| In Association With... |  |
|
|
|
Mass Effect: Ascension | 
 enlarge | Author: Drew Karpyshyn
Publisher: Del Rey
Category: Book
List Price: $7.99
Buy New: $4.40
You Save: $3.59 (45%)
New (23) from $4.40
Avg. Customer Rating:  12 reviews
Sales Rank: 2444
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
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Shipping: Expedited shipping available
Condition: 100% Brand New! - Ships Today! Identical to Amazon's book in every way. Flawless! Not a cheap Remainder or Book Club Copy! *We recommend Expedited Shipping option for much faster mail delivery
|
| Also Available In:
|
| Similar Items:
|
| Editorial Reviews:
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.
|
| Customer Reviews: Read 7 more reviews...
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.
 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.
Wonderful book. August 27, 2008
Awesome read. I enjoyed how Karpyshyn dealt with the changes that the player might have caused in Mass Effect. A truly interesting story.
Yes it Does! Yes It Does!!! August 18, 2008
First of all, kudos to BioWare to making a landmark form of entertainment - producing two books that surround a video game. It's something that's never been done before.
I strongly dissagree that this book does not foreshadow the events of a sequel Mass Effect video game (originally intended to be created as a Trilogy of games.) Obviously this novel cannot come out and say "Here's what's going to happen in the next game!" That'd be a very poor method of story telling.
This book starts us off at the conclusion of the current game - the Citadel in ruins, the Alliance prominent in the eyes of the Council - at least what's left of it. Karpyshyn throws in some bad apples intent on using illegal operations to further advance the grip of humankind with some other characters from the prequel novel, and ends up creating a story that is much more streamlined and gripping than the Revelations novel. By the final page, I found myself extremely curious as to which of these new characters might become the next hero in the Mass Effect sequel. I also found myself wondering which of his new parallel conflicts might become the primary conflict in Mass Effect 2. Ascension accomplishes what all Sci Fi stories must do to survive - creates new splits in the story to allow parallel conflict.
Karpyshyn also does something unusual in story telling. Most novels seem to follow the bad guy, then follow the good guy, then suddenly the bad guy shows up and action ensues. Karpyshyn often follows the bad guy, starts the action, then reverses time, joining the good guy until the bad guy shows up "again." It's a unique strategy which helps to keep you in suspense just a little longer.
Lastly, be sure to know that this story starts with the Revelation novel, but cannot be appreciated without playing the Mass Effect video game, availalble on Xbox 360 and PC. There is simply too much storyline and technology to understand without the help of the game.
This novel was a great story, and I have never been more anxious to delve into the next Mass Effect game.
 OK, the first one was better, doesn't add much... August 13, 2008
I was looking for a nice filler between Mass Effect the game and Mass Effect 2. In the first book, you are introduced to the villain and a mystery. The action was non stop and you couldn't wait for the game to come.
This second book fails to deliver on many scales. I really couldn't feel for the characters. I felt this book was made only to fill in details about the Quarians, because in game 1 we knew so little about them. I just thought more could have been done, and the story wasn't that enjoyable. I will definitely buy the second game because I am a huge ME fan, which is why I was disappointed with this book.
If you are ME fan, you may want to read this book.
|
|
|
Powered by Associate-O-Matic
| |
