Mass Effect: Revelation

Mass Market Paperback, 336 pages

English language

Published May 1, 2007 by Del Rey.

ISBN:
9780345498168

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2 stars (3 reviews)

Every advanced society in the galaxy relies on the technology of the Protheans, an ancient species that vanished fifty thousand years ago. After discovering a cache of Prothean technology on Mars in 2148, humanity is spreading to the stars; the newest interstellar species, struggling to carve out its place in the greater galactic community.

On the edge of colonized space, ship commander and Alliance war hero David Anderson investigates the remains of a top secret military research station; smoking ruins littered with bodies and unanswered questions. Who attacked this post and for what purpose? And where is Kahlee Sanders, the young scientist who mysteriously vanished from the base–hours before her colleagues were slaughtered?

Sanders is now the prime suspect, but finding her creates more problems for Anderson than it solves. Partnered with a rogue alien agent he can’t trust and pursued by an assassin he can’t escape, Anderson battles impossible …

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3 stars

Pulp science fiction adventure based on a video game, but not bad. The Mass Effect universe is certainly fleshed out enough to support some novelizations of the backstory. Some of the giant expository dumps at the beginning may be a bit too detailed for someone who has played through the game(s), (and who else is going to read this book), especially for someone who has read all the exposition within the game, done all the side quests, etc.

Overall an enjoyable quick summer read. I'll read the others in the series and may even read them all again before I play the conclusion to the video game trilogy.

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  • Science Fiction And Fantasy
  • Fiction
  • Fiction - Science Fiction
  • Science Fiction
  • Science Fiction - General
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