Halo: Outcasts

By: Troy Denning

Narrated by: Scott Brick

An original novel set in the Halo universe—based on the New York Times bestselling video game series!

2559. Formerly one of the Covenant’s greatest and most fearsome warriors, Arbiter Thel ‘Vadam is now allied with his former human enemies while deeply entrenched in leading the Sangheili people to a new era of unification. But his aspirations are under constant threat, whether by the dangerous, warring factions of rival Sangheili keeps, or the relentless shadow of oppression spread by the renegade artificial intelligence Cortana​​.

An opportunity to break Cortana’s chains has suddenly presented itself through the rumored existence of an ancient artifact located on the hostile world of Netherop. Spartan Olympia Vale, trained with the skills to live and thrive among the Sangheili, also recognizes this alien prize as an essential means to aid humanity in reaching the same goal of freedom. But behind the scenes, both ‘Vadam and Vale are being manipulated by a mysterious figure with their own agenda. And to make matters worse, all involved are unknowingly placing themselves at perilous odds with forces beyond their comprehension…

well written and performed

Scott brick is marvelous as always. The relationship between Vale and the Arbiter was great. Looking forward to finding out what happened afterwards.

Thank god there was a male narrator!

Story was ok, pretty bland, not a lot of action, just seemed to carry the canon forward. Thank god it was a male narrator, otherwise, this would have been un listenable. Scott brick is the goat! I still enjoy it because it’s halo, just keep to male narrators! The worst male narrator is 100x better than the “best” female narrator. Please thank you!

Great book!

I love the Halo series of books! Such a shame that the games and series have not followed a very clearly written roadmap.

The Story itself

I loved the characters and atmosphere, the story is a breath of fresh air and we need stories of this caliber in the games. stories like these are keeping halo on life support. thank you.

Gamer thinks the books are better

I played all the video games and I got to say that the books have been way better then anything 343 has been putting out, this book is holding their lore up and doing a good job at it, Scott is the best as well