Games, novels, and screen adaptations from the Halo universe, including the Silver Timeline.
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Released
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Branch
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Collections
97445 BC
January,
2011
Book
Novels
Halo: Cryptum
A young Forerunner awakens the Didact during the last age of the ecumene, about 100,000 years before Halo.
The Forerunner Saga
97445 BC
January,
2012
Book
Novels
Halo: Primordium
The ancient human Chakas is stranded on Installation 07 as the Forerunner-Flood war reaches its end.
The Forerunner Saga
97445 BC
March,
2013
Book
Novels
Halo: Silentium
The Forerunners' war with the Flood ends in the firing of the Halo Array.
The Forerunner Saga
852 BC
November,
2014
Book
Novels
Halo: Broken Circle
Sangheili and San'Shyuum at the founding of the Covenant, and again during the Great Schism.
Halo Novels
2525
October,
2007
Book
Novels
Halo: Contact Harvest
The first encounter between humanity and the Covenant on the colony world Harvest.
Halo Novels
2526
October,
2012
TV
Legends
Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn
Live-action web series following cadets at Corbulo Academy at the outbreak of the Covenant War.
2526
September,
2018
Book
Novels
Halo: Silent Storm
In the first year of the Covenant War, John-117 leads a boarding campaign to buy humanity time.
A Master Chief Story
2526
September,
2019
Book
Novels
Halo: Oblivion
Blue Team tries to recover data from a downed Covenant frigate on Netherop.
A Master Chief Story
2531
2009
Game
Games
Halo Wars
Real-time strategy game set on the planet Harvest during the early Human-Covenant War.
2535
November,
2008
Book
Novels
Halo: The Cole Protocol
Gray Team, Jacob Keyes, and Thel 'Vadamee clash over the Cole Protocol and a hidden asteroid habitat.
Gray Team
2551
January,
2019
Book
Novels
Halo: Battle Born
Four teens on Meridian try to survive a Covenant invasion with the help of an injured Spartan.
Battle Born
2551
October,
2019
Book
Novels
Halo: Meridian Divide
The Meridian teens join a militia recon force as the Covenant excavates a Forerunner artifact.
Battle Born
2552
2001
Game
Games
Halo: Combat Evolved
First-person shooter following Master Chief on Installation 04 after the fall of Reach.
2552
October,
2001
Book
Novels
Halo: The Fall of Reach
The origin of the SPARTAN-II program and the fall of the fortress world Reach.
The Master Chief Omnibus
The Original Series
2552
December,
2003
Book
Novels
Halo: First Strike
The gap between Halo and Halo 2, as John-117 and surviving Spartans strike back after Installation 04.
The Master Chief Omnibus
The Original Series
2552
April,
2003
Book
Novels
Halo: The Flood
Novelization of Halo: Combat Evolved, following the fight against the Covenant and the Flood on Installation 04.
The Master Chief Omnibus
The Original Series
2552
2004
Game
Games
Halo 2
First-person shooter sequel following Master Chief and the Arbiter during the Battle of Earth and Installation 05.
2552
October,
2006
Book
Novels
Halo: Ghosts of Onyx
The SPARTAN-III program on Onyx and the discovery of a Forerunner shield world.
The Original Series
2552
2007
Game
Games
Halo 3
First-person shooter concluding the original trilogy's war against the Covenant and the Flood.
2552
2009
Game
Games
Halo 3: ODST
First-person shooter following Orbital Drop Shock Troopers in New Mombasa during Halo 2.
2552
February,
2010
Movie
Legends
Halo Legends
Animated anthology of Halo short films spanning the Human-Covenant War.
2552
2010
Game
Games
Halo: Reach
First-person shooter following Noble Team during the fall of Reach.
2552
March,
2022
TV
Silver
Halo season 1
Paramount+ series following Master Chief in the Silver Timeline.
2552
February,
2024
TV
Silver
Halo season 2
Second season of the Paramount+ Halo series, continuing the Silver Timeline.
2552
September,
2026
Book
Novels
Halo: Parasite's Wake
Marines on Installation 04 during Halo: Combat Evolved, as the Flood outbreak takes hold.
Halo Novels
2553
October,
2011
Book
Novels
Halo: Glasslands
After the Covenant War, ONI's Kilo-Five sows discord among the Sangheili while survivors of Onyx remain trapped inside the shield world.
Kilo-Five Trilogy
2553
October,
2012
Book
Novels
Halo: The Thursday War
Kilo-Five is drawn into civil war on Sanghelios as the UNSC Infinity is dispatched to aid the Arbiter.
Kilo-Five Trilogy
2553
January,
2014
Book
Novels
Halo: Mortal Dictata
A Venezian insurgent whose daughter was taken into the SPARTAN-II program comes after ONI.
Kilo-Five Trilogy
2553
September,
2015
Book
Novels
Halo: Last Light
Inspector Veta Lopis and Blue Team investigate murders on Gao as a Forerunner ancilla wakes.
The Ferrets
2553
December,
2015
Book
Novels
Halo: Shadow of Intent
Rtas 'Vadum faces a vengeful San'Shyuum Prelate months after the Covenant War.
Halo Novels
2553
August,
2017
Book
Novels
Halo: Retribution
Veta Lopis and the Ferrets hunt the assassin of Admiral Graselyn Tuwa.
The Ferrets
2555
June,
2015
Book
Novels
Halo: Hunters in the Dark
A joint human-Sangheili expedition returns to the Ark in 2555.
Halo Novels
2555
March,
2015
Book
Novels
Halo: New Blood
Edward Buck's memoir from ODST service through joining the SPARTAN-IV program.
Alpha-Nine
2556
March,
2014
TV
Legends
Halo: Nightfall
Live-action digital series following Jameson Locke on a mission to the planet Sedra.
2556
November,
2016
Book
Novels
Halo: Smoke and Shadow
Salvager Rion Forge searches for her father and the missing UNSC Spirit of Fire.
Rion Forge and Ace of Spades
2557
2012
Game
Games
Halo 4
First-person shooter following Master Chief and Cortana on Requiem after years of drift.
2557
February,
2019
Book
Novels
Halo: Renegades
Rion's crew crosses paths with 343 Guilty Spark while ONI and Covenant remnants close in.
Rion Forge and Ace of Spades
2557
February,
2024
Book
Novels
Halo: Epitaph
The Ur-Didact's journey after Halo 4, stripped of armor and memory.
Halo Novels
2558
2015
Game
Games
Halo 5: Guardians
First-person shooter following Master Chief and Spartan Locke across the galaxy.
2558
July,
2015
Book
Novels
Halo: Saint's Testimony
The smart AI Iona appeals against her scheduled decommissioning.
Halo Novels
2558
April,
2017
Book
Novels
Halo: Envoy
A UEG envoy tries to keep peace on jointly occupied Carrow and free Gray Team from stasis.
Gray Team
2558
November,
2017
Book
Novels
Halo: Legacy of Onyx
Molly Patel grows up inside the Onyx shield world as Servants of the Abiding Truth threaten Paxopolis.
Halo Novels
2558
June,
2018
Book
Novels
Halo: Bad Blood
After Halo 5, Buck reforms Alpha-Nine for a mission as Cortana's Created reshape the galaxy.
Alpha-Nine
2558
March,
2021
Book
Novels
Halo: Point of Light
Rion, Spark, and the Ace of Spades try to finish the Librarian's plan as Cortana's Created rise.
Rion Forge and Ace of Spades
2559
2017
Game
Games
Halo Wars 2
Real-time strategy sequel set on the ark after a 28-year slipspace jump.
2559
October,
2020
Book
Novels
Halo: Shadows of Reach
A year after Halo 5, Blue Team returns to Reach to recover assets from CASTLE Base.
A Master Chief Story
2559
October,
2021
Book
Novels
Halo: Divine Wind
The Ferrets follow Keepers of the One Freedom to the Ark to stop another firing of the Halo Array.
The Ferrets
2559
August,
2023
Book
Novels
Halo: Outcasts
The Arbiter and Spartan Vale hunt a weapon on Netherop weeks before the Banished strike Zeta Halo.
Halo Novels
2559
February,
2025
Book
Novels
Halo: Empty Throne
While Infinity moves on Zeta Halo, the UNSC races to claim an ancient Domain access point.
Halo Novels
2560
2021
Game
Games
Halo Infinite
First-person shooter following Master Chief on Installation 07 against the Banished.
2560
August,
2022
Book
Novels
Halo: The Rubicon Protocol
UNSC survivors endure the Banished occupation of Zeta Halo after the ambush of Infinity.
A Halo Infinite Story
2560
December,
2025
Book
Novels
Halo: Edge of Dawn
After Halo Infinite, John-117 searches Zeta Halo for UNSC survivors while Jega 'Rdomnai hunts him.
A Halo Infinite Story
A Master Chief Story
2560
2027
Book
Novels
Halo: Fireteam Noble
Jun-A266 and a new fireteam on a rescue mission in Banished territory after Halo Infinite.
Halo Novels