Prepare for the Gears 5 game with this pulse-pounding mission and a whole new squad! All first printings include a download code to access the "Hivebusters Bundle," which contains the Mechanic Mac skin as well as a banner of the Hivebusters cover art. After successfully busting a Swarm hive on the remote island of Pahanu, this suicide squad will face their most dangerous mission yet—going after the Swarm that decimated the home settlement of one of their own! As Mac seeks to take revenge against the monsters that wiped out his hometown, tempers rise as Keegan and Lahni try to keep the team on track, but are they on a collision course with certain death? Set on the fictional planet of Sera, the Gears of War series charts the story of humanity's struggle against an army of monstrous, fearsome, and brutal adversaries through a captivating tale of hope, comradery, and survival.