Mass effect: retribution - drew karpyshyn

A New York Times-bestselling author delivers a thrilling adventure inspiredby the award-winning video game from BioWare.

Original.

Humanity has reached the stars, joining the vast galactic community of alien species.

But beyond the fringes of explored space lurk the Reapers, a race of sentient starships bent on harvesting the galaxys organic species for their own dark purpose.

The Illusive Man, leader of the pro-human black ops group Cerberus, is one of the few who know the truth about the Reapers.

To ensure humanitys survival, he launches a desperate plan to uncover the enemys strengths--and weaknesses--by studying someone implanted with modified Reaper technology.

He knows the perfect subject for his horrific experiments: former Cerberus operative Paul Grayson, who wrested his daughter from the cabals control with the help of Ascension project director Kahlee Sanders.

But when Kahlee learns that Grayson is missing, she turns to the only person she can trust: Alliance war hero Captain David Anderson.

Together they set out to find the secret Cerberus facility where Grayson is being held.

But they arent the only ones after him.

And time is running out.

As the experiments continue, the sinister Reaper technology twists Graysons mind.

The insidious whispers grow ever stronger in his head, threatening to take over his very identity and unleash the Reapers on an unsuspecting galaxy.

This novel is based on a Mature-rated video game.