Continuing the saga of the bestselling game series! In the third of three official tie-in novels to the hugely successful videogame from Microsoft and Epic Games, Marcus Fenix and his Gears defend humanity’s final city from the Locust horde. With the Locust Horde apparently destroyed, Jacinto’s survivors have begun to rebuild human society on the Locust stronghold. Raiding pirate gangs take a toll—but it’s nothing that Marcus Fenix and the Gears can’t handle. Then the nightmare they thought they’d left behind begins to stalk them again. Something far worse, something even the Locust dreaded, has emerged to spread across the planet, and not even this remote island haven is beyond its reach. Gears and Stranded must fight side by side to survive their deadliest enemy yet, falling back on the savage tactics of another bloody siege—Anvil Gate.
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"This book was great! The previous title by Traviss was interesting but was kinda boring at times whereas this book was action packed the whole time! This book was a major plot revealer and it leaves you craving more Gears of War! I would recommend this book series to ANYONE who likes reading."
— Gearsofwarchick31 (5 out of 5 stars)
" Continues the story of Gears of War 2 even further, while also telling the story of Anvil Gate through flashbacks. "
— ZWiggs, 11/5/2013" great book. This book will give you a lot of back story on the main characters in the book/games. The books are still good without playing the games. You may miss out on some of the story but not enough to be confused. "
— Ginger, 11/4/2013" This was my favorite book out of the series. It does not take the time to go deep into the characters but rather it just goes right into the plot. Very good Video Game sci-fi book. "
— Matthew, 10/7/2013" Book was very good. It gives valuable information on the back story of each of the characters...a little light on the action for a book based on a video game series. "
— Vito, 4/15/2013" This series just keeps getting better and better. "
— Shockwave, 3/30/2013" My personal favorite of the three books. "
— Connor, 3/3/2013" Since everyone of these books as a double story format to them, this was by far my favourite of the present time stories. "
— Benn, 11/20/2012" Not as great as the previous two books, but still entertained and nice tonhear the story about Anvil Gate. It sets up Gears of War 3 nicely. "
— Henrik, 8/28/2012" Another solid entry in to the gears backstory and a nice supplement to the upcoming Gears 3 "
— Jon, 4/4/2012" Solid Sci-Fi military action set in the Gears of War timeline. A must read for fans of the game and the first two books. "
— James, 2/21/2012" Book was very good. It gives valuable information on the back story of each of the characters...a little light on the action for a book based on a video game series. "
— Vito, 2/28/2011" Another solid entry in to the gears backstory and a nice supplement to the upcoming Gears 3 "
— Jon, 10/18/2010Karen Traviss is a screenwriter, comic book author, and a #1 New York Times bestselling novelist. She has received critical acclaim for her award-nominated Wess’har series, as well as regularly hitting the bestseller lists with her Star Wars, Gears of War, and Halo work. She was also the lead writer on the blockbuster Gears of War 3 video game. A former defense correspondent and television and newspaper journalist, she lives in Wiltshire, England.
Nan McNamara has performed on stage, television, film, and behind the microphone in voice-overs for over twenty years. Her passion is to tell good stories—no matter what the medium. Originally from St. Paul, Nan received a BA cum laude in theater.