Halo: The Cole Protocol

The lore feels so rich and immersive—I'm curious whether this came from extensive research or creative intuition from the start.

The meditations on what it means to be alive really stuck with me, but I wonder how much of that was planned versus emergent during writing.

The mythic tone added a layer of grandeur, but I’m curious if that was a conscious choice to elevate the alien history or a natural result of the story’s themes.