Hounded by the Reapers and Cerberus at every turn, Commander Shepard must race against time to unite the different races of the galaxy against a common enemy if they have any hope of surviving the brutal onslaught of a millennia-old foe. But with the stakes for survival this high, some will stop at nothing to see him fail. (Rated M for Language/Violence/Adult Content)

John Shepard has only one truth left. That the cycle must be broken no matter the cost. The price will be more than anyone should have to bear but the prize is the future, for those he cares for and for all life in the galaxy.

The Collector's are all dead, and the Normandy's crew lick their wounds on the rogue station of Omega. Little do they know about the true horror of what dark conspiracies and new evils they will encounter. Blood will run, Hierarchies will burn, love shall be tested, and live's will be lost. Truly we all share the guilt for the Sins of Man.

Sequel to And the Meek Shall Inherit the Galaxy. On hiatus while author recovers from medical emergency.

This story directly continues the unfinished series "To Survive", by Calinstel, with his consent. John Shepard continues to prepare for the coming Reaper threat. Without Council support, Shepard and Tali attempt to bring peace to the Terminus Systems. If you haven't read "To Survive", I encourage you to do so.

Rebuilt over two years by a terrorist organization he swore to destroy, Commander Shepard struggles to reclaim his past, while recruiting the best the galaxy has to offer in a bitter fight against the greatest threat the galaxy has ever faced. L/V/AC

A fanfic series focusing on Shepard and Tali's friendship, romance, and love, spanning Mass Effect 1 through speculative Mass Effect 3.

Due to a shift in turian and quarian patrols, first contact for humanity is friendly; Rael'Zorah and Hannah Shepard become friends, as do their species. But the galaxy is not a safe place, and schisms develop when the Council steps in. As humanity finds new allies among the stars, something darker stirs. The Meek must beware, for it is nearly harvest time. AU, lots of worldbuilding

Sequel to The First Human Spectre, set between ME 1 (TFHS) and ME 2 (TFW). Shepard is dead. His squad mates and others have to deal with that - and with the political fallout he has created in the Alliance. Multi-PoV, mostly only loose connection between the single segments. Reading TFHS first is advised, but there is a summary of it inside.

Commander Shepard awakes amongst the ruins of the citadel, and is finally on the verge of that happily ever after he so desperately sought.

Raised by quarians, exiled from the Flotilla, Shepard left his past behind him, refusing to speak of how or why he was the way he was. One quarian becomes the first to attempt to find out everything, and more.

ME1; Tali and Shepard are viewpoint characters with romance in later chapters. Shepard has been appointed the first human Spectre, but that does not mean he will play nice with either Council or Alliance. He will catch Saren doing things his own way. Heavy anti-Alliance slant in later chapters.

Shepard is a being from a parallel universe who came to the Mass Effect Galaxy to bring Cerberus to justice after the crimes they committed against his galaxy, only to find a greater threat to not just ME's Galaxy but his own. ME1-3. AU.

Ex-N7 Commando and C-Sec agent Luke de la Vega meets a young, struggling quarian in the Citadel, unleashing a series of turning points that put both in the eye of the storm. Humor, romance and action in this story. Rated M for various reasons. Parody-kind. Dedicated to the writers who have made this such a great section of fanfiction.

Commander Shepard has been killed in a surprise attack on the Normandy. While Cerberus rebuilds him, the members of his crew attempt to move on. A bridge piece between ME1 and ME2 following the SR1 crew. Rated M for language/violence/adult content

Even though the Collectors have been defeated Shepard and the crew of the Normandy aren't safe. An old enemy waits in the shadows, one armed with something far more dangerous than a gun: knowledge.

Mass Effect 2 novelization, the life of one spectre that's seen more than his share of the galaxy's dark side. If you've already died once the question becomes what's worth living for? It's the question that will have to be answered to save a galaxy.

From the Author of "A Creed Unhinged" comes a softer look at Quarian society, their envirosuits, and the relationship between Commander Shepard and Tali'Zorah. A technical and romantic exploration of Quarian technology and cross-species relationships.