Seventeen years is a long time to settle into one's mistakes, it is made even longer when one can't escape them. This is Hope County, after the Fall. Part Three of A Shadow in the Valley. Sequel to Crucible

Cerberus manages to bring Shepard back to life, but he's a body without a daemon. The aliens hardly notice, but the humans, the humans call him unnatural, a demon. They can't see the dust that collects on his skin like pond scum on still water or feel the pain of a missing soul. They call him demon and he finds no lies in their assessment.