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  <title><![CDATA[Mass Effect: Ascension]]></title>
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  <default-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&#8217; 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 &#8220;biotic&#8221; children harness their extraordinary powers. The program&#8217;s most promising student is twelve-year-old Gillian Grayson, who is borderline autistic. What Kahlee doesn&#8217;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&#8217;s father takes her away from the Ascension Project and flees into the lawless Terminus Systems. Determined to protect Gillian, Kahlee goes with them&#8230; 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?</default-description>
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  <original-publication-day type="integer">29</original-publication-day>
  <original-publication-month type="integer">7</original-publication-month>
  <original-publication-year type="integer">2008</original-publication-year>
  <original-title>Mass Effect: Ascension</original-title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Drew Karpyshyn]]></name>
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  <read_at>Thu Oct 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[***REPRINTED FROM MY WEBSITE SECURE IMMATURITY***<br/><br/>When you step away from fiction for half a decade like I did and then immerse yourself back into it you realize how atrophied your brain comes to simple imagination. Whether we like it or not, the world has become obsessed with the visual ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73892018">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sat Dec 20 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[For those of you unaware, Mass Effect: Ascension is a book based on a game, that is based on a prequel novel. The first novel having come out several months before the game, takes place a few years before the events in the game and introduces us to many key characters.<br/><br/>Where Revelation is...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38742559">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I expected this book to be somewhat similar to Revelation, both in the way it was written as well as the way Revelation added something to the overall Mass Effect story that was subtle, yet made you consider the game in a different way. Unfortunately, Ascension fell short for me.<br/><br/>The writ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/49097953">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Wed Aug 06 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Some of the darkest episodes in Mass Effect dealt with Cerberus, a shadowy organization who conducted illicit research and were willing to slaughter Alliance soldiers to cover their tracks.  In Mass Effect: Ascension we learn that Cerberus is headed by the Illusive Man and that their goal is to ensu...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/28854609">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Mon Jan 05 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was a very good book based off the Mass Effect Video Game. If you have played the game then you will absolutly love what Drew does with the Mass effect Universe. The Game's story effects the characters in the book, but only in the sense that it is the recent history of the world. This is a grea...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42997204">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Fri Feb 27 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[The second novel set in the Mass Effect universe. This book is even better than ME: Revelation. It's entertaining the whole way through. The ending was satisfying but it also left a few plot threads open for the second Mass Effect video game or for the next novel. <br/><br/>Even if you haven't pla...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/47211900">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="73186839">
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  <read_at>Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Another good book if you enjoy the Mass Effect universe.  Very easy to read and very enjoyable.  There are predictable plot twists and nothing about the book, as far as the writing goes, transcends the genre.  But it looks to be a good segue to the next game.  ]]></body>
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    <review id="68337580">
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  <read_at>Wed Aug 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I did enjoy this book and, having read the previous AND played the first game, I think that is because it moved the story along for me.  That said, I came away feeling like not much happened... that it really just moved players around to new positions on the game board, so to speak.  ]]></body>
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    <review id="64422779">
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    <body><![CDATA[This book had a strong beginning and middle, but lacked on follow-through. The overall feeling suffered just because it didn't feel as though it had a real ending.]]></body>
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    <review id="37649098">
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  <read_at>Sat Nov 22 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Like the other Mass Effect book I only read this one because I knew the story line from the game, since my husband and brother played it all the time before we moved out here for Law School. Anyway it was just something to read. I liked the plot, but the author I think over does his character descri...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/37649098">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="49528928">
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  <read_at>Tue Mar 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Not as bad as the first Mass Effect book. Competent, interesting if you're a Mass Effect fan, but nothing special.]]></body>
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    <review id="52915920">
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    <body><![CDATA[Not as good as the first but not too bad. Although I still want to know what a Quariun looks like under that suit.]]></body>
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    <review id="34360253">
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  <read_at>Thu Nov 06 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Im not going to get to detailish in this review because your going to get the same here from the first book, and thats not a bad thing. I played the game and enjoyed it, so naturally i picked up  the book to expand the universe of mass effect. Its about a gifted girl Gillian on the run from an organ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/34360253">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="73898001">
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    <body><![CDATA[A lot better than the previous Mass Effect novel. Very fast read that I really enjoyed.]]></body>
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    <review id="42558246">
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    <body><![CDATA[2nd book in the series.]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sun Jun 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[A wonderful little tale set in the ME universe that's far better than the first attempt.  The story focuses around Cerebus and Quarian culture, both criminally underexplored in the first game.  That alone makes it worthwhile for any ME fan.  For those not familiar with ME, its closer to 3 stars as m...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/54739647">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was a good story, and I think will be enjoyable for those who have played the game and/or read the first book (<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/search/search?q= Mass Effect: Revelation" title=" Mass Effect: Revelation"> Mass Effect: Revelation</a>). Revelation works well as a prologue to the game, but Ascension is <em>not</em> an epilogue. Either there will be more books to follow the story of Ascension, or like ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/31894954">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Tue Apr 28 13:16:03 -0700 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Tue Apr 28 13:16:03 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is the second book in the Mass Effect Series and is precursor to the release of Mass Effect 2 game for Xbox. A lot of the characters and story arch were developed in the first book and game which I think lead to a Ascension being a more interesting read than the first book.  I wouldn't recommen...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/34870770">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Fri Sep 19 03:57:35 -0700 2008</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Fri Sep 19 03:57:35 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Great story for those who have played the game.  Also, a lot of exposition for where the next game might go and an interesting take on biotics in the hands of an autistic child.  If you haven't played the game, it'd be a 3-star book, good story but pretty average sci-fi elements, with the game it ha...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/32830917">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Mon Aug 04 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Mon Aug 04 20:05:10 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I really liked this book. I am fascinated by the mass effect universe and think it is brilliant landscape of aliens, heroes, spaceships, and futuretech. If you did not play the mass effect video game you might not have the love for the universe I do and the book might not hold the same interest for ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/27358566">more...</a>]]></body>
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