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100,000 years ago, the galaxy was populated by a great variety of beings.
But one species--eons beyond all others in both technology and knowledge--achieved dominance.
They ruled in peace but met opposition with quick and brutal effectiveness.
They were the Forerunners--the keepers of the Mantle, the next stage of life in the Universe’s Living Time.
And then they vanished.
This is their story.
Bornstellar Makes Eternal Lasting is a young rebellious Forerunner. He is a Manipular, untried--yet to become part of the adult Forerunner society, where vast knowledge and duty waits. He comes from a family of Builders, the Forerunners’ highest and most politically powerful rate. It is the Builders who create the grand technology that facilitates Forerunner dominance over the known universe. It is the Builders who believe they must shoulder the greatest burden of the Mantle--as shepherds and guardians of all life.
Bornstellar is marked to become a great Builder just like his father.
But this Manipular has other plans.
He is obsessed with lost treasures of the past. His reckless passion to seek out the marvelous artifacts left behind by the Precursors--long-vanished superbeings of unknowable power and intent---forces his father’s hand.
Bornstellar is sent to live among the Miners, where he must come to terms with where his duty truly lies.
But powerful forces are at play. Forerunner society is at a major crux. Past threats are once again proving relentless. Dire solutions--machines and strategies never before contemplated--are being called up, and fissures in Forerunner power are leading to chaos.
On a Lifeworker’s experimental planet, Bornstellar’s rebellious course crosses the paths of two humans, and the long lifeline of a great military leader, forever changing Bornstellar’s destiny …and the fate of the entire galaxy.
This is a tale of life, death, intergalactic horror, exile, and maturity. It is a story of overwhelming change--and of human origins. For the Mantle may not lie upon the shoulders of Forerunners forever.
About the Author
Greg Bear is the author of more than thirty books of science fiction and fantasy, including Hull Zero Three, City at the End of Time, Eon, Moving Mars, Mariposa, and Quantico. He is married to Astrid Anderson Bear and is the father of Erik and Alexandra. Awarded two Hugos and five Nebulas for his fiction, one of two authors to win a Nebula in every category, Bear has been called the “Best working writer of hard science fiction” by “The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Science Fiction.” His stories have been collected into an omnibus volume by Tor Books. Bear has served on political and scientific action committees and has advised both government agencies and corporations on issues ranging from national security to private aerospace ventures to new media and video game development. His most recent endeavor is a long-term collaboration with Neal Stephenson and the Subutai Corporation on The Mongoliad, an interactive serial novel available on multiple platforms, including iPhone, iPad, and Kindle.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
SHOCKING Forerunner Internal Dispute + The Flood + HALO,
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This review is from: Halo: Cryptum: Book One of the Forerunner Trilogy (Forerunner 1) (Paperback)
This is the start of a trilogy detailing the rise of the Forerunners in the Halo world. The first book is by Greg Bear as is the second.In this start to the Forerunner Saga we meet a very young Forerunner named Bornstellar Makes Eternal Lasting who just can't sit still it appears. He is obsessed with the past and sneaks away to look for lost treasures. Contrary to his Dad's instructions he strikes out for a planet called Erde-Tyrene where it is rumoured that ancient Forerunner and Precursor technology lies waiting to be discovered. Bornstellar finds two humans that are willing to take him to a special place that is hidden from direct site either on land or from the air. There the young Forerunner activates an ancient cryptum that contains a warrior who has been asleep for over a thousand years. Soon Bornstellar and his two human guides are on a ship with the warrior and on their way to stop a plot to destroy the centre of Forerunner Technology. Along the way Bornstellar is linked to the warrior as he mutates to a higher state in the Forerunner hierarchy. Great forces are at odds with the Forerunner political elite and we are introduced to not only Halo and what they were created for, but also the background to the Flood, and the Ark. This book is a great start to describing in more detail how the Forerunner dominance of space occurred and who their enemies were. I can't wait to get a copy of the second book which came out this month (January 2012)
5.0 out of 5 stars
Amazing story! for all Halo fans its a MUST HAVE,
This review is from: Halo: Cryptum: Book One of the Forerunner Saga (Hardcover)
I wasn't too sure comfortable with the story at the beginning, since its a Forerunner telling the story. But after a while it becomes really really interesting, I can't wait for the second to come out! I recommend it to all Halo fans! it answers many questions and it raises a lot more !!! you'll be hooked for life on the Halo Universe!
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Begninning of what looks to be a very interesting expansion of Halo lore,
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This review is from: Halo: Cryptum: Book One of the Forerunner Saga (Hardcover)
Greg Bear has a peculiar style, a sense of jumping right into the action and explaining later. Granted, I've only read Eon and Slant, but his peculiar take and writerly skill (apologies to Eric Nylund, but Bear is better at what he does) lends a feel more at home in Hard SF than MilSF. It works, too- Cryptum is an enthralling read and an extremely worthy expansion to the lore of the Halo universe.In what reads like a last confession, Bear puts the reader in the shoes of Bornstellar Makes Eternal Lasting, a rebellious young Manipular who will advance to become a Builder, one who will be responsible for the grandest of Forerunner constructs. His journey rapidly morphs into one on which hinges the fate of the Forerunner civilization and galactic life itself. Bear draws his characters from the Terminals found on the Ark in Halo 3- Mendicant Bias, the Didact, and the Librarian all make appearances- and helps to put those in context, along with astonishing revaluations about the origin and history of humanity and the Prophets (San 'Shyuum as they are referred to in the novel) their earlier interactions with the Forerunners, and the origins of the Flood. It's nice to have a non-militarySF take on the Halo universe, and doubly so to have that voice be Greg Bear's. Anyone who wants to get started on what's looking to be an excellent trilogy would be well-served to pick up this book. 20 of 22 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
short and sweet,
By sumdumfu - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: Halo: Cryptum: Book One of the Forerunner Saga (Hardcover)
Having grown accustomed to the tomes of Frank Herbert and Dan Simmons, Cryptum was a blink in comparison. That's not to say that it was bad however; quite the contrary. Being a connoisseur of Halo fiction, I can say with confidence the writing here is easily on a level all its own. Bear attempts to elevate Halo to a certain quality of literary fiction I've felt was long overdue for material with so much promise. Does he succeed? Almost. Maybe the action-centricity of Halo is too ingrained; maybe the story was just too short, but the personal quest didn't quite work for me. I can only report with surety that I never quite got the grandiose action I was hoping for, nor the deeply moving introspective revelation I was craving. Just when it was getting really good it ended. But of course this is to be a trilogy, so hold off on the judgements.As a novel on its own merits, good but not great. As part 1 of a scifi opera, a very auspicious beginning. If you're a fan of Halo's fiction, this is the payoff to your dedication and the best reason thus for why we do what we do. With any luck part 2 will be something akin to Empire Strikes Back in its personal grandeur. I'm of the opinion Bear has the talent. 26 of 30 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Reads like a truly original science fiction work.,
By Derrick Liu - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Halo: Cryptum: Book One of the Forerunner Saga (Hardcover)
A Halo novel in which the protagonist never touches a weapon? Preposterous, you say!Despite its first-person-shooter origins, Halo: Cryptum opts for a more insightful, philosophical, and intricately designed story told from the point of view of Bornstellar Makes Eternal Lasting. Rather than a series of action sequences interspersed with story, the entire novel chronicles the journeys of this young Forerunner as he travels both physically, over thousands of light-years, and mentally, through intellectual and emotional maturity. In a way, this book documents the disjointed, introspective thoughts of Bornstellar as he is caught up in the web of events leading up to the firing of the Halo Array. This novel is not as stringently bound by the background of the Halo universe, as it takes place far in the past. With this chronological freedom, Greg Bear has managed to take the unexplored world of the Forerunner era - their culture, society, and technology - and transform it into a richly detailed and enormously interesting component of the overall macrocosm. Like other reviewers have said, this is an excellent work of hard science fiction. It's probably one of the best integrations of video game universes and books. And, with the story freedom combined with Bear's captivating writing, this is an excellent book (and trilogy starter) for both Halo fans and newcomers alike. |
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