Mass Effect: Retribution

Humanityhasreachedthestars,joiningthevastgalacticcommunityofalienspecies.ButbeyondthefringesofexploredspacelurktheReapers,araceofsentientstarshipsbenton"harvesting"thegalaxy'sorganicspeciesfortheirowndarkpurpose.TheIllusiveMan,leaderofthepro-humanblackopsgroupCerberus,isoneofthefewwhoknowthetruthabouttheReapers.Toensurehumanity'ssurvival,helaunchesadesperateplantouncovertheenemy'sstrengths—andweaknesses—bystudyingsomeoneimplantedwithmodifiedReapertechnology.Heknowstheperfectsubjectforhishorrificexperiments:formerCerberusoperativePaulGrayson,whowrestedhisdaughterfromthecabal'scontrolwiththehelpofAscensionprojectdirectorKahleeSanders.ButwhenKahleelearnsthatGraysonismissing,sheturnstotheonlypersonshecantrust:AlliancewarheroCaptainDavidAnderson.TogethertheysetouttofindthesecretCerberusfacilitywhereGraysonisbeingheld.Buttheyaren'ttheonlyonesafterhim.Andtimeisrunningout.Astheexperimentscontinue,thesinisterReapertechnologytwistsGrayson'smind.Theinsidiouswhispersgroweverstrongerinhishead,threateningtotakeoverhisveryidentityandunleashtheReapersonanunsuspectinggalaxy.ThisnovelisbasedonaMature-ratedvideogame.