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Author: Drew Karpyshyn
Publisher: Del Rey
Category: Book

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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars

15 reviews
Sales Rank: 3552

Media: Mass Market Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 352
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 6.9 x 4.4 x 1.1

ISBN: 0345498526
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.6
EAN: 9780345498526
ASIN: 0345498526

Publication Date: July 29, 2008
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Product Description
When they vanished fifty thousand years ago, the Protheans left their advanced technology scattered throughout the galaxy. The chance discovery of a Prothean cache on Mars allows humanity to join those already reaping the rewards of the ancients’ high-tech wizardry. But for one rogue militia, the goal is not participation but domination.

Scientist Kahlee Sanders has left the Systems Alliance for the Ascension Project, a program that helps gifted “biotic” children harness their extraordinary powers. The program’s most promising student is twelve-year-old Gillian Grayson, who is borderline autistic. What Kahlee doesn’t know is that Gillian is an unwitting pawn of the outlawed black ops group Cerberus, which is sabotaging the program by conducting illegal experiments on the students.

When the Cerberus plot is exposed, Gillian’s father takes her away from the Ascension Project and flees into the lawless Terminus Systems. Determined to protect Gillian, Kahlee goes with them… unaware that the elder Grayson is, in fact, a Cerberus operative. To rescue the young girl Kahlee must travel to the farthest ends of the galaxy, battling fierce enemies and impossible odds. But how will she be able to save a daughter from her own father?

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

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5 out of 5 stars

Interesting read September 2, 2008
The first Mass Effect game is pretty awesome. Apparently, BioWare is planning to make a second Mass Effect game and this novel, like the first one, is a precursor for the second game. Ascension has familiar characters from the first novel. Many of you will remember Kahlee Sanders from the first novel. She makes a return in Ascension as a scientist helping gifted children tune their biotic capabilities. Without spoiling much, the story gets quite interesting. You read about how Kahlee and her companions get on board the Quarian colony ship. I always wonder about Quarians and their colony of ships and this book sort of explains it and I'm pretty sure it sounds like the second game will expand on this concept. Overall good book and fun to read. Definitely worth the 8 dollars, in my opinion.

3 out of 5 stars

Just for Mass Effects fans. September 1, 2008
Mass Effect: Ascension is a book purely for Mass Effect fans. If you have no idea what Mass Effect is, don't bother even considering to buy this books. The story develops pretty slow and really is not all that exciting especially the first dozen chapters. But the book was intended to advance the Mass Effect plot from the months after the ending of Mass Effect (the game) and it does a pretty good job at that. It introduces a new race, The Collectors, and gives more information on the human terrorist group Cerberous. So it's not a must read for ME fans but if you have a lot of time it's not a waste.

5 out of 5 stars

Another great book for the Mass Effect series August 30, 2008
Mass Effect: Ascension takes place after the end of Commander Shepard's adventure in the game. And it appropriately expands upon the Mass Effect universe introducing new locations while giving more background to what followers of series may already know.

Reading Mass Effect: Revelation or playing the game isn't necessary to enjoy this book. The story can stand by its self but not being familiar with the rest of series before reading it could mean missing a few references and misinterpreting a couple of events in the story.

The biggest difference between Ascension and Revelation is that in this book it feels like Karpyshyn has refined the style of writing he first used in Revelation. The characters are far more fleshed out and defined in terms of both behaviors and attitude. Locations are better described visually, including the population of the locations,and even action sequences are easier to follow.

If you are a fan of the Mass Effect series or like a good Sci-Fi space opera you will enjoy this book.

4 out of 5 stars

I want more! August 29, 2008
It has been a while since I read the first book so it took me a while to remember the back story and get the names/history straightened out. By that time, I was well into the story and enjoying it. And then it ended. Too soon and right when the momentum was really picking up. It is still a great read and I just wish that the story had gone further. Hopefully the next book will pick up where this left off and start pulling the story together between the two books.

5 out of 5 stars

Excellant! August 29, 2008
An excellant read. Explained much, much more about the Quarians and explained a lot about how Cerberus is. Who knows what else they are up to in the universe.

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