Halo: Parasite's Wake

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

2552. As the planet Reach falls to the alien alliance known as the Covenant, a lone human ship--the UNSC Pillar of Autumn--fled into slipspace and has arrived at a place that could change the course of this decades-long war. An ancient, mysterious ringworld: Halo.

With human forces scattered across the surface of this immense alien construct, Staff Sergeant Marvin Mobuto must now lead his fellow crewmates--survivors from the ship's brig--back to the Autumn's crash site to rally and regroup with their allies. Desertion, drunk and disorderly, and murder are only a few of the charges that Mobuto's squad carries--and keeping them in line might prove to be just as difficult as surviving the zealous, entrenched Covenant warriors who believe they have found the gateway to paradise.

But as war rages across the ring's landscape for control of the installation's weapons and secrets, a far more terrible threat from deep within Halo's underworld is hellishly unleashed that transforms this conflict into a desperate battle of survival for UNSC and Covenant alike...

Author: Tim Lebbon
Publisher: Gallery Books
Published: 10/20/2026
Pages: 400
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.54lbs
Size: 8.25h x 5.31w x 0.80d
ISBN13: 9781668226834
ISBN10: 1668226839
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Science Fiction | Military
- Fiction | Media Tie-In

About the Author
Tim Lebbon is the New York Times bestselling horror, dark fantasy, and thriller author of Secret Lives of the Dead, Eden, Coldbrook, The Silence (now a Netflix original film starring Stanley Tucci and Kiernan Shipka), and the Relics trilogy. He has also written many acclaimed movie novelizations and tie-ins, including for Star Wars, Alien, Predator, Hellboy, Firefly, and 30 Days of Night. Tim has won a World Fantasy Award, four British Fantasy Awards, a Bram Stoker Award, a Shocker Award, a Dragon Award, and a Scribe Award, and has also been a finalist for the International Horror Guild Award. He lives with his family in Wales, United Kingdom.