Halo: The Thursday War
A covert ONI team navigates alien civil war, insurgency, and power games in the volatile aftermath of the Covenant War.
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A covert ONI team navigates alien civil war, insurgency, and power games in the volatile aftermath of the Covenant War.
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An immortal family's buried past resurfaces when a believed-dead son returns, forcing secrets, loyalties, and revenge to collide.
A grieving middle-aged sorcerer-in-training seeks power and revenge in a transformed world that no longer remembers her daughter.
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A stranded human and her alien mates must leave their cave refuge, face a tribal society, and decide who else may join them.
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