Today, you can finally get your hands on my latest novel: Halo: New Blood! This is an original novel set in the universe of Microsoft’s bestselling series of Halo video games. It serves as a sequel to the blockbuster Halo 3: ODST, and it follows the career of Gunnery Sergeant Eddie Buck, who was voiced in the game by Nathan Fillion (of Firefly, Castle, and many other awesome things).
The book is exclusively available in electronics formats, including both ebook and audiobook editions. Scott Brick, a legend in the voiceover business, narrates the audiobook, which contains every word I wrote, plus maybe a few more. He’s lent his voice to dozens of fantastic novels, including Dune, The Bourne Identity, and Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep (the basis for one of my favorite films, Blade Runner), and I’m thrilled to be able to listen to his work on my book too.
As I’ve said before, huge thanks go out to Ed Schlesinger at Simon & Schuster and to the entire team at 343 Industries, especially Jeremy Patenaude and Tiffany O’Brien. They helped me out every step of the way, not only pointing out pitfalls I’d stumbled across or outright created but actually offering up solid and workable solutions as well. I could not have asked for a more passionate group of people to work with.
I had an absolute blast living in Buck’s head while I wrote this. It’s told from his first-person point of view, and I worked hard to get down his voice and patter. The research involved playing games and watching videos, though, so don’t cry a drop for me.
If you have half as much fun reading it as I did writing it, you’re in for a treat. I can’t wait for you to dig into it–and today your chance is here.
