Tobias Buckell To Write Next Halo Novel

Bungie.net has the news that Tobias Buckell is to write the next Halo novel:

Halo: The Cole Protocol will be the sixth novel set in the Halo Universe. Tobias S. Buckell, author of Crystal Rain and Ragamuffin will pen the novel, which reveals the location of the Spartan Gray Team and "takes readers into an unexplored conflict of the Human-Covenant War where unlikely alliances are formed and shattered..."

Via Twitter, and expanded upon in his blog.