I'm currently joining a game that is going to take place in Chicago (shameless link here -
http://forums.shadowruntabletop.com/index.php?topic=18073.0), and I know very little about the back story. What I do know, is that some brother hood masqueraded as being helpful people but turned out to be bringing insect spirits to our plane of existence. Eventually, somebody dropped a nuke on Chicago and pretty much sealed it off; leaving it lawless, heavily irradiated, plagued by background counts, and overrun with all sorts of nasties (including insect spirits).
That's about all I know, but I'm curious to learn more. Specifically, history, gangs that reside there, fixer and corporate types/players, all that stuff. From I understand, Missions is based in Chicago, but I have no interest in joining that. I just need information on this stuff. So, if someone wants to give me a synopsis, that would be kind of cool, otherwise, some recommended books to read would be useful. As I only have played Shadowrun since 5th edition, I don't know what books cover all of this history and backstory stuff. So, any help or information would be much appreciated!