Gears of War Series by Karen Traviss, Michael A. Stackpole, Jason M. Hough

4.17 · 88 ratings
  • Aspho Fields (Gears of War #1)
    #1

    Aspho Fields (Gears of War #1)

    Karen Traviss

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings · published 2008

    For the first time, fans of the blockbuster Gears of War video games get an in-depth look at Delta Squad’s toughest fighters–soldier’s soldier Marcus Fenix and rock-solid Dominic Santiago–as well as a detailed account of the pivotal battle of the Pendulum Wars.As kids, the three of them were inseparable; as soldiers, they were torn apart. Marcus Fenix and Dominic Santiago fought alongside Dom’s elder brother Carlos at Aspho Fields in the epic battle that changed the course of the Pendulum Wars... more

  • Jacinto's Remnant (Gears of War #2)
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    Jacinto's Remnant (Gears of War #2)

    Karen Traviss

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings · published 2009

    Based on the blockbuster Xbox game, this is the stunning story of the men and women who stood between a planet and total destruction–and now have to face the consequences of their actions.After a brutal fifteen-year war for survival, the Coalition of Ordered Governments is forced to destroy mankind’s last city in a final bid to stop the Locust Horde... more

  • Anvil Gate (Gears of War #3)
    #3

    Anvil Gate (Gears of War #3)

    Karen Traviss

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings · published 2010

    Continuing the saga of the bestselling game series!With the Locust Horde apparently destroyed, Jacinto’s survivors have begun to rebuild human society on the Locusts’ stronghold. Raiding pirate gangs take a toll—but it’s nothing that Marcus Fenix and the Gears can’t handle. Then the nightmare that they thought they’d left behind begins to stalk them again... more

  • Coalition's End (Gears of War #4)
    #4

    Coalition's End (Gears of War #4)

    Karen Traviss

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings · published 2011

    Understand what a world had to do to survive. When the Locust Horde burst from the ground fifteen years ago to slaughter the human population of Sera, mankind began a desperate war against extinction. Now after a decade and a half of bloody fighting, and with billions dead, the survivors—the Gears of the Coalition of Ordered Governments, along with a small band of civilians—have been forced to destroy their own cities and sacrifice their entire civilization to halt the Locust advance... more

  • The Slab (Gears of War #5)
    #5

    The Slab (Gears of War #5)

    Karen Traviss

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings · published 2012

    MARCUS FENIX. WAR HERO. LOYAL SON. TRAITOR. Ten years after Emergence Day, as the Locust Horde advances on humanity’s last defended area—Ephyra—in a bloody war that has seen billions die, Marcus Fenix does the unthinkable: he defies orders and abandons his post during a critical battle in a bid to rescue his father, weapons scientist Adam Fenix. But Adam is buried in the rubble during a ferocious assault on the Fenix mansion, and Ephyra falls to the enemy... more

  • Gears of War: Ascendance (Gears of War #6)
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    Gears of War: Ascendance (Gears of War #6)

    Jason M. Hough

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings · published 2019

    The official prequel to the action video game Gears 5 , beginning immediately after Gears of War 4 and leading directly into the new game. Following Reyna Diaz's death at the hands of the Swarm (in Gears of War 4), Kait seals her mother's tomb and swears revenge. As she, JD, Del, Marcus, Cole, Samantha, and Baird lick their wounds and resupply, First Minister Jinn summons them to New Ephyra, promising that the "crimes" they committed will be forgiven... more

  • Ephyra Rising (Gears of War #8)
    #8

    Ephyra Rising (Gears of War #8)

    Michael A. Stackpole

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 2 ratings · published 2021

    An original Gears of War novel, exclusively detailing the aftermath of the Locust War written by New York Times bestselling author Michael A. Stackpole.THE END OF THE LOCUST WAR WAS JUST THE BEGINNING OF THE BATTLE FOR SERA’S FUTURE The Locust War has ended with an energy weapon that pulsed across the land, destroying Locust and Lambent alike. The world is in shambles and the few survivors are isolated from one another. Humanity must begin anew... more

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