"Mass Effect: Initiation" Plot Synopsis

Due out on Nov 28, 2017 per Titan Books website and Amazon, and co-authored by N.K. Jemisin and Mac Walters (didn't expect that one):

"The official prequel to the hit video game Mass Effect: Andromeda. Lieutenant Cora Harper joins the Andromeda Initiative, a mission to send a fleet of colonization arks to the Andromeda Galaxy, each carrying a different council race. When key data is stolen by unknown parties, Alec Ryder personally recruits Harper to retrieve it before it can be used against the Initiative. If she fails, the Andromeda mission may be crippled before it begins. Harper is a human who has trained with the asari squad known as Talein’s Daughters, under the direction of Nisira T’Kosh herself. Yet her training may not be enough when she discovers that she can trust no one—perhaps not even Ryder himself.

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ISBN: 9781785651601Dimensions: 4 3/16” x 6 7/8”Mass market paperback: 304pp Publication date: November 28 2017All authors:
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I know there was a thread floating around about the book but didn't see it mentioned the plot synopsis.

Add the fact that the final issue of "Discovery" got moved to late October makes you wonder if another book or even DLC will be wedged somewhere between now and N7 day.

*shrugs* Seems like your run-of-the-mill plot.

I wouldn't read too much into the fact that the release date got pushed, it happens all the time.

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Aug 4, 2017 22:36:05 GMT OdanUrr said:

Due out on Nov 28, 2017 per Titan Books website and Amazon, and co-authored by N.K. Jemisin and Mac Walters (didn't expect that one):

"The official prequel to the hit video game Mass Effect: Andromeda. Lieutenant Cora Harper joins the Andromeda Initiative, a mission to send a fleet of colonization arks to the Andromeda Galaxy, each carrying a different council race. When key data is stolen by unknown parties, Alec Ryder personally recruits Harper to retrieve it before it can be used against the Initiative. If she fails, the Andromeda mission may be crippled before it begins. Harper is a human who has trained with the asari squad known as Talein’s Daughters, under the direction of Nisira T’Kosh herself. Yet her training may not be enough when she discovers that she can trust no one—perhaps not even Ryder himself.

PRODUCT DETAILS
ISBN: 9781785651601Dimensions: 4 3/16” x 6 7/8”Mass market paperback: 304pp Publication date: November 28 2017All authors:
N. K. Jemisin , Mac Walters
Electronic Arts / BioWare"

I know there was a thread floating around about the book but didn't see it mentioned the plot synopsis.

Add the fact that the final issue of "Discovery" got moved to late October makes you wonder if another book or even DLC will be wedged somewhere between now and N7 day.

*shrugs* Seems like your run-of-the-mill plot.

I wouldn't read too much into the fact that the release date got pushed, it happens all the time.

This was the original announcement from Titan Books last year:

Starting with MASS EFFECT™: NEXUS UPRISING by Jason M. Hough and K.C. Alexander on 28th March 2017, with two further novels due for summer and fall of 2017, the stories will offer fans of the blockbuster game further insights into the worlds and characters of MASS EFFECT.

The full line -up of titles is currently slated as:

MASS EFFECT™: NEXUS UPRISING by Jason M. Hough and K.C. Alexander

9781785651564 | Spring 2017 | Paperback & eBook | £7.99/$7.99 | 336pp

MASS EFFECT™: ANNIHILATION by Catherynne M. Valente

9781785651588 | Summer 2017 | Paperback & eBook | £7.99/$7.99 | 336pp

MASS EFFECT™: INITIATION by N.K. Jemisin

9781785651601 | Fall 2017 | Paperback & eBook | £7.99/$7.99 | 336pp"

"Annihilation" was rumored to be Quarian-related, so, with "Discovery" being delayed as well, there appears to be a link. Maybe it means nothing but, based on the release, schedule initially announced, it appears "Initiation" is still on its original schedule and only "Annihilation" is getting pushed back. The fact that those two publications, with Quarians as a common thread, are the only two being delayed is, to me, curious.

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Aug 4, 2017 22:36:05 GMT OdanUrr said:

Due out on Nov 28, 2017 per Titan Books website and Amazon, and co-authored by N.K. Jemisin and Mac Walters (didn't expect that one):

"The official prequel to the hit video game Mass Effect: Andromeda. Lieutenant Cora Harper joins the Andromeda Initiative, a mission to send a fleet of colonization arks to the Andromeda Galaxy, each carrying a different council race. When key data is stolen by unknown parties, Alec Ryder personally recruits Harper to retrieve it before it can be used against the Initiative. If she fails, the Andromeda mission may be crippled before it begins. Harper is a human who has trained with the asari squad known as Talein’s Daughters, under the direction of Nisira T’Kosh herself. Yet her training may not be enough when she discovers that she can trust no one—perhaps not even Ryder himself.

PRODUCT DETAILS
ISBN: 9781785651601Dimensions: 4 3/16” x 6 7/8”Mass market paperback: 304pp Publication date: November 28 2017All authors:
N. K. Jemisin , Mac Walters
Electronic Arts / BioWare"

I know there was a thread floating around about the book but didn't see it mentioned the plot synopsis.

Add the fact that the final issue of "Discovery" got moved to late October makes you wonder if another book or even DLC will be wedged somewhere between now and N7 day.

*shrugs* Seems like your run-of-the-mill plot.

I wouldn't read too much into the fact that the release date got pushed, it happens all the time.

a run of the mill plot can be made a gem. With great characters. And i always wondered how Cora and Alec were so close.

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Post by OdanUrr on Aug 4, 2017 23:58:48 GMT

Aug 4, 2017 23:06:45 GMT colfoley said:

Aug 4, 2017 22:36:05 GMT OdanUrr said:

*shrugs* Seems like your run-of-the-mill plot.

I wouldn't read too much into the fact that the release date got pushed, it happens all the time.

a run of the mill plot can be made a gem. With great characters. And i always wondered how Cora and Alec were so close.

Indeed. I only meant to say that the description does not entice me. Although the same can be said for the previous Mass Effect books so what do I know.

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Fast and agile...

Graceful, yet devastating.

Perceptive, resourceful, and relentless.

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Post by mannyray on Aug 5, 2017 0:01:32 GMT

Aug 4, 2017 22:19:40 GMT Hanako Ikezawa said:

Aug 4, 2017 22:18:27 GMT mannyray said:

Don't sweat it. I've read all the Ice and Fire books and the writing is of a higher standard than for churned out game or movie tie-ins. People who think the Star Wars EU novels are sterling examples of great genre fiction may disagree with me though.

Depends which Star Wars EU novels you are speaking

You're entitled to your opinion. You can enjoy a good burger and still understand it's not the quality of filet mignon. The EU novels, like Star Trek and other movie/tv tie-in book series can be entertaining to a degree, mostly in spite of themselves. Most authors who wrote books for these types of franchises don't generally count them among their seminal works if they score a hit critically and/or financially with an original work of their own. In other words, too many out there think their burger is filet mignon.

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Post by OdanUrr on Aug 5, 2017 0:20:43 GMT

Aug 4, 2017 22:19:40 GMT Hanako Ikezawa said:

Depends which Star Wars EU novels you are speaking

You're entitled to your opinion. You can enjoy a good burger and still understand it's not the quality of filet mignon. The EU novels, like Star Trek and other movie/tv tie-in book series can be entertaining to a degree, mostly in spite of themselves. Most authors who wrote books for these types of franchises don't generally count them among their seminal works if they score a hit critically and/or financially with an original work of their own. In other words, too many out there think their burger is filet mignon.

Have you read The Thrawn Trilogy by any chance?

Of all the things I've seen on the battlefields of the Frontier, the Pilot is the true dominant force.

Fast and agile...

Graceful, yet devastating.

Perceptive, resourceful, and relentless.

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Post by bshep on Aug 5, 2017 0:36:12 GMT

You're entitled to your opinion. You can enjoy a good burger and still understand it's not the quality of filet mignon. The EU novels, like Star Trek and other movie/tv tie-in book series can be entertaining to a degree, mostly in spite of themselves. Most authors who wrote books for these types of franchises don't generally count them among their seminal works if they score a hit critically and/or financially with an original work of their own. In other words, too many out there think their burger is filet mignon.

Have you read The Thrawn Trilogy by any chance?

Was going to ask that.

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Post by colfoley on Aug 5, 2017 0:59:38 GMT

Aug 4, 2017 23:58:48 GMT OdanUrr said:

Aug 4, 2017 23:06:45 GMT colfoley said:

a run of the mill plot can be made a gem. With great characters. And i always wondered how Cora and Alec were so close.

Indeed. I only meant to say that the description does not entice me. Although the same can be said for the previous Mass Effect books so what do I know.

indeed. I agree With you the synopsis is fairly typical but since it involves Cora Harper and Alec Ryder....I'm excited.

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Post by Arcian on Aug 5, 2017 2:24:31 GMT

Cora "Did you know I have asari huntress training?" Harper.

Aug 4, 2017 22:22:35 GMT Andrew Lucas said:

Aug 4, 2017 5:05:29 GMT colfoley said:

i actually find Martin's prose very eloquent.

One of the best writers alive, if not - the best.

I would only call him the best if he didn't take 6 years between each installment. Gotta remember the last book came out just as the first season of the show had finished airing.

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Post by mannyray on Aug 5, 2017 2:36:26 GMT

You're entitled to your opinion. You can enjoy a good burger and still understand it's not the quality of filet mignon. The EU novels, like Star Trek and other movie/tv tie-in book series can be entertaining to a degree, mostly in spite of themselves. Most authors who wrote books for these types of franchises don't generally count them among their seminal works if they score a hit critically and/or financially with an original work of their own. In other words, too many out there think their burger is filet mignon.

Have you read The Thrawn Trilogy by any chance?

Yes. I did. I enjoyed all three novels for the most part. Good burger.

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Post by Andrew Waples on Aug 5, 2017 2:42:02 GMT

You're entitled to your opinion. You can enjoy a good burger and still understand it's not the quality of filet mignon. The EU novels, like Star Trek and other movie/tv tie-in book series can be entertaining to a degree, mostly in spite of themselves. Most authors who wrote books for these types of franchises don't generally count them among their seminal works if they score a hit critically and/or financially with an original work of their own. In other words, too many out there think their burger is filet mignon.

Have you read The Thrawn Trilogy by any chance?

I don't want to derail this thread futher, but I got to ask, does old Thrawn live up to the new Thrawn? I've only experienced him in Rebels and I find him a bit underwhelming so far. He hasn't really lived up to hype, so far for me.

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Post by OdanUrr on Aug 5, 2017 2:50:47 GMT

Aug 5, 2017 2:42:02 GMT Andrew Waples said:

Have you read The Thrawn Trilogy by any chance?

I don't want to derail this thread futher, but I got to ask, does old Thrawn live up to the new Thrawn? I've only experienced him in Rebels and I find him a bit underwhelming so far. He hasn't really lived up to hype, so far for me.

Personally, old Thrawn was better. Rebels, to my mind, has a problem with undermining its villains and, consequently, constantly needing to up the ante with bigger, badder, villains.

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Fast and agile...

Graceful, yet devastating.

Perceptive, resourceful, and relentless.

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Post by OdanUrr on Aug 5, 2017 2:53:20 GMT

Aug 5, 2017 2:36:26 GMT mannyray said:

Have you read The Thrawn Trilogy by any chance?

Yes. I did. I enjoyed all three novels for the most part. Good burger.

Fair enough. Alhough I'm curious, what would be a "filet mignon" of sci-fi for you? Lem? Clarke? Asimov? Someone else?

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Aug 5, 2017 2:50:47 GMT OdanUrr said:

Aug 5, 2017 2:42:02 GMT Andrew Waples said:

I don't want to derail this thread futher, but I got to ask, does old Thrawn live up to the new Thrawn? I've only experienced him in Rebels and I find him a bit underwhelming so far. He hasn't really lived up to hype, so far for me.

Personally, old Thrawn was better. Rebels, to my mind, has a problem with undermining its villains and, consequently, constantly needing to up the ante with bigger, badder, villains.

I hope next season really lets Thrawn stretch his wings now that he has been set up and he got the information he needs. Seeing the Rebels lose time and time again against him would be great.

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Aug 5, 2017 2:24:31 GMT Arcian said:

Cora "Did you know I have asari huntress training?" Harper.

Aug 4, 2017 22:22:35 GMT Andrew Lucas said:

One of the best writers alive, if not - the best.

I would only call him the best if he didn't take 6 years between each installment. Gotta remember the last book came out just as the first season of the show had finished airing.

You would have hated Isaac Asimov, Arthur C. Clarke, Frank Herbert, etc. etc. then.

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Aug 5, 2017 2:24:31 GMT Arcian said:

Cora "Did you know I have asari huntress training?" Harper.

Aug 4, 2017 22:22:35 GMT Andrew Lucas said:

One of the best writers alive, if not - the best.

I would only call him the best if he didn't take 6 years between each installment. Gotta remember the last book came out just as the first season of the show had finished airing.

Even I would be lazy with so many characters and plot threads to work with it, but still, they're amazing.

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Post by Arcian on Aug 7, 2017 16:19:49 GMT

Aug 7, 2017 11:47:50 GMT Andrew Lucas said:

Aug 5, 2017 2:24:31 GMT Arcian said:

Cora "Did you know I have asari huntress training?" Harper.

I would only call him the best if he didn't take 6 years between each installment. Gotta remember the last book came out just as the first season of the show had finished airing.

Even I would be lazy with so many characters and plot threads to work with it, but still, they're amazing.

That they are, indeed.

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Due out on Nov 28, 2017 per Titan Books website and Amazon, and co-authored by N.K. Jemisin and Mac Walters (didn't expect that one):

"The official prequel to the hit video game Mass Effect: Andromeda. Lieutenant Cora Harper joins the Andromeda Initiative, a mission to send a fleet of colonization arks to the Andromeda Galaxy, each carrying a different council race. When key data is stolen by unknown parties, Alec Ryder personally recruits Harper to retrieve it before it can be used against the Initiative. If she fails, the Andromeda mission may be crippled before it begins. Harper is a human who has trained with the asari squad known as Talein’s Daughters, under the direction of Nisira T’Kosh herself. Yet her training may not be enough when she discovers that she can trust no one—perhaps not even Ryder himself.

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ISBN: 9781785651601Dimensions: 4 3/16” x 6 7/8”Mass market paperback: 304pp Publication date: November 28 2017All authors:
N. K. Jemisin , Mac Walters
Electronic Arts / BioWare"

I know there was a thread floating around about the book but didn't see it mentioned the plot synopsis.

Add the fact that the final issue of "Discovery" got moved to late October makes you wonder if another book or even DLC will be wedged somewhere between now and N7 day.

I wouldn't be surprised since BioWare has used comics in the past like Mass Effect: Redemption and Mass Effect: Invasion as lead-ins not only to ME2 and ME3 but also ME2: Lair of the Shadow Broker and ME3: Omega DLCs respectfully.

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Aug 7, 2017 22:47:25 GMT Cyberstrike said:

Due out on Nov 28, 2017 per Titan Books website and Amazon, and co-authored by N.K. Jemisin and Mac Walters (didn't expect that one):

"The official prequel to the hit video game Mass Effect: Andromeda. Lieutenant Cora Harper joins the Andromeda Initiative, a mission to send a fleet of colonization arks to the Andromeda Galaxy, each carrying a different council race. When key data is stolen by unknown parties, Alec Ryder personally recruits Harper to retrieve it before it can be used against the Initiative. If she fails, the Andromeda mission may be crippled before it begins. Harper is a human who has trained with the asari squad known as Talein’s Daughters, under the direction of Nisira T’Kosh herself. Yet her training may not be enough when she discovers that she can trust no one—perhaps not even Ryder himself.

PRODUCT DETAILS
ISBN: 9781785651601Dimensions: 4 3/16” x 6 7/8”Mass market paperback: 304pp Publication date: November 28 2017All authors:
N. K. Jemisin , Mac Walters
Electronic Arts / BioWare"

I know there was a thread floating around about the book but didn't see it mentioned the plot synopsis.

Add the fact that the final issue of "Discovery" got moved to late October makes you wonder if another book or even DLC will be wedged somewhere between now and N7 day.

I wouldn't be surprised since BioWare has used comics in the past like Mass Effect: Redemption and Mass Effect: Invasion as lead-ins not only to ME2 and ME3 but also ME2: Lair of the Shadow Broker and ME3: Omega DLCs respectfully.

Didn't Citadel get a comic run to as well?

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Aug 8, 2017 12:14:31 GMT Andrew Waples said:

Aug 7, 2017 22:47:25 GMT Cyberstrike said:

I wouldn't be surprised since BioWare has used comics in the past like Mass Effect: Redemption and Mass Effect: Invasion as lead-ins not only to ME2 and ME3 but also ME2: Lair of the Shadow Broker and ME3: Omega DLCs respectfully.

Didn't Citadel get a comic run to as well?

That comic series was released after Citadel DLC was out.
And it was mostly bad.

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As ME Discovery #4 being related to Quarians and so heavily delayed close to original release date, along with ME Annihilation/Lost Ark novel unofficially delayed too, we can conclude one of the two scenarios will happen.

Scenario 1, both novel and comic are DLC tie ins and are delayed heavily as DLC itself is delayed.
With merger of BW Montreal and EA Motive, a task to create SP Story DLC now goes to BW Edmonton and perhaps BW Austin. So one or both studios had to allocate manpower and resources for DLC production that had started or will start pretty late. Hence the big delays.

Scenario 2, both novel and comics were DLC tie ins, but DLC was ultimately canceled so major rewrites are in order.
Unlike DLC's, BioWare and EA had stated far in advance there will be 3 Andromeda novels and 4 ME Discovery comic issues. Originally ME Lost Ark/Annihilation and ME Discovery #4 are meant to be DLC tie ins, but due to business decision change, both are undergoing major rewrites to conclude their stories standalone.

We just have to hope for scenario 1 to be true, however we just can't ignore scenario 2 might be what actually get in the end.

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Aug 5, 2017 0:36:12 GMT bshep said: