and find danger aplenty in this distant port of call. 200,000 first ...

Rogue Planet

Author: Greg Bear

Publisher: Del Rey

ISBN:

Page: 341

View: 691

Charged with educating young Anakin Skywalker in the ways of the Jedi, Obi-Wan Kenobi takes the boy to Zonama Sekot--where the fastest ships in the galaxy are built--and find danger aplenty in this distant port of call. 200,000 first printing.

Vitals

by Greg Bear

When his life is threatened, scientist Hal Cousins suddenly finds himself caught in a deadly game of shocking revelations, murder, and betrayal due to his discovery of the key to immortality, which puts everyone on Earth at the mercy of one ...

Vitals

Author: Greg Bear

Publisher: Random House Digital, Inc.

ISBN:

Page: 356

View: 107

When his life is threatened, scientist Hal Cousins suddenly finds himself caught in a deadly game of shocking revelations, murder, and betrayal due to his discovery of the key to immortality, which puts everyone on Earth at the mercy of one man's diabolical master plan.

The Unfinished Land

by Greg Bear

A sweeping Elizabethan historical fantasy from an internationally renowned author that evokes the seafaring adventures of Robert Louis Stevenson with the magic of The Bear and the Nightingale

The Unfinished Land

Author: Greg Bear

Publisher: John Joseph Adams

ISBN: 1328589900

Page: 384

View: 499

A sweeping Elizabethan historical fantasy from an internationally renowned author that evokes the seafaring adventures of Robert Louis Stevenson with the magic of The Bear and the Nightingale

Halo Point of Light

by Kelly Gay

... FORERUNNER SAGA GREG BEAR Halo: Cryptum Halo: Retribution Troy Denning Halo: Primordium Halo: Silentium Halo: Envoy Tobias S. Buckell Halo: Evolutions: ...

Halo Point of Light

Author: Kelly Gay

Publisher: Gallery Books

ISBN: 1982147865

Page: 336

View: 448

An original full-length novel set in the Halo universe and based on the New York Times bestselling video game series! August 2558. Rion Forge was once defined by her relentless quest for hope amidst the refuse and wreckage of a post-Covenant War galaxy—years spent searching for family as much as fortune. But that was before Rion and the crew of her salvager ship Ace of Spades encountered a powerful yet tragic being who forever altered their lives. This remnant from eons past, when the Forerunners once thrived, brought with it a revelation of ancient machinations and a shocking, brutal history. Unfortunately, the Ace crew also made dire enemies of the Office of Naval Intelligence in the process, with the constant threat of capture and incarceration a very real possibility. Now with tensions mounting and ONI forces closing in, Rion and her companions commit to this being’s very personal mission, unlocking untold secrets and even deadlier threats that have been hidden away for centuries from an unsuspecting universe....