ie ▁described ▁" Second ▁Sun r ise " ▁as ▁an ▁attempt ▁to ▁put ▁a ▁human ▁face ▁on ▁the ▁conflict ▁by ▁illustr ating ▁the ▁effects ▁of ▁war ▁on ▁the ▁common ▁citiz en . ▁The ▁story ▁was ▁written ▁by ▁Bre tt ▁Lewis ▁with ▁art ▁provided ▁by ▁Jean ▁" Mo eb ius " ▁G ira ud . ▁G ira ud ▁explained ▁that ▁his ▁son ' s ▁enjoy ment ▁of ▁the ▁game ▁series ▁ultimately ▁comp elled ▁him ▁to ▁accept ▁an ▁inv itation ▁to ▁contribute ▁his ▁art ; ▁before ▁p enc iling , ▁he ▁had ▁never ▁played ▁the ▁video ▁games . ▁ ▁Supp lement al ▁ ▁Loc ated ▁after ▁the ▁main ▁body ▁of ▁stories ▁is ▁a ▁selection ▁of ▁art ▁pieces ▁that ▁represent ▁interpret ations ▁of ▁the ▁H alo ▁universe ▁from ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁com ic ▁book ▁artists . ▁These ▁contrib utors ▁include ▁Doug ▁Alexander , ▁Rick ▁Ber ry , ▁Ge of ▁D arrow , ▁and ▁more ▁than ▁twenty - five ▁others , ▁both ▁fre el ance ▁and ▁from ▁B ung ie — including ▁lead ▁composer ▁Martin ▁O ' D onn ell . ▁ ▁A ▁few ▁prom ot ional ▁pieces ▁were ▁created ▁before ▁the ▁H alo ▁Graph ic ▁Nov el ''' s ▁release ▁date , ▁including ▁a ▁six teen - page ▁preview , ▁released ▁May ▁ 3 1 , ▁ 2 0 0 6 , ▁which ▁contained ▁B ung ie ' s ▁introdu ctions ▁to ▁each ▁story ▁along ▁with ▁short ▁ex cer pts ▁of ▁each ▁story . ▁A ▁full - color ▁poster ▁of ▁the ▁book ' s ▁cover ▁was