Mass Effect: Retribution

By: Drew Karpyshyn

Narrated by: David Colacci

Length: 9 hrs and 10 mins

Publisher's summary

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.

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Does the Mass Effect Universe justice

The book was very interesting, I loved it. After arriving home from work I would find myself sitting in the car for several more minutes just listening to the book unable to pause the book until the next day. I would recommend this book series to any sci-fi enthusiast

The best one of the series

The first two were good but I feel they were mainly written to set up this one. It was a very exciting story. And excellent conclusion to the series.

good book.

good book. exciting story and well read. i can recommend this as the third in the series.

amazing story and characters

the story and characters were on point and it gave me a deeper insight into mass effect

Nice Filler Between the Games

The common characters between the books and games gives a bit more depth to the games side characters and a bit more to the game. It is well written and a good performance.

it's okay I guess.

The story was kind of bland but not the worst I've heard. but one thing I just did not appreciate is the fact that the author continued in each book stating that all white people are gone. this just leaves a really bad taste in my mouth and I do not think I will continue this book series.

Read if you like action and Mass Effect

If you like the Mass Effect universe and want a bit more it's worth a read but doesn't dive too deep into it. Gives more insight into Cerberus, the illusive man and their experiments on humans and a few of the side characters. Its a decent fast pace quick read action thriller but hard to recommend if you not familiar with the Mass Effect lore. Good conclusion to the trilogy

Was Okay....

I like the Mass Effect video games, and I decided to give a ME novel a try. This book was surprisingly dry. It really didn't add anything to the overall Mass Effect universe.

Illogical main characters. Poorly written.

I'm not sure why I bothered to suffer through to the third book. The main characters go through extreme twists of logic to justify illogical choices. Lots of false choices presented to create drama but instead just make me reverently with someone will manage to kill the main characters off to put me out of my misery. The romance angle is horrible as well.