The name 'Enigma' is one that is whispered all across the galaxy. It is both respected and feared - someone who rivals the Shadow Broker himself in the field of information brokering. Many things about him are unknown - who he is, his motives, his origins. But one thing is certain: he is not from this universe. SI. Main story is consistent, potential AU deviations elsewhere.

Set in an AU where the Alliance Fleet liberated Shanxi much later and the battle devolves into a ground war with human guerrilla fighters engaging the Hierarchy all over the planet. This is a book written by Primarch Adrien Victus reminiscing about his experiences in the FCW, written after the reaper war. Mass Effect adaptation of Tim O'Brien's sublime book of the same title.