Redemption: a notion all too unrealistic to attain. Thel 'Vadam was well aware the first time the Gravemind drilled it into his head. Through unthinkable circumstances, the Arbiter and Master Chief are displaced to a reality not of their own. Unwittingly the master of the Reapers or not, Thel must find within him the ability to atone. And a certain Quarian might be able to help...

After discovering an ancient artifact, the UNSC's most advanced warship and a Sangheili Assault Carrier are transported to a universe unlike anything they have ever seen, and forced into a war against a foe they never could have imagined.

Few years after the events of Halo Wars, the UNSC Spirit of Fire finds themselves above the orbit of a unknown world without any clue to where they are and what brought them here. Faced with a new obstacle the crew of the Spirit of Fire descends upon the world where they meet new allies and enemies, along with an relic of the past, as they try to find a way back home.

Two years have passed since the dark day that humanity's best was extinguished. Now it appears that the dead Shepard is not so dead, and that the enemies Jorge helped defeat, are not so defeated. Shepard is going to need humanity's best to take on the genocidal threat of the Collectors. Fortunately for her, Jorge has volunteered to help.