New Halo Novel Starring Spartan Jun Announced for 2027
The book, written by prolific author Troy Denning, will follow Jun on a rescue mission into Banished territory.
A new Halo novel starring Spartan Jun-A266, the sole survivor of Noble Team, will be released in 2027.
The book, penned by New York Times bestselling author Troy Denning, will be set in 2560, following the events of Cortana's rise and the Created conflict.
The galaxy remains fractured in the devastating wake of Cortana’s rise and the Created menace, while the Banished war machine relentlessly consolidates power across former Covenant space.
To help counter these ongoing and emerging threats to humanity, Spartan Jun-A266 struggles to forge a new generation of warriors on the hidden UNSC base Anvil Station, even as he battles the ghosts of his own past.
He is pulled back into active operations when a renowned xenoarcheologist is brazenly abducted by a Banished strike team.
Jun is pulled back into active operations alongside both old and new allies for a dangerous rescue mission, leading them all deep into hostile territory.
Now Jun must confront the burden of survival and decide what it truly means to carry Noble Team’s legacy into a new era of conflict as this desperate mission may hold dire consequences far beyond a single missing civilian.
More details, including a cover art reveal, will be shown of "Fireteam Noble" over the coming months.
Troy Denning is the author of more than forty novels, including Halo: Outcasts, Halo: Divine Wind, Halo: Shadows of Reach, Halo: Oblivion, Halo: Silent Storm, Halo: Retribution, Halo: Last Light, a dozen Star Wars novels, the Dark Sun: Prism Pentad series, and many bestselling Forgotten Realms novels.
The sole survivor of Noble Team during the events of Halo: Reach, Jun-A266 retired from active duty and went on to become a recruiter for the SPARTAN-IV program in the wake of the Covenant War’s conclusion.
Jun has appeared in other media, including the three-part comic series "Halo: Initiation," the novella "Halo: New Blood" by Matt Forbeck, the novel "Halo: Bad Blood" also by Forbeck, and the anthology novel "Halo: Waypoint Chronicles, Volume One," where he is featured on the cover and in the stories ‘Winter Contention’ and ‘Battle for the Academy.’
The novel is currently slated for publication in March 2027, though this is subject to change and does not necessarily reflect the final release date.
