The thrilling novella from author Kelly Gay in the expansive universe of the ‚  New York Times ‚  bestselling sci-fi/action video game series!

Find. Claim. Profit. In a post-war galaxy littered with scrap, it's the salvager's motto. And with a fast ship and a lust for adventure, Rion Forge has certainly made her mark on the trade. When the discovery of a wrecked UNSC cruiser brings Rion's past back to haunt her, stirring fresh hope into a decades-old wound, she's hell-bent on finding answers: What really happened to her father and his ship, the ‚  Spirit of Fire?

Featuring Gay's signature ¢ € œrichly complex characters ¢ € � and ¢ € œfast-paced plot ¢ € � (Publishers Weekly), ‚  Smoke and Shadow ‚  is an exhilarating page-turner for longtime and new fans of the Halo Universe. This novella also contains the complete text of Kelly Gay's short story, "Into the Fire," originally featured in the collection ‚  Halo: Fractures. ‚