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If you ever found yourself wondering just what happened to Gears of War hero Marcus Fenix during the Battle of Aspho Fields, a prequel novel should help fill in the blanks.
Details about the exact plot of Gears of War: The Pendulum Wars are a bit scarce, but being a prequel, it should shed some light on events obliquely referenced in the game.
Steven Kent, author of The Ultimate History of Video Games, pulls wordsmith duty for the prequel. This isn't Kent's first venture into fiction, however, having already penned three sci-fi novels about cloned Marine soldiers.
Gears of War: The Pendulum Wars [Amazon.ca, via NeoGAF]
