The Slab (Gears of War)

The Slab (Gears of War)

MARCUS FENIX. WAR HERO. LOYAL SON. TRAITOR.

Ten years after Emergence Day, as the Locust Horde advances on humanityâ‚¬s last defended areaâ‚¬"Ephyraâ‚¬"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. Marcus, grieving for a father everyone believes is dead, is court-martialed for dereliction of duty and sentenced to forty years in the Coalition of Ordered Governmentâ‚¬s brutal maximum security prison, known simply as the Slab.

But Adam is very much alive, snatched from the destruction by the elite Onyx Guard on Chairman Richard Prescottâ‚¬s orders. Heâ‚¬s now a long way from home and in a prison of his ownâ‚¬"a COG doomsday bunker on the tropical island of Azura, a place hidden from the rest of Sera since the Pendulum Wars. His own guilty secret has been exposed: Adam knew the Locust existed deep below the surface of Sera long before Emergence Day, and were being driven from their tunnels by a lethal parasite known as the Lambent. Now he has to find a way to destroy the Lambent while the dwindling COG forces fight to hold back a growing Locust army thatâ‚¬s threatening to overrun the city.

As Adam struggles to find redemption in his comfortable island jail, Marcus seeks his own atonement in the squalid, closed world within the Slabâ‚¬s granite walls. While Dom Santiago and Anya Stroud fight to get him released, ready to make any sacrifice to free him, Marcus gradually finds unexpected kinship among Seraâ‚¬s most dangerous criminalsâ‚¬"and a way to carry on his personal war against the Locust.

Â â‚¬Å“Adam, you knew this day would come.â‚¬Â

It was a familiar voice: silky, imperial, polished, and utterly human.

â‚¬Å“Hello, Myrrah.â‚¬Â Adam Fenix found himself thinking of the terrible Locust food again. â‚¬Å“You got my message, then.â‚¬Â

â‚¬Å“And how right you were. We do need you. And we shall take you. I hope youâ‚¬re not planning anything foolish. You have responsibilities, Adam.â‚¬Â

It would be a living death. The Locust Queen would never release him, even if he developed a countermeasure. But he didnâ‚¬t deserve any better.

â‚¬Å“I also have my service pistol.â‚¬Â

â‚¬Å“And I can take your son at any time.â‚¬Â

He had the measure of her, then, and she had his. â‚¬Å“You leave Marcus out of this. Itâ‚¬s a condition.â‚¬Â He opened the desk drawer and took out the handgun, a 9mm officerâ‚¬s weapon. It made a distinctive clunk on the wooden desktop as he slammed it down. â‚¬Å“If anything happens to him, I donâ‚¬t care what happens to the rest of Sera.â‚¬Â
Country USA
Brand Brand: Gallery Books
Manufacturer Gallery Books
Binding Hardcover
ReleaseDate 2012-05-08
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781439184073

Country	USA
Brand	Brand: Gallery Books
Manufacturer	Gallery Books
Binding	Hardcover
ReleaseDate	2012-05-08
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781439184073

The Slab (Gears of War)

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