Denning kept me guessing throughout Divine Wind. Thankfully, the speculation didn’t end there. Halo fans coming together to share their theories is one of my favorite things about interacting with the community. I remember when the novel was announced earlier this year in a Canon Fodder post and all the speculation surrounding the characters in the cover art - namely the strangely thin alien in the back of the artwork. I had enjoyed Troy Denning’s previous novel, Halo: Shadows of Reach, immensely, and I was looking forward to seeing that story continue. TheArb1ter117: Going into Divine Wind, I was extremely excited. Sith Venator:I really liked it! In fact it might be my favorite novel from Denning so far! It was probably roughly what I expected, but I was still surprised by how much I enjoyed a lot of the characters’ turmoil and their triumphs. What’s more, it kept me guessing as to the motivations of certain characters right up until the end, which is something I can rarely say for Halo novels. It maintains that devotion to blending large-scale worldbuilding with an attention to fine-grained detail and respect for plausible realism (Forerunners and slipspace aside) that, for me, uniquely characterises Denning’s Halo work. Divine Wind is broadly speaking a character-driven story, juggling the perspectives of half a dozen characters, each with their own personalities and agendas, in that way that Denning does so well. Thus, I was absolutely looking forward to Divine Wind, and I would say it delivered - to be honest, I’m not sure if it would be possible for Denning to write a bad novel even if he tried.
Overall I really enjoyed the novel and so so so want more!ĭab1001: Halo: Silent Storm remains probably my favourite Halo novel of all time, and Troy Denning is undoubtedly one of my favourite Halo authors.
With Halo: Divine Wind having some very surprising stuff from what some would call “obscure” media getting mentioned throughout the novel in a natural way, but in a way that if you knew, you’d get excited reading all about it. What are your overall thoughts on Halo: Divine Wind ? Was it what you expected? Were you pleasantly surprised?ĬIA391: The novel caught all my expectations in the best way possible, as I know Denning is familiar with the Halo Universe and the characters he writes, I trust him to write stories that are interesting and consistent!Īs always with the recent Halo novels, I absolutely love the deeper ties to the fiction, and Denning and the lore team at 343i did it again. Please note that 343 Industries were kind enough to provide us with three review copies of the book, though our opinions are still our own - we weren’t asked to produce this review, nor asked to promote or praise the book. This time, we’ve got Halopedia staff members CIA391, Dab1001, Sith Venator, and TheArb1ter117 on, to give their opinions! Given that collaboration between people of varied opinions and backgrounds is core to the concept of a wiki, we’ve decided to format our reviews by laying out a number of talking points and having multiple of our editors give their thoughts and responses. If you have yet to get the novel, you can find it at Amazon ( UK or US), Forbidden Planet, Simon & Schuster, Waterstones, WHSmith. While the novel did release over a month ago and we allow any of its content to be posted to the site, we’ve endeavoured to ensure the half of the review will be spoiler-free, so you can safely read if you haven’t completed the novel yet! In this article, we will share our thoughts Troy Denning's latest novel, Halo: Divine Wind.
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