Mass Effect: Initiation

N.K. Jemisin · Mac Walters

Nov 2017 · Titan Books (US, CA)

About this ebook

An original novel written by Hugo Award-winning author N. K. Jemisin and Mass Effect creative director Mac Walters

Lieutenant Cora Harper joined the Systems Alliance to develop and enhance her powerful biotic talents. She was assigned to the asari commando unit Talein’s Daughters, where she honed her abilities to become a skilled and deadly huntress.

Returning to Earth, Cora finds herself a stranger among other humans, and joins the Andromeda Initiative as Alec Ryder’s second-in-command. The mission will send 100,000 colonists on a one-way, 600-year-long journey into the unknown. When essential—and dangerous—tech is stolen, Cora is assigned to recover it before it can be used against the Initiative, and end the mission before it can begin.

Ratings and reviews

I'm a big Cora fan and it was interesting to see a story through her eyes and in her head. This novel is a good tie in to the Mass Effect Andromeda game and serves as a sort of prequel to the game itself detailing events before the games start. TLDR it's a good mass effect novel,read it.

The writing style is a bit difficult to follow at times but overall a good tie in novel!

About the author

N.K. Jemisin is the author of The Inheritance Trilogy, as well as numerous fantasy, horror and science-fiction short stories and novellas. Her work has been nominated for the Hugo (twice), the Nebula (four times), and the World Fantasy Award (twice); shortlisted for the Crawford, the Gemmell Morningstar, and the Tiptree; and she has won a Locus Award for Best First Novel as well as the Romantic Times Reviewer’s Choice Award (three times).