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Mass Effect™ Andromeda: Annihilation

By: Catherynne M. Valente
Narrated by: Tom Taylorson
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With a new game, Mass Effect Andromeda, set for release in 2017, the launch of a new series of Mass Effect novels is timely. The new game will take the story in a dramatic new direction and is set in a new region of space, with a new and deadly enemy.

Titan is publishing four unmissable Mass Effect novels. The novels will act as prequel and sequels to the events in the games and will become part of the overarching Mass Effect saga. These new stories, developed in close collaboration with the Bioware game team, weave directly into the action of the new game - and will reveal events kept secret over the course of game play - and will add to the canonical Mass Effect saga.

©2017 Catherynne M. Valente (P)2017 Blackstone Audio, Inc. Adventure Military Science Fiction Space Opera Fiction Game

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I loved the narration, perfectly MassEffecty - in line with established sounds of the universe.

Brilliant listening

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whatever the future holds we will take all our fears, prejudices and misguided notions with us. we can tell ourselves that we want to do better, that we are better; but the truth is we are all even the most alien of us only human.

it was a great listen

to an entertaining if fatalistic future

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In time honoured tradition, the 3 companion books for M:E A have started badly, gone through a decent middle phase, to recapturing the glory of the original trilogy. Great mix of humour, story and characters, fantastic dramatisation by Tom Taylorson and a brilliant addition to the Andromeda story. The character names, being a bit similar in parts, were difficult to keep track of in the first chapter but by the second I was already picturing their actions just like an extended cutscene, or as Yorik would prefer, in his stage rendition of Macbeth

Hire the writer for m:e A 2!

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A really good story, at first the amount of characters can be overwhelming but stick with it...the story will out...

cracking story

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Great read for Mass Effect Andromeda fans. Not on the same level as the first two Andromeda books, but thoroughly enjoyable. The narrator is incredible.

Keelah Si'yah

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Not related to the first book in the "series".
Actually it's not really a series, more like a framework.
I do not know much about the game and it's lore but i did like this book.
Interesting subject, interesting characters and i did like the message.
Most characters had a personal story and motivation.

Very interesting

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Glad to know what happened to the Quarians. The reader is superb, accents on point and effects seemingly used to very good effect!
cheers

Loved the effects! reader was fantastic, voices 👍

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It was a detective story in the end but the sci-fi details really made it come alive. There were lots of characters for such a short story, which made it impossible to figure out the bad guy (if such feat was even possible here). However some were really memorable and endearing, especially the Shakespeare loving Elcor and the VI granny. I was so sorry both were lost in the end, which is why the book gets 1 less stars for killing both my favorite characters only to torment me.

Captivating, bit hard to follow

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Yet another great story from the Mass Effect universe. Narration was excellent and the characters were well written.

Mass Effect

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having read Nexus, and finding the narration fair and the story a little drawn out, I came into Annihilation with lower expectations, particularly towards the narration. This was a mistake; Tom Taylorson not only manages an amazing range of voices for each character, he does so with amazing attention to detail; cadence, both personal and racial, is particularly well done, and each character truly has their own identity, while being immediately identifiable as to their species, exactly like voice actors in the games.

The story is interesting; I enjoyed it, but some may find the exposition moments a little long winded; I actually enjoyed this, but others have stated that it was what they enjoyed least. While the perspectives of the non-council races are well developed and true to the games, one thing that bothered me was the amount of the exposition that was framed for humans, when none appear in the story. An example is an elcor explaining something medical to a quarians, a stellar, a volus and a batarian. The elcor keeps bringing up human examples of what he's talking about first, even though it's not a common reference point for any of the characters in the scene. Several characters do this, in a variety of situations, which I feel could have been better handled; this is obviously for the reader's benefit, and out of character.

Overall, I definitely don't regret listening to this; it FELT like mass effect, with memorable characters with distinct points of view. If you're a fan, I'd recommend it, if only for the very authentic cross species bickering and banter, as performed by the amazingly talented Taylorson.

Unexpectedly brilliant

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