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  • Gears of War: Aspho Fields

  • Gears of War, Book 1
  • By: Karen Traviss
  • Narrated by: Nan McNamara
  • Length: 10 hrs and 47 mins
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (42 ratings)

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Gears of War: Aspho Fields

By: Karen Traviss
Narrated by: Nan McNamara
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Summary

A New York Times bestseller! In the first of three official tie-in novels to the hugely successful videogame from Microsoft and Epic Games, the last human survivors of a vicious alien attack fight a pivotal battle for the fate of mankind.

As kids, the three of them were inseparable; as soldiers, they would be 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. There’s a new war to fight now, a war for mankind’s very survival. But while the last human stronghold on Sera braces itself for another onslaught from the Locust Horde, ghosts come back to haunt Marcus and Dom. For Marcus—decorated war hero, convicted traitor—the return of an old comrade threatens to dredge up an agonizing secret he’s sworn to keep.

As the beleaguered Gears of the Coalition of Ordered Governments take a last stand to save mankind from extermination, the harrowing decisions made at Aspho Fields have to be relived and made again. Marcus and Dom can take anything the Locust Horde throws at them—but will their friendship survive the truth about Carlos Santiago?

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admirable world - and character - building

Karen Traviss expands the massive meat hunks from the games into real flesh and bone characters. Theres themes of guilt, grief and what you find within yourself to pick yourself up and carry on, which all broadens the source material admirably.
Its perhaps slightly drawn out, with some of the action washing over the listener more than gripping them by the throat as you'd hope for with such an action focused game to draw from. Overall though this is a admirable bit of world - and character - building.

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Great

I love these books, but it’s so hard to sit down and actually read I find. Much more convenient in audible format, this is a genuine treasure narrated by the voice actress of Anya.
The only thing that would make it better is if they somehow got the whole original cast but understandably that’s not really possible.
The fact we have an original voice actor to narrate this really pays homage to the love Travis and the publisher has for Gears of War.
Thank you Karen for writing such wonderful books and thank you Nan for excellent narration.

Perfect fit for anyone who is a fan of Gears of War.

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Great story, but…

Loved Gears for as long as I can remember, and this story is fantastic. I do however wonder why they chose this narrator? She isn’t a bad narrator, she’s just not suited to this story.

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Good book

not finished listening yet but I've read the all the books and fills in a lot of the stories between games

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Excellent

This is a great auditable book, the author keeps reading the story and keeps wanting more, I can't wait for book 2!!!

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Absolutely brilliant!

As someone who loves deep lore on games, this was perfect and insightful. Great story of Marcus growing up meeting his friends and joining the army, with the current setting of them fighting the Locust and before!

Loved the narration definitely a recommend!

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great entry to a great series

A superb book that has the ability ro not only make the characters feel real, but also put you in their shoes,
a brilliant story gritty, suspenseful and epic about events carved into the history of the gaming series

gears fans will love it, and those new to the series will be drawn into it and hooked

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Love the Gears World

Bit simplistic. Pretty enjoyable. Nothing spectacular. But, if like me you loved the games, this is worth your time.

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Hope you like guess who’s talking

The story is great, I read it myself multiple times years ago and after listening to other audiobooks of books I love I was excited to give this a shot. However the voice of Nan McNamara reading doesn’t fit the tone or pitch of the soldier’s voices in the book and there’s not much definition between characters, has a great voice for Anya or the Locus Queen however

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What were you thinking.

After years of asking audible to put the Gears of War series of book on uk audible (weirdly it was available only on us), was excited to see they finally did it, excitement turned to slight disappointment when I realised it was Nan McNamara reading it and not the original David Colacci. Great story still worth a listen but not a patch on the original. Very little definition between characters which lets down the book and can distract from what is a very enjoyable book. If you can track down the originals I would listen to them.

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