A Book Summary of Gears of War: Aspho Fields, a Science Fiction Novel by Karen Traviss Essay

Gears of War Aspho Fields Book SummaryGears of War Aspho Fields is set sometime during the future on a planet called Sera. Planet Sera is similar to Earth, it had the same season-cycle and it was about the same size as Earth. The main character of the story is Marcus Fenix, leader of the Delta Squad. Marcus Fenix is a brave, strong courageous man he has been a soldier serving under the COG forces for almost 10 years. The minor characters in the story are the rest of the Delta Force (Cole , Baird, Dom and Anya), Adam Fenix (Marcuss father), and the Locust Queen Myrrah. The genre of the book can be best described as a Science-Fiction, Action-Adventure Novel. The mood in the story has to be described as Sad and Dramatic. The main conflict of the book is mainly between Marcus Fenix and the Locust Queen Myrrah. 10 years before the events of the book, a strange species called the locusts invaded Planet Sera leaded by their Queen Myrrah. For the past 10 years, an army called the COG has been fighting off the Locust. A squad within the army, Delta Squad lead by Marcus Fenix is the only surviving COG soldiers alive. Now it is all up to Marcus Fenix and Delta Squad to save Planet Sera. Since Planet Sera is near to being conquered by Locust Forces, the COG army had to find a way to stop them. They later receive a broadcast message from Marcuss father (Adam Fenix) saying that he has a device called the Neuron Bomb to neutralize Locust off Planet Sera. But there was only one problem, his father was held captive under the Locust control. This meant Delta squad had to find him. The rising action starts when the Delta Squad ambushes the Locusts base where his father is held. They fight off Locust, guns blazing until they reach the fourth floor where Marcuss...

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