Book 6

Gears of War: Ascendance

by Jason M Hough

Published 30 July 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, Kait seals her mother's tomb, swearing revenge. With her allies, including JD Fenix and Del Walker, she returns to New Ephyra to warn the Coalition of Ordered Governments:

THE SWARM IS COMING

However, First Minister Jinn requires proof of the threat. She also demands their utter loyalty, driving a wedge between the allies. Joined by Marcus Fenix, Kait strikes out on her own while JD and Del embark on a sanctioned mission to prove that the threat is real. With the fate of humankind hanging in the balance, it's a race against time.

Bloodlines

by Jason M Hough

Published 21 July 2020

Gears of War: Bloodlines

by Jason M Hough

Published 21 April 2020
The new novel set within the action of the Xbox Game Studios video game Gears 5, by New York Times bestselling author Jason Hough.

THE OFFICIAL TIE-IN TO THE EXCITING VIDEO GAMES GEARS 5 AND GEARS TACTICS

In the aftermath of Settlement 2’s destruction, Kait Diaz reels from the near loss of a close friend amid utter defeat at the hands of the Swarm. To move forward, she must choose either to walk the Outsider path of her mother, or rise to her beckoning duty as a Gear, as her father did. As Kait grapples with her circumstance, an unexpected ally illuminates secrets from the past that offer a new perspective.

Over four decades before, the two superpowers of Sera – the Coalition of Ordered Governments, and the Union of Independent Republics – wage a bitter, worldwide conflict known as the Pendulum Wars. For nearly a century, the two have fought to wrest control over Sera’s most precious energy resource: Imulsion.

On the 79th year of the Pendulum Wars, Gabriel Diaz is a decorated Lieutenant Colonel serving the Coalition, assigned to Vectes Naval Base – a fortress that’s seen little action despite its close proximity to UIR territory. The island’s relative quiet is disturbed when a COG special forces team known as Ghost Squad arrive with a mysterious mission to the nearby island of Knifespire: an unforgiving rock of seemingly no strategic value.

When the Ghosts send out a distress call, it’s up to Gabe to evacuate them – and what he discovers on Knifespire could change the very course of the Pendulum Wars. There, the Battle of Gatka Ridge will define Gabe’s legacy, and shape the future of his daughter, Kait Diaz.