Black Halo
core novel 2011 Aeons' Gate
Record
| First published | 2011 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.53 (649 ratings, collected 2026-09-04) |
| Page count | 549 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780575090330 |
| Internal chronology | 2 |
Synopsis
Black Halo picks up after the events of Tome of the Undergates, stranding Lenk and his surviving companions on a remote tropical island after the chaos of the first book's climax, with little but scavenged tubers and each other's company to survive on. Surrounded by threats that include one-eyed lizardmen, a tribe of warrior women, and creatures lurking in the surrounding sea, the group is forced to confront dangers from without even as long-simmering tensions, addictions and personal crises among its members threaten to tear them apart from within. Lenk in particular continues to struggle with the voice in his head and doubts about whether a life beyond violence is even possible for him, while his companions each wrestle with their own demons, deepening the internal drama that the first book had only begun to explore.
Where it sits
- Universe: Aeons' Gate
- Series: Aeons' Gate core; position 2 of 3 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Sam Sykes
Notes
- From the series record (Aeons' Gate): A completed sword-and-sorcery trilogy following a mercenary crew of adventurers.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings, but they resolve to the exact same sequence for this book, so one combined line is shown instead of two identical ones.
- Reading order, within the series Aeons' Gate: position 2 of 3: previous Tome of the Undergates (2010) · next The Skybound Sea (2012)
Sources
- ISFDB: Sam Sykes bibliography
- Wikipedia: Sam Sykes
- https://www.fantasybookreview.co.uk/Sam-Sykes/Black-Halo.html
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