Forerunner-based novel, Halo: Cryptum, now available

The latest Halo novel, Cryptum, is now available to pick up, it's been announced.

The title, written by sci-fi legend Greg Bear, is the first of three novels that focus of the Forerunners, the alien race that preceeded both the humans and Covenant.

Cryptum will explain how the Forerunners became extinct, their technology, and the race that preceded them, the Precursors.

Thanks, Joystiq.