Reluctant_Gamer writes, "I must say that I was pretty reluctant to read a book based on a video game, no matter how awesome that video game is. I mean, come on, with the exception of most Star Wars books, stories that are based on some form of entertainment (movies/video games) suck. Luckily for us, the Gears of War book was written by Karen Traviss, who also wrote many of the good Star Wars books..."