Mass Effect: Revelation

Drew Karpyshyn

Aug 2010 · Hachette UK

About this ebook

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 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 odds on uncharted worlds to uncover a sinister conspiracy - one he won't live to tell about. Or so the enemy thinks.

Ratings and reviews

Having read a few of these mass effect books, and tried to give them some luv...i just find the stories and characters boring. Kahlee is as interesting as a dead fish...and andersons no better....imo halo and dragon age books are far better..if you want game based books.

I have read Drew's star wars Darth Bane novels a few years ago and he is one of the greatest and most underrated descriptive writers around. So once I learnt that he has written novels on my all time favourite game series mass effect I knew I had to buy it! I love mass effect I have completed all 3 games multiple times and have all the DLC. Drew himself was one of the lead writers for the first 2 ME games. I love the lore and story to the universe and so this book is great back story to Anderson one of my favourite characters. AMAZING book with great characters and a even more lore into the mass effect world. Must read for any mass effect fan

This has to be one of the best Sci - Fi books I've ever read and one of the most interesting stories to be told in the Mass Effect Universe, I was hooked from the first page. It acts as a prequel to the first Mass Effect game, telling the story of Anderson and how he came to know Saren. The story is fast paced and gives great insight into the characters and the driving motives behind their actions in the first game. Highly recommended read for fans of the game series and Sci - Fi stories alike.

About the author

Drew Karpyshyn is a writer/designer for games company, Bioware, and is one of the lead writers on the Mass Effect videogame. He lives in Alberta, Canada.