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by: William C. Dietz
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Released: 2012-01-31
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An all-new adventure inspired by the award-winning videogame from BioWare!
The universe is under siege. Every fifty thousand years, a race of sentient machines invades our galaxy to harvest all organic life-forms. They are the Reapers.
Two people who know the truth are desperately searching for a way to stop the cycle: Navy admiral David Anderson and his partner, Kahlee Sanders. They have uncovered grisly evidence proving that the Reaper threat is real. But in so doing they have exposed the machinations of Cerberus, a secretive paramilitary organization, and its mysterious leader, the Illusive Man—putting David and Kahlee in mortal danger, for Cerberus will stop at nothing to protect its secrets.
But along the way, they find an unlikely ally in Gillian Grayson, a young woman with extraordinary powers. Once the subject of horrifying scientific experiments, Gillian is now free—and beginning to master her deadly abilities. But after learning that Cerberus was responsible for the death of her father, Gillian swears vengeance against the group and the Illusive Man—threatening to unravel everything Kahlee and David are fighting for.
The universe is under siege. Every fifty thousand years, a race of sentient machines invades our galaxy to harvest all organic life-forms. They are the Reapers.
Two people who know the truth are desperately searching for a way to stop the cycle: Navy admiral David Anderson and his partner, Kahlee Sanders. They have uncovered grisly evidence proving that the Reaper threat is real. But in so doing they have exposed the machinations of Cerberus, a secretive paramilitary organization, and its mysterious leader, the Illusive Man—putting David and Kahlee in mortal danger, for Cerberus will stop at nothing to protect its secrets.
But along the way, they find an unlikely ally in Gillian Grayson, a young woman with extraordinary powers. Once the subject of horrifying scientific experiments, Gillian is now free—and beginning to master her deadly abilities. But after learning that Cerberus was responsible for the death of her father, Gillian swears vengeance against the group and the Illusive Man—threatening to unravel everything Kahlee and David are fighting for.
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Mass Effect: Deception
- Mass Market Paperback: 10 pages (2012-01-31)
- Publisher: Del Rey; 2012-01-31
- Label: Del Rey
- Studio: Del Rey
- ISBN: 0345520734
- Sales Rank in Books: #5627
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196 of 202 people found the following review helpful:  Profoundly disappointing, This review is from: Mass Effect: Deception (Mass Market Paperback) Leading up to the release of this book, I re-read all three of Drew Karpyshyn's novels. I've always enjoyed them in the past, and so I wanted to see the story continue. I was mildly concerned when I saw that Karpyshyn had moved on, but William C. Dietz had a decent track record, so I figured this book would probably turn out okay.Boy, was I mistaken. As soon as I opened the book, I could tell something was wrong. I like quality writing, but I'm usually able to enjoy pretty much anything. Unfortunately the writing in this book is of extremely poor quality. In places it makes it very hard to get through. The language is sloppy, the narrative is very confused, and it's full of poor grammar. Now if this was all that was wrong with the book, I supposed I would dock it a few points and leave it at that. But this is tie-in fiction. That's where it's biggest weakness comes into play. As I read through the book, I became more and more confused. The problem is simple: the...Read more 124 of 127 people found the following review helpful: "This Thing Is An Abomination" - a wretchedly poor science-fiction novel and a dirty stain on the lore of Mass Effect, This review is from: Mass Effect: Deception (Mass Market Paperback) Although I'm a fan of science fiction and a huge fan of the Mass Effect video games, I honestly had no plans of checking out the novel Deception, but then I started to read news from others on the BioWare forums that the novel blatantly (and in some cases, horribly) altered and changed elements from the Mass Effect series canon. Hearing those reports, I decided to take a look for myself and read it... this novel is bad - it is wretchedly, horribly bad and for far more reasons that just canonical errors to the lore of Mass Effect.For someone unfamiliar with Mass Effect, many of the major canonical issues brought up by Deception to the series lore might fly over your head (like how the alien race of the quarians are suppose to be wearing environmentally-sealed suits or why a human wouldn't be allowed on the batarian home-world of Khar'Shan), but the sheer number of errors to the series on display in this novel is simply staggering and suggest a complete lack of research...Read more 99 of 104 people found the following review helpful: Absolutely Horrendous, By A. Jay (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews This review is from: Mass Effect: Deception (Mass Market Paperback) As a long-time fan of the games, I gave the novels a chance about a month ago. I ordered the first two books and chewed through them in a matter of days, immediately running out and purchasing the 3rd. After finishing, I began waiting for the 4th one, Deception. I was a little apprehensive after seeing Drew Karpyshyn's name replaced by William Dietz, but I thought I'd give it a chance anyway, securing an early copy. This is where things took a turn, and by "turn" I mean drove through the guard rail and right off the cliff.What Mr. Dietz has achieved here is nothing short of complete and utter destruction. He took a good, strong foundation of supplemental material crafted by Mr. Karpyshyn and burned it to the ground. Plagued with inconsistencies, insulting levels of retcon, and moments of seemingly non-existent knowledge of the source material, I cannot recommend this book to anyone if their intention is to actually read it. Mr. Dietz has taken something I felt very...Read more |
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