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Karen travisss bestselling five book series for blockbuster game gears of war. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read gears of war. The slab, by karen traviss to read this day can be gained by reading this web page. The gears of war book series consists of a 5 volume series written by karen traviss and published by del ray in collaboration with epic games as well as a sixth novel titled gears of war. May 08, 2012 karen traviss has done it again, this is the fifth gears of war book and its awesome. She has served in both the royal naval auxiliary service and the territorial army. Written primarily as a prequel to the games, this book fills in the blanks on just why marcus fenix was in prison, and what is the relationship between the locust queen myrrah and adam fenix, that is alluded to heavily in gow3. May 01, 2012 ive enjoyed all of karen traviss s gears of war books so far, and the slab is no exception. Chronologically this book precedes the other four books and leads right up to the start of the original gears of war game. It whole heartedly fits into the gears of war mythos, fleshing out those characters that we have come to love through the games, and the previous karen traviss novels. She was also the lead writer on the blockbuster gears of war 3 video game from epic games. May 08, 2012 listen to slab audiobook by karen traviss. The slab book by karen traviss 5 available editions. Discover delightful childrens books with prime book box, a subscription that delivers new books every 1, 2, or 3 months new customers receive 15% off your.
As the coalition struggles to defend seras surviving humans from the invading grubs, marcus faces a court martial and a possible death penalty. Buy the slab gears of war book online at low prices in. Gears of war aspho fields is the first novel in the series of books adapted from the game franchise. Much of the series focuses on shan frankland, a figure who is caught in the middle of many conflicts. A former defense correspondent and television and newspaper journalist, she lives in wiltshire, england.
Its this simple, if you liked the games you must buy the books. It was written by karen traviss, and was published in 2008. I like just about everything karen traviss writes lots of infill, interesting and believable characters, gritty story, etc. The slab by karen traviss on paperback and find more of your favourite movietv tiein books in rarus online book store. It focused on marcus fenixs time in the jacinto maximum security prison and revealed more backstory on him, victor hoffman, adam fenix and many other characters. She has worked in public relations for the police and local government, and has served in the royal naval auxiliary service and the territorial army.
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Its dark, gritty, and has an air of hopelessness to it even though those whove played the videogames know the best result. Karen traviss has become one of the top writers of science fiction stories in recent time. The slab by karen traviss and david colacci audiobook. We personally assess every book s quality and offer rare, outofprint treasures. Her work crosses various forms of media including novels, short stories, comics, and video games. Ive finally hit my limit with karen travisss oeuvre of books based on video game franchises with the slab. Browse author series lists, sequels, pseudonyms, synopses, book covers, ratings and awards. She is best known for her work on the wesshar series but she has also written tiein stories for the star wars film franchise and the gears of war video game series.
Karen traviss has done an excellent job with the gears universe so far, and the slab is no exception. Marcus must learn to survive in an institution populated by the most dangerous dregs of society. The wesshar series is the most famous series that karen traviss has written. Gears of war the slab by karen traviss 9780356501055 for. The slab was the fifth book in the gears of war novel series. The games leave the impression that hes just a powermad jerk, but this book really shows us that hes doing the best he can in an impossible and hopeless situation. Covering the topic of marcuss courtmartial and incarceration, i knew it was going to be an intense story. The slab by karen traviss overdrive rakuten overdrive. Suggestion in selecting the best book gears of war. Ten years after emergence day, as the locust horde advances on humanitys last defended areaephyrain a bloody war that. An original novel based on the groundbreaking and awardwinning military scifiaction video game series gears of.
Dec 04, 2014 gears of war aspho fields is the first novel in the series of books adapted from the game franchise. The slab a former defense correspondent and tv and newspaper journalist, karen traviss has also worked as a police press officer, an advertising copywriter, and a journalism lecturer. Buy a cheap copy of the slab book by karen traviss. I got this book today in the mail and i cant wait to read it. She is the author of the wesshar series, and is also known for writing tiein material based on star wars, gears of war, halo, and g. Im a huge fan of gears of war and the novels made by karen traviss are amazing. Thriftbooks sells millions of used books at the lowest everyday prices. The slab, by karen traviss that is marketed in this world. After reading this book, i had to play the games again from gears of war 1 to the new game. Karen traviss is a former defense correspondent and tv and newspaper journalist.
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