Halo Book Club
SHOW ARCHIVE - All episodes from 2014 to today
Latest Episodes
This week join David, Steve and Lucas as they cover the latest Halo book - Halo: Empty Throne by
Jeremy Patenaude
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This week join David and Ian as they cover the latest Halo audio book - Tulpamanacy
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This week join David and Ian as they cover the latest Halo audio book - From the Soil to the Stars
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This week join David and Ian as they cover the latest Halo audio book - Whispers from the Pyre
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This week join David and Ian as they cover the latest Halo audio book - Age of Retribution
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This week join David and Ian as they cover the latest Halo audio book - Venezian Sonata
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This week join David and Ian as they cover the latest Halo audio book - The Machine Breaks
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This week join David and Ian as they cover the latest Halo audio book - Anvil Accord
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This week join David and Ian as they cover the latest Halo audio book - The Third Life
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June 2023 - Present
The most recent Book Club episodes.
This week join David and Ian as they cover the latest Halo audio book - From the Soil to the Stars
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This week join David and Ian as they cover the latest Halo audio book - Whispers from the Pyre
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This week join David and Ian as they cover the latest Halo audio book - Age of Retribution
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This week join David and Ian as they cover the latest Halo audio book - Venezian Sonata
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This week join David and Ian as they cover the latest Halo audio book - The Machine Breaks
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This week join David and Ian as they cover the latest Halo audio book - Anvil Accord
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This week join David and Ian as they cover the latest Halo audio book - The Third Life
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This week join David and Ian as they cover the latest Halo audio book - Hippocratica
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This week join David and Ian as they cover the latest Halo audio book - Battle for Bloodmoon
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This week join David and Ian as they cover the latest Halo audio book - Trials of Reckoning
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This week join David and Ian as they cover the latest Halo audio book - Saturn Devouring His Son
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This week join Lucas, Nathan and Steve as they cover the latest novel - Halo Outcasts
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October 2020 - June 2023
The next thirty book clubs, from 2020 to 2023.
This week join Aaron and David as they cover the Waypoint Chronicle Winter Contention
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This week join Lucas and Aaron as they cover the Waypoint short story Vertical Umbrage!
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This week join David and Aaron as they cover the Halo short story What Remains from Halo: Fractures.
This week join David and Aaron as they cover the Halo short story Breaking Strain from Halo: Fractures.
This week join David, Ian and Aaron as they cover the Halo short story Defender of the Storm from Halo: Fractures.
This week join Lucas and Aaron as they cover the short story Promises to Keep from Halo: Fractures
This week join Aaron, David and Lucas as they discuss the Halo short story Lessons Learned
This week join Krysta and Aaron as they cover the Halo the Graphic Novel story, Second Sunrise Over New Mombasa and page 122.
This week join David and Krysta as they tackle the Halo: Evolutions short story The Return.
This week join David and Aaron as they tackle the Halo Graphic Novel story Breaking Quarantine.
This week join Oran, Krysta and David as they cover the Halo Evolution’s short story Palace Hotel
This week join Aaron, Krysta and Tom as they cover the Halo Graphic Novel story Armour Testing.
This week join Aaron and David as they cover the Evolutions short story Blunt Instruments.
This week join Aaron and David as they dive into the Halo Graphic Novel with The Last Voyage of the Infinite Succor.
This week join Aaron, Oran, Krysta and David as they cover the novel Halo: Point of Light.
This week join Aaron, Oran, David and Krysta as they cover the short story Wages of Sin from Halo: Evolutions
This week join Aaron, Oran, David and Krysta as they cover the short story Wages of Sin from Halo: Evolutions
This week join Aaron, Oran, David and Krysta as they cover the short story Pariah from Halo: Evolutions
This week join Aaron, Oran, David and Krysta as they cover the poems of the Halo universe.
This week join Aaron, Oran and Krysta as they cover the short story Sacrifice from Halo: Shadows of Reach.
This week join Aaron, David and Krysta as they cover the horrifying short story Mona Lisa from Halo: Evolutions.
This week join Aaron, David and Krysta as they cover the most recent Halo novel, Shadows of Reach.
This week join Aaron, David and Krysta as they cover the Halo Evolutions short story Headhunters.
August 2018 - August 2020
The next thirty book clubs, from 2018 to 2020.
This week join Oran, Aaron, David, Krysta as they cover one of the original Bungie era Halo novels, Halo: Contact Harvest.
Join the team as they jump into what might be the most lore packed Halo collectible ever to exist, Dr Halsey’s Journal!
This week join David and Krysta as they cover the Halo very short story, Soma the Painter.
This week join David, Oran, Krysta and Aaron as they cover the last novel in the Evolved backlog, Broken Circle!!
This week join David, Oran, Krysta and Aaron as they cover the classic Halo novel First Strike!
This week join David, Oran, Krysta and Aaron as they cover the second novel in the Halo series Halo: The Flood
This week join David, Oran, Krysta and Aaron as they cover the very first Halo novel! Yes team Evolved have finally recorded the Fall of Reach bookclub!!
This week join Oran, Krysta and Aaron as they cover the Halo comic, Escalation - Volume IV.
This week join David, Krysta and Aaron as they cover the Halo novel, Glasslands. Learn more.
This week join David, Oran, Krysta and Aaron as they cover the Halo novel, Renegades. Learn more.
This week join David, Oran, Krysta and Aaron as they cover the Halo novel, Smoke and Shadow.
This week join David, Oran, Krysta and Aaron as they cover the new young adult Halo novel, Battle Born.
This week join David, Krysta and Aaron as they cover the classic Halo novel, Ghosts of Onyx.
This week join David, Krysta and Aaron as they cover the Tales from Slipspace short comic Dominion Splinter (and yes Krysta got the name wrong…) Enjoy!
This week join David, Krysta and Aaron as they cover the Tales from Slipspace short comic Hunting Party. Enjoy!
This week join David, Krysta and Aaron as they cover the Tales from Slipspace short comic Knight Takes Bishop . Enjoy!
This week join David, Krysta and Aaron as they cover the Tales from Slipspace short comic Something has Happened. Enjoy!
This week join David, Krysta and Aaron as they cover the Tales from Slipspace short comic On the Brink . Enjoy!
This week join David, Krysta and Aaron as they cover the comic series Collateral Damage. Enjoy!
This week join David, Krysta and Aaron as they cover the Tales from Slipspace short comic Undefeated . Enjoy!
This week join David, Krysta and Aaron as they cover the newest Halo novel, Silent Storm, the first Halo novel featuring Master Chief Petty Officer John-117 since 2003’s Halo: First Strike.
This week join David, Krysta and Aaron as they cover the five issue Rise of Atriox series. Enjoy!
This week join Oran, Krysta, David and Aaron as they discuss Halo Bad Blood, the third novel from Matt Forbeck and the continuation everyone's favourite Spartan Buck. Spoilers ahead for Halo New Blood, Halo ODST and Halo 5!!!
July 2014 - July 2018
Our very first set of 30 Book Club episodes, starting from our humble beginnings in 2014.
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Upcoming Halo media we are looking to discuss next.
This week join Krysta, David and Oran as they discuss Halo Retribution, the third novel from Troy Denning and the continuation of Veta Lopis and her Ferret team. Spoilers ahead for Halo Last Light and A Necessary Truth!!!
This week join Krysta, David and Oran as they discuss the return of the amzing Veta Lopis and her Ferret Team in Troy Dennings short story A Necessary Truth! This short story takes place a few months after Halo Last Light and few months before Halo Retribution. Spoilers head for Halo Last Light!!!
This week join Krysta, Aaron, David and Oran as they discuss the return of Gray team in Tobias Buckell' latest Halo book, Envoy! This is a bit of a long one, so strap in as the team tackle this roller coaster adventure that takes from space combat to a fight for the survival of the human race.
This week join Aaron, David and Krysta as they discuss the Fractures short story Oasis. It's a prequel to Halo: Envoy and follows one characters quest to save her family! So listen in and see what the team thought of this short but action packed installment.
This week join Oran, David and Krysta as they discuss one of the classics of the Halo lore universe. The Cole Protocol features a host of you favourite Halo characters with a big helping of action and Grunts! Lots of Grunts!!
This week join Oran, David and Krysta as we finally....finally!!! get the Halo Silentium book club under wraps. I know its a big moment for us!
This week join the crew as they discuss the epic Halo Evolution's short story: The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole. He's probably best known for creating the Cole protocol but come with us as we dive into the story of the man behind the legend.
This week join the crew as they discuss the live action show Forward Unto Dawn. See the final days of Corbulo Academy as the Covenant attack.
This Book Club is all about the Halo: Evolutions story Human Weakness. Join Aaron, Krysta and Oran as they dive into a dark chapter of the Halo universe as we find out what really happened to Cortana between halo 2 and 3.
This week David, Oran and Aaron bring us all the latest news. Halo 5 in 4K, more Halo back-compat games, Lootcrate series 2 info and much more. We also have the return of the Halo Book Club as the guys cover Midnight in the Heart of Midlothian.
This week Oran, Krysta and Aaron start talking about Halo Wars in preparation for the sequel. Firstly Krysta and Oran cover the weeks news and the Halo Wars 2 cinematic trailer. Then Aaron joins Oran to recap the events of the first game. Enjoy!
Today join David, Oran and Aaron in a discussion of the short story - Rossbach's World by Brian Reed taken from Halo Fractures. Enjoy!
This Book Club is all about Primordium, the second book in the Greg Bear's Forerunner Saga! Join Aaron, Krysta and Oran as they take a deep dive into the Forerunner lore. Enjoy!!!
This Book Club is all about the Fall of Reach Animated series! So join Aaron, Krysta and Oran as they give us their thoughts on this animated Halo adventure. Enjoy!!!
This Book Club is Escalation volume 3! Join Aaron, Krysta and David as they go through their thoughts on this installment of the comic series. Enjoy!!!
June's book club is the Greg Bear space epic Cryptum, the first book in the Forerunner Saga! Join Oran, Aaron, Krysta and David as they delve into the fascinating world of the Forerunners. Enjoy!!!
May's book club is the Joseph Staten's novella Shadow of Intent! Join Aaron, Krysta and the community guest Chris as they go through their thoughts on this action packed Elite adventure. Enjoy!!!
This month's book club is Escalation Volume 2! Join David, Aaron and the super special community guest Chris as they go through their thoughts on the second part of the Escalation graphic series. Chris and David also get a little time alone for a brief Halo date... Enjoy!
This month's book club is the now infamously late Halo: Last Light edition! Join Aaron and David as they go through their thoughts on the most recent full-length Halo novel by Troy Denning. Enjoy!!!
This month's Book Club is all about Volume 1 of the Escalation comic series. So join Aaron, David and Drew as they discuss all the awesome comic goodness and ponder about Halo 4's Spartan Ops, Halo Wars and romancing Spartans... Enjoy!!!
This month's Book Club is a another short story from Halo Evolutions: Stomping on the Heels of a Fuss by Eric Raab. We chose this story due to an active religious cult based Twitter account Twitter up a storm, and this cult makes an appearance in the story! Join us as Aaron hosts alongside David and Krysta as they speculate to what is going on! Enjoy!!!
This month, the team cover Saint's Testimony by Frank O'Connor. David hosts and is joined by his faithful companion Aaron while Krysta braves a Hurricane for us??? (thats the sound in the background!!). And also stopping by, Chris Aiken from our Facebook group community. Fun fact: the intro is a piece of unreleased music for Halo 4 I found called Librarian - seemed fitting for Book Clubs! Enjoy!
This month, David and Arron unhinge their jaws and patake in an extensive look at Halo: Hunters in the Dark by Peter David. Enjoy!!!
This week is a big one!!! Drew, David and Krysta are joined by Matt Forbeck - the author of Halo: New Blood. This special episode covers an exclusive interview Matt in the Dossier. After that, we of course spoil the crap out of Halo: New Blood with Matt in this month's Halo Book Club. Enjoy!!!
This week David, Drew, and Krysta discuss the most recent news in the Halo universe. It's the end of February, so it's Halo Book Club time! The HBC this month is intentionally ODST themed, the short story Dirt from the Halo: Evolutions collection. It give us lots to talk about and get ready to Orbital Drop into March!
Join Drew, David, and Krysta with this month's Halo Book Club: Marvel Comic's Halo: Helljumper, a dossier with two of the main characters from Halo 3: ODST, and they wrap the show with a spoilercast of Halo Nightfall Episode 3.
Hey, it's Halo-ween and you know what that means! Another Halo Book Club! This month the crew go through the creepy crawly short story of The Mona Lisa from Halo Evolutions! There's also tons of Halo news to discuss like Remaking the Legend, the Halo 2 Anniversary Documentary!
This week, the gang welcome back David after a two week hiatus. Drew asks the group what Halo would be like as an RPG. September's Halo Book Club dives into the origins of the Human-Covenant Conflict and the background of major players like Tartarus, The Prophets, and Avery Johnson in Contact Harvest.
Another big show! We get to pour over news from San Diego Comic Con 2014, talk about Podcast Evolved Halo Book Club: Halo Blood Line, and tonight's game night is a special dive into the now OPEN Destiny Beta!!!
This week we discuss why Bioshock Infinite is the worst Halo game of all time. We get excite for 343i bringing Halo Master Chief Collection to RTX 2014. The Armory drops some knowledge on the VISR system featured in Halo 3 ODST. We also debut the Halo Book Club this month with Halo Evolutions short story Headhunters by Jonathan Goff.
This week join David, Steve and Lucas as they cover the latest Halo book - Halo: Edge of Dawn by Kelly Gay
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