Halo: Glasslands
By Karen Traviss
Paperback | Kindle
Tor
Release date: October 25, 2011

Glasslands is the first book of a trilogy in yet another Halo spin-off series written by New York Times bestselling sci-fi and fantasy author Karen Traviss. It takes place after the events of Halo 3; the Covenant has collapsed and the war is”¦ over? Although the fighting has ceased for the moment, no peace deals have been brokered and all sides are tensely assessing the situation.

Full disclosure here: This was my first foray into the Halo universe, so please be kind in the comments section below. Thanks. Being an utter noob to such an elaborately crafted, highly developed saga such as this was more than a little intimidating for me. But I’m your Book Slave, dammit. I’m committed to reading every book that lands on my desk and so, I sought council from real life Halo fanatics to help get me up to speed. Oh boy, did I get an earful.

The video game deal of the day over at Amazon today is up to 20% off on select video games in their Bestsellers sale.

Here’s a select few titles from the deal here below.

– Battlefield 3
– Halo: Reach
– LA Noire
– Fallout: New Vegas
– Michael Jackson The Experience

Note, the sale is valid only for today, Thursday, November 17, 2011, til 11:59pm while supplies last.

Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary for Xbox 360 will be released on Tuesday, November 15, 2011, but if you pre-order the video game from Amazon, you’ll get $10 credit.

Also with the pre-order you’ll receive game codes for the Master Chief Avatar Armor and the Grunt Funeral Skull.

At the Penny Arcade Expo, a panel was held for the recently announced Halo 4, which is being developed by 343 Industries, the division established by Microsoft Game Studios to take up the reigns after Bungie concluded their work on the franchise with Halo: Reach.

Halo 4 is still a long, long way off, so 343 wasn’t able to talk a whole lot about the project, but they did have a couple of small things to share with eager fans, as well as some concept art from the early stages of the game’s production.

First of all, the game will begin a brand new trilogy of games, and 343 announced that this new trilogy has been named The Reclaimer Trilogy. And what is a “Reclaimer,” some of you might ask? Well…I haven’t the slightest clue. But the Halo Nation Wiki page does have a description, which you can see below along with the video of the various pieces of concept art shared.

All editions of the Xbox 360 video game Halo: Reach are currently on sale at Amazon.

– Standard Edition: $39.45 (34% off list price of $59.99)
– Limited Edition: $49.73 (38% off list price of $79.99)
– Legendary Edition: $105.98 (29% off list price of $149.99)

There’s no indication as to when this sale ends, so if you’re interested in getting any of these editions, grab them now for the discounted price.