德魯·卡賓森（Drew Karpyshyn），《紐約時報》暢銷書作傢，科幻、奇幻作傢，遊戲設計師。

卡賓森是全球著名開發商BioWare公司首席作傢，為諸多遊戲編寫劇情及官方小說，代錶作有《德博之門Ⅱ·巴爾的王座》《無鼕之夜》《星球大戰·舊共和國武士》《質量效應》等。

此外，他還為威世智公司編寫過一部《被遺忘的國傢》官方小說。2他創作的《星球大戰：達斯·貝恩》係列小說，榮登《紐約時報》精裝暢銷書排行榜，被廣大星戰迷譽為有史以來最齣色的一部“星球大戰”官方小說。

《質量效應》自2007年麵世以來，受到眾多遊戲迷、科幻迷的瘋狂追捧，更值得期待的是同名動畫電影、真人電影即將上映。

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.

This novel is based on a Mature-rated video game.