Halo Artbook Novels & Stories

‘Jump’ a deep male voice wisps around me ‘and themselves will give you wings’ Behind my eyelids a blinding light erupts. ‘Jump high,’ it demands ‘And the heavens will give you a halo’ ‘Trust in the fall and gifts will shower your eternal being’ it promises. A loud abound from the party flings me back to reality. I turn and slid down the railing in an attempt to calm my erratic breathing. My heart pounds through my chest. I’ve never leaned so far into the wind before. I almost fell over the edge. A fall from this height would certainly kill me. And the baby with me.

It’s more likely that a draught from the door or windows disturbed the pristine alter cloth. My gaze passes over the objects on the table, white candles, willow branches, bundles of herbs, trinkets and tchotchkes. My eyes settle upon an open book, the pages are loosely bound and the gilded illustration depicts a woman being lifted into the clouds by two sets of hands. In my awe of the tome I forget about the potential stowaway. I must have this book, the people are no more, so it will not be missed and I cannot fight the urge to reach out and pluck it from its resting place. It is cumbersome to hold, even with both hands and I have no idea how I will hide it from Halen.

His eyes swirled with a thousand emotions, as his gaze lingered on Halo, who focused on the cook book in her hands. Rhys pressed his lips together and placed the album in front of me. Curious, I reached for it, but he stopped me, his cold hands sending a wave of shivers down my spine. He flashed me a small smile and turned to Halo, “sweetheart, there's something I want you to see.”

Strange energies lingered in the air that made the place feel so magical. As they passed through several shelves, Arth was amazed by the thousands of old books around him. Even the entire wall had been built with shelves that extended up towards the high ceiling. One would need a ladder to get into the higher sections. Looking up, a huge chandelier hung from the high ceiling. But then Arth furrowed his eyebrows when he noticed the ceiling painted with different symbolisms; weapons, people, animals, and more … but they’d been all dominated by a triangular symbol at the center.

His pristine silver robes were shredded, revealing the soot-stained skin of a smith underneath. ​"The medical pods on the moon... they were cages, Elara," Harl whispered, kneeling by my fused legs. "They didn't cure us. They just... filed us down. I saw the archives. The Surgeons didn't want a backup drive. They wanted a 'perfect' specimen they could copy until the original didn't matter anymore." ​"Did you... bring the Ledger?" I asked, my eyes tracking his movement. ​Harl pulled the scorched, lead-bound book from his belt. "I kept it. It’s the only thing that’s real. The rest of it—the silver towers, the 'refined' life—it was all just a high-frequency hallucination."