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Mass Effect: Retribution

de Drew Karpyshyn

Séries: Mass Effect (2186 CE)

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"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 galaxy's 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 humanity's survival, he launches a desperate plan to uncover the enemy's 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 cabal's 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 aren't the only ones after him. And time is running out. As the experiments continue, the sinister Reaper technology twists Grayson's 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."--P. [4] of cover.… (mais)
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Here we have another installment in the mass effect universe. The story is centred around Paul Grayson, an ex Cerberus operative, who betrayed the illusive man, escaped Cerberus’ clutches and is now working for Aria, the pirate queen of omega. It becomes evident very quickly that the illusive man holds grudges, and has been searching for Grayson for sometime.

Finally one of his assassins Kai Leng, who also features quite heavily in the third game of the series, catchers up with him and abducts him, not before he manages to be a message of to kahlee sanders with all the info he has on Cerberus. From there the mayhem starts. This book is a great addition to the universe and you get too see a lot more from the illusive mans perspective and delve into his and Cerberus back story. The story is all relevant to the game series as there is Reaper involvement with the usual disastrous consequences.

While this was a great addition to the series, I felt some of the scenes were a little drawn out and others I didn’t want to end, there were also some scenes I thought were irrelevant. One in particular comes to mind and involves a student of grissom academy which really didn’t add anything to the story line and could have been summed up in a couple of sentences.

Overall it was great and added some depth to the universe and characters which weren’t explored in the games, a definite must for fans of the series and the games. ( )
  grlewry | Sep 22, 2016 |
In this third book of the Mass Effect series, the pace and action were on par with Ascension, but I felt it did not provide enough background information as the previous book did, or as I have hoped.
I did get some kicks out of it, since I am a big fan of the game series. ( )
  Vvolodymyr | Oct 14, 2012 |
Tre saker står klart när man läser prologen till Mass Effect: Retribution: Drew Karpyshyn har ingen som helst koll på fysik, The Illusive Man (hädanefter: Tim) har taskig smak när det kommer till dricka, och Cerberus lär sig aldrig att inte pilla med saker de inte förstår.

Om vi tar de två första, småsakerna först, så kan det direkt sägas att den som vill försöka få sin moraliskt tveksamme mästerplanerare att framstå som sofistikerad inte skall låta denne dricka amerikansk starksprit. Och om man nu måste beskriva en döende stjärna som kommer förvandlas till ett svart hål bör man åtminstone läsa lite mer än inledningen till artikeln på Wikipedia, så man slipper skriva idiotier om att gravitationsfältet skulle plötsligt öka; på samma sätt bör man, om man nu prompt skall ignorera att den underliggande fysiken för kvantsammanflätning faktiskt inte tillåter informationsöverföring, kanske välja någon annan egenskap hos de parade partiklarna än laddningen att laborera med. Skall man fuska med fysik skall man i alla fall hålla fusket till ett minimum.

Nåväl, till skillnad från det obegripliga i att Cerberus kan fortsätta få tag på vetenskapsmän när alla deras experiment och projekt tycks sluta i blodbad (det kan i och för sig bero på att vi bara ser dessa när antingen Shepard eller Anderson är inblandade) så har de tidigare underligheterna inte mycket med handlingen att göra. De försök som Cerberus tänker låta explodera i ansiktet den här gången har med Reaper-teknologi att göra, ett till och med för dem ovanligt puckat val. Eftersom Tim dessutom vill kombinera detta med hämnd och därför valt Paul Grayson som försökskanin kan det inte gå annat än åt helvete: Grayson lyckas innan han fångas överlämna tillräckligt med filer till Kahlee Sanders för att hon och David Anderson skall kunna allvarligt skada Cerberus, och när han själv, infekterad med Reaper-naniter flyr måste de försöka fånga och döda honom innan han kan överföra mer kunskap till Reapers än nödvändigt.

Retribution är möjligen aningen, aningen bättre än förra boken, och det av två anledningar: man får bättre inblick i hur Reapers lyckas förvända sina offer, och trådar sedan tidigare kommer tillbaka på ett annat sätt. Hur mycket av den som kommer att vara relevant som bakgrund till Mass Effect 3 återstår dock att se. Som nöjesläsning för ickefrälsta är den dock tämligen lättmistlig. ( )
  andejons | Sep 20, 2011 |
Not as good as previous two. Getting tiring? ( )
  everfresh1 | Dec 19, 2010 |
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"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 galaxy's 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 humanity's survival, he launches a desperate plan to uncover the enemy's 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 cabal's 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 aren't the only ones after him. And time is running out. As the experiments continue, the sinister Reaper technology twists Grayson's 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."--P. [4] of cover.

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