I got this book because I love the Mass Effect series. However I was deeply disappointed. The plot was lazy, the research was non-existent, and the writing was poor quality. The author is writing from the perspective of Anderson and Sanders, and their pursuit of information about the sentient machines known as Reapers (though it inaccurately states they are pursuing Saren, long dead at the time period this book is set). They 'lose' a male teenage biotic (biotics are people that can manipulate dark energy with implants - think scientific magic) named Nick whom they are looking after when he leaves to join a terrorist group on Omega (criminal underworld on a ...  Read the complete review