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Mass Effect: Revelation

Greetings, Mass Effect: Revelation is a novel written by the lead writer Drew Karpyshyn of BioWare’s gaming series Mass Effect. It takes place before the first game focusing on several characters, some of whom were in the series such as Anderson or Saren and others who were introduced in this book, for example Kahlee Sanders. Even if the reader hasn’t played the game, the plot and lore surrounding it isn’t that difficult to understand, nor will it prevent them from enjoying the novel.

The plot begins with the destruction of a human military base by a group of mercenaries called the Blue suns. The facility was working on a secret project which was headed by a scientist by the name Dr Qian, who seemed to lose his sanity as the experiments went further along. All the employees of the facility were killed during the massacre or so it was believed. The Alliance, the human military, send in Lieutenant David Anderson to uncover who was behind the attack. It doesn’t take him long to discover that one of the personnel, Kahlee Sanders was absent without leave and he attempts to track her down.

 

The storyline is made more complex as the humans are new to the galactic government which is ruled by alien species, one of which, the turians wish to see the human race removed from the council. This is because of their first contact in which the turians and humans fought each other in a short war before other council races could intervene. It resulted in the deaths of many on both sides of the conflict, hence there are hostilities towards each species. A ruthless and efficient turian, with strong hatred towards the humans, called Saren becomes involved in the case and forms an alliance with Anderson for the sake of convenience.

Overall I really enjoyed this book, the words flow on from each other making it an entertaining novel. I believe that it is also interesting to get a deeper insight into the storyline and explore the backgrounds of characters from the videogames. The eleventh chapter of Team X Paranormal Division is up at Warehouse 17.

Plot=8/10

Characters=9/10

Wording=9/10

Overall=8/10

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Written by Falcon, Monday 5 March 2012

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Falcon  13 year(s) ago (157 months)

Thanks for the comments, I have read a few books based off a series in another media and have found them to add to the lore as well as characters. I look forward to the other novels. :D

 
Joh  13 year(s) ago (157 months)

I've never read a book based on a video game. (only the Metro 2033 book which came before the game.) Although books like this are good so long as they are written by a writer of the game - it gives it a much more canon feel. I still need to check the first two Mass Effect games out. Glad you enjoyed the book. :]

 
Aaron  13 year(s) ago (157 months)

Glad you enjoyed it! :D

 
Brisingr  13 year(s) ago (157 months)

Cool, I may read this one in the future. If they are anything like the Dragon age books then they should be quite faithful to the series :].

Nice review!