High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Gears of War: Anvil Gate is a 2010 science fiction novel by Karen Traviss, set in the Gears of War universe. The novel is the third in a series of five, following Gears of War: Jacinto`s Remnant. The events of Anvil Gate occur after the conclusion of Jacinto`s Remnant, and focuses on Coalition of Ordered Governments` fight against the Stranded Insurgency and their uniting against the Lambent Invasion.