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Title: SR Fiction - Legends
Post by: AJCarrington on <03-01-16/2054:46>
Announcement is finally up on Tumblr (http://catalystgamelabs.tumblr.com/post/140304021991/legends-fiction-returns):

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Legends Fiction Returns!

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A few months into 1987 (surprisingly I can’t remember the exact month), I biked over to Desert Hobbies in Tempe AZ (long since defunct) to see if there were any new release for BattleTech. I had the 2nd Edition Box Set, CityTech, Technical Readout: 3025, Fox’s Teeth and Tales of the Black Widow Company. What would the next thing be? I was excited! Much to my shock that next thing I found was a novel: Decision At Thunder Rift.
What, a novel? For a universe I was already rapidly falling in love with? No…way…dude (said in a drawling, 15-year-old’s 80′s-style voice). I devoured the thing almost in one sitting…and well…I’ve pretty much devoured every novel since.

For Shadowrun, it was a significantly different experience, but no less impactful for its lasting measure of my enjoyment of the universe. The big exposure to those novels came when I started working at FASA Corporation in 1996. I wanted to be as helpful as I could to Mike Mulvihill (the then SR Line Developer), and so I borrowed 20 some SR novels from the FASA library and read one-a-night until I polished them off inside a month (didn’t have kids yet, so I could do that sort of stupidly-awesome marathon sprint).

Personally, professionally, in every way you can name, the BattleTech and Shadowrun novels have been woven indelibly into my life. And I’ve talked and read and discussed at endless game nights and cons with so many of you…the same applies to tens of thousands of people all over the globe.

For those that have been following us for a good long time, you might remember that three years ago we were in the process of releasing into epub the entire back catalog of BattleTech and Shadowrun novels when we had to pull them down at the request of our licensor. Three long, long years of work and negotiations and we just posted an announcement (http://www.catalystgamelabs.com/2016/03/01/shadowrun-battletech-legends-fiction-returns/) surrounding the return of these fantastic stories, rebranded as Legends. (Monster kudos to Loren Coleman for never giving up and for dealing with piles of legalities that makes my skin crawl; Blaine Pardoe for the crack in the armor; Matt Heerdt for Herculean cracking of old files and endless epub generation; Aaron Cahall for crazy reviewing and reformatting of some of the truly ancient files; David Kerber for a pile of cover graphic layouts.)

In additional to Alex Iglesias brilliant re-imagined Double-Blind cover above, we’ve got Victor Moreno slaying it with his re-imagined Shadowrun Secrets of Power Trilogy, as well as some additional new art and some great art pulled from the archives for our initial launch titles.

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So whether you’re brand new, coming back after a hiatus, or just looking for epubs to read on your e-reader of choice of books still on your shelf, it’s a brilliant time to leap in and grab these wonderfully, seminal action adventures!

There is also a dedicated page on the SR website:

LEGENDS (E-PUB FICTION) (http://www.shadowruntabletop.com/legends-e-pub-fiction/)
Title: Re: SR Fiction - Legends
Post by: The Tekwych on <03-01-16/2200:25>
Great start! Thank You. Now I need Changeling, 2XS, Striper Assassin, Shadow Play, Fade to Black, House of the Sun... ;D

Even if it is a book a week, I can keep up. Give 'em all to me. Now. Right Now! {starts to change into a Tiger}
Title: Re: SR Fiction - Legends
Post by: Dinendae on <03-01-16/2352:06>
Sweet! This has me jonesing for a 5th edition version of the 2050 rules supplement (in English, of course).
Title: Re: SR Fiction - Legends
Post by: PiXeL01 on <03-02-16/0051:13>
Sweet! This has me jonesing for a 5th edition version of the 2050 rules supplement (in English, of course).

I'm in on that!
Title: Re: SR Fiction - Legends
Post by: PiXeL01 on <03-02-16/0716:12>
In any case this is Bliss ... I had completely forgotten how this story unfolded and who took part in it. I guess my age is showing but who cares
Title: Re: SR Fiction - Legends
Post by: Celestial on <03-04-16/2246:19>
I purchased the first Legends book on Amazon, but the latter two Legends books have yet to show up.  I'll check again next week.
Title: Re: SR Fiction - Legends
Post by: DeathStrobe on <03-04-16/2342:32>
I purchased the first Legends book on Amazon, but the latter two Legends books have yet to show up.  I'll check again next week.

If you get them off DriveThru you get an epub and mobi version. You can email your kindle the mobi version, or if you have an iDevice you can upload the epub version to your phone/tablet to read there. After I learned this I stopped seeing a reason to buy SR books off of the kindle store.
Title: Re: SR Fiction - Legends
Post by: PiXeL01 on <03-17-16/1836:00>
Out of curiosity did Mexico change name first to Atzlan and then Aztlan? Or hadn't they decided the name when Secrets of Power was being written?
Title: Re: SR Fiction - Legends
Post by: Crimsondude on <03-17-16/2007:49>

Atzlan

Common typo.
Title: Re: SR Fiction - Legends
Post by: The Tekwych on <03-23-16/2146:31>
Finished the first three (again).

More Please! ;D

I'm picking up the Battletech ePubs as well (drivethrough must love me) but my focus is SR so...

More Please! ;D

Thanks again for pushing this project through
Title: Re: SR Fiction - Legends
Post by: PiXeL01 on <04-14-16/1855:32>
Any word on when more SR legends will be released?
Title: Re: SR Fiction - Legends
Post by: ScytheKnight on <04-14-16/2106:23>
Any word on when more SR legends will be released?

Indeed, there's been a steady stream of Battletech releases, but Shadowrun seems to have been forgotten...  :'(
Title: Re: SR Fiction - Legends
Post by: Critias on <04-14-16/2308:34>
Any word on when more SR legends will be released?

Indeed, there's been a steady stream of Battletech releases, but Shadowrun seems to have been forgotten...  :'(
I assure you, it hasn't been.  There's more covers a-comin', we just can't say how many or when.
Title: Re: SR Fiction - Legends
Post by: PiXeL01 on <04-15-16/0006:35>
One every or every other month would be perfect ^^
Title: Re: SR Fiction - Legends
Post by: DeathStrobe on <04-15-16/0011:02>
I started to read Never Deal with a Dragon and it's good. Like REALLY good.

I don't mean to knock the new writers, because I do enjoy the new novels. But my biggest complaint about the new novels is that they seem to be too high level. Like there is a lot of world building going in to Never Deal with a Dragon, and there is world building in stuff like Borrowed Time, but it doesn't feel as fleshed out. Like when Winterhawk has to deal with those ghouls, I thought that was kind of a nice touch instead of just murdering them outright. But my problem is, like why are the ghouls there? How did they get there? In Never Deal with a Dragon, they'll go and give a quick reason why to help explain the world. Like I already know what a BTL is, but having a quick paragraph to explain it to the reader as well as the social ramifications of it, that's world building.

When I read the new novels, it sometimes feels like things are happening to the characters because something needs to happen to them. Like Elijah needs to go to Amazonia for...something, I can't remember what off of the top of my head, and so suddenly, they're hunted down by every gang in the city with a large firefight. There were little things, like seeing the firefight from the ganger's perspective that made it enjoyable. But I don't recall the context for why the fighting started in the first place or how the ganger's knew other than through deus ex machina. The worst part was when they drove through the rainforest and were being harassed by the local indian tribes for seemingly no reason.

I'm just ranting, I'm confident I couldn't do better myself...as I've tried to start writing several times and always lose steam and focus. But I like the novels because they give context to the Sixth World and the SR rule set. I think that's why I really enjoy the short fiction in the sourcebooks more. Because it really helps sell it.
Title: Re: SR Fiction - Legends
Post by: AJCarrington on <04-15-16/1000:35>
Any word on when more SR legends will be released?

Indeed, there's been a steady stream of Battletech releases, but Shadowrun seems to have been forgotten...  :'(
I assure you, it hasn't been.  There's more covers a-comin', we just can't say how many or when.

A quick note to follow up on this. CGL is commissioning new covers for all the novels...that is the main "delay" in getting more of the Legends novels released.
Title: Re: SR Fiction - Legends
Post by: AJCarrington on <05-09-16/1153:00>
Per Randall's post (https://www.facebook.com/shadowruntabletopgame/posts/10154155748309591) on FB, looks like things are set up ot start rolling these out on a weekly basis (like we've been seeing with the BT line).

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Finally have Shadowrun Legends epubs at a place where we can start rolling them out every Tuesday. Email off to first author for a post. rnb
Title: Re: SR Fiction - Legends
Post by: The Tekwych on <05-10-16/0109:55>
Great News! Now, 5.00 per book and 40 books. Can I just send Randel 200.00 Now.
Title: Re: SR Fiction - Legends
Post by: AJCarrington on <05-10-16/0713:42>
Night's Pawn is now available:

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For years, Jason Chase was at the head of the pack, shadowrunning with the best in the business. When time dulled his flesh and cybernetic edge, he knew it was time to get out, or get dead.

Now, his past has come back to haunt him. To protect a young girl from the terrorists who want her dead, Chase must rely on his years of experience, and whatever his body has left to give. And everything he's got, he'll need as he comes face-to-face with a part of his life he thought he'd left behind, and an enemy left for dead.

DTRPG (http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/182718/Shadowrun-Legends-Nights-Pawn)
BattleShop (http://www.battlecorps.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=3586)

 ;D ;D
Title: Re: SR Fiction - Legends
Post by: ScytheKnight on <05-10-16/0806:18>
Do we know if the Legends going forward are just going to be sold individually, or are they going to do compilations at some point?
Title: Re: SR Fiction - Legends
Post by: AJCarrington on <05-10-16/1121:15>
I'm not in aware of any compilations that are planned...individual, digital releases as far as I can tell.
Title: Re: SR Fiction - Legends
Post by: AJCarrington on <05-17-16/0715:46>
Never Trust an Elf is now available.

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Some say that the dragons are the most powerful beings on Earth. Certain elves disagree with that belief in the strongest, most violent terms.

An ork of the Seattle ghetto, Kham usually worries about more mundane problems. Day-to-day existence in the now magically active world of 2053 is tough enough. But all that is about to change.

Drawn into a dangerous game of political and magical confrontation, Kham not only learns to never deal with a dragon--he also discovers that trusting an elf may leave you dead....

(This zip file contains two versions of Never Trust an Elf: one epub file (for use with many popular e-readers) and one azw file (for use with the Amazon Kindle). This book is based on an advanced reader copy of the novel, and may differ slightly in some places from the version published in 1992.)

BattleCorps (http://www.battlecorps.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=2587)

DTRPG (http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/83474/Shadowrun-Legends-Never-Trust-an-Elf?src=slider_view)
Title: Re: SR Fiction - Legends
Post by: odd on <05-17-16/0821:51>
An anti-elf book, I can get behind that.
Title: Re: SR Fiction - Legends
Post by: PiXeL01 on <05-17-16/0845:09>
With each book that lands more plot ideas are (re)discovered
Title: Re: SR Fiction - Legends
Post by: AJCarrington on <05-24-16/0657:46>
This week, Striper Assassin, by Nyx Smith:

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Prey For The Hunter

For the world of humans knows her as Striper, the deadly Asian assassin and kick-artist. She has come to the City of Brotherly Love seeking revenge and made it her killing ground. But she is not the only predator stalking the dark underbelly of the Philadelphia metroplex. There are other hunters prowling the night, and some possess a power even greater than hers.

Some may even want her dead.

When the moon rises full and brilliant into the dark pall of the night, the bestial side of her nature battles for dominion, demanding vengeance and death.

Who will survive?

Who dares to hunt the hunter?

BattleCorps (http://www.battlecorps.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=3591)

DTRPG (http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/183839/Shadowrun-Legends-Striper-Assassin?src=slider_view)
Title: Re: SR Fiction - Legends
Post by: Shadowjack on <05-24-16/1951:42>
Are there any plans to make physical copies of these books? I would buy them all.
Title: Re: SR Fiction - Legends
Post by: DeathStrobe on <05-25-16/0039:44>
I thought the novels were going to have new cover art. I mean, they're not the old novel's art, but they're not new original art, like the Secret of Power trilogy got. I guess I can't really knock it, but it is a bit disappointing. But I'd rather be able to pick these novels up then not, so its not really a deal breaker or anything.
Title: Re: SR Fiction - Legends
Post by: ScytheKnight on <05-25-16/0051:59>
Yeah, just reusing stuff from Crossfire... which was probably reusing stuff.
Title: Re: SR Fiction - Legends
Post by: Crimsondude on <05-25-16/0134:05>
Are there any plans to make physical copies of these books? I would buy them all.

The official announcements only mention their availability in e-book formats.
Title: Re: SR Fiction - Legends
Post by: AJCarrington on <05-25-16/0843:03>
I thought the novels were going to have new cover art. I mean, they're not the old novel's art, but they're not new original art, like the Secret of Power trilogy got. I guess I can't really knock it, but it is a bit disappointing. But I'd rather be able to pick these novels up then not, so its not really a deal breaker or anything.

They are new covers, but not necessarily new art. :-\
Title: Re: SR Fiction - Legends
Post by: PiXeL01 on <05-25-16/1148:45>
The Never Deal with an Elf cover is from State of the Art (SR3), while the ork gun adept on the striper cover is from either SR3 or SR4.
But yes, I'm disappointed too actually. Might as well have used the original art then
Title: Re: SR Fiction - Legends
Post by: Shadowjack on <05-25-16/1153:22>
Are there any plans to make physical copies of these books? I would buy them all.

The official announcements only mention their availability in e-book formats.

Thanks!
Title: Re: SR Fiction - Legends
Post by: Sendaz on <05-28-16/0213:51>
Is it wrong I was hoping there would be a typo on the cover so it finally reads as 'Stripper Assassin' as so many of us originally misread it as that over the years? ;)

even to this day some make that error (http://www.nobleknight.com/ProductDetail.asp_Q_ProductID_E_2147476647_A_InventoryID_E_0_A_ProductLineID_E_2137417914_A_ManufacturerID_E_23_A_CategoryID_E_0_A_GenreID_E_226)
Title: Re: SR Fiction - Legends
Post by: Shadowjack on <05-29-16/1753:40>
Is it wrong I was hoping there would be a typo on the cover so it finally reads as 'Stripper Assassin' as so many of us originally misread it as that over the years? ;)

even to this day some make that error (http://www.nobleknight.com/ProductDetail.asp_Q_ProductID_E_2147476647_A_InventoryID_E_0_A_ProductLineID_E_2137417914_A_ManufacturerID_E_23_A_CategoryID_E_0_A_GenreID_E_226)

First he loses his clothes, then you lose your life.
Title: Re: SR Fiction - Legends
Post by: AJCarrington on <05-31-16/1929:57>
This week, Worlds Without End, by Caroline Spector:

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Spawned in the realm between the worlds, a Horror comes.

Defeated in battle centuries before by the elven mage Aina, it walks again, seeking vengeance on the mortal lands.

If Aina fails to convince the courts of Tir na nOg and Tir Tairngire of the danger, she will have to face the Horror alone once more--or watch the world end.

BattleCorps (http://www.battlecorps.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=3602)

DTRPG (http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/184299/Shadowrun-Legends-Worlds-Without-End)
Title: Re: SR Fiction - Legends
Post by: Crimsondude on <05-31-16/1938:33>
/shoulders slump
Title: Re: SR Fiction - Legends
Post by: AJCarrington on <05-31-16/2133:50>
???
Title: Re: SR Fiction - Legends
Post by: The Tekwych on <05-31-16/2316:12>
This book was so much better after I had read the Earthdawm prequels.
Title: Re: SR Fiction - Legends
Post by: PiXeL01 on <06-01-16/0034:47>
What prequels would that be?
Title: Re: SR Fiction - Legends
Post by: Sendaz on <06-01-16/0418:09>
What prequels would that be?
There was two Earthdawn novels that form the rest of the Immortal Elf trilogy, Scars and Little Treasure.

@AJ  maybe CD is down because WwoE is like 18th on the list of SR novels, so we have seen works by Charrette, Dowd and Nyx re-released but nothing of the Findley collection predating Spector's book.

Did CGL get the permissions to use Findley's works again or is it still tied up?
Title: Re: SR Fiction - Legends
Post by: The Tekwych on <06-01-16/0911:12>

Did CGL get the permissions to use Findley's works again or is it still tied up?

I hope they did. Need me some 2XS. What I am most look forward to is Changeling as it is missing from my dead tree set.
Title: Re: SR Fiction - Legends
Post by: Crimsondude on <06-01-16/1415:04>
@AJ  maybe CD is down because WwoE is like 18th on the list of SR novels, so we have seen works by Charrette, Dowd and Nyx re-released but nothing of the Findley collection predating Spector's book.
Nope.
Title: Re: SR Fiction - Legends
Post by: Sendaz on <06-01-16/1558:03>
@AJ  maybe CD is down because WwoE is like 18th on the list of SR novels, so we have seen works by Charrette, Dowd and Nyx re-released but nothing of the Findley collection predating Spector's book.
Nope.
So just Aina then?
Title: Re: SR Fiction - Legends
Post by: PiXeL01 on <06-01-16/1853:48>
What prequels would that be?
There was two Earthdawn novels that form the rest of the Immortal Elf trilogy, Scars and Little Treasure.


Sadly I can't find Little Treasures as an E-book :/

...

Yeah, I was surprised the World Without End was released now too. Maybe it has more to do with when they have art ready than licenses.
Title: Re: SR Fiction - Legends
Post by: The Tekwych on <06-01-16/2057:14>
Sadly I can't find Little Treasures as an E-book :/
Did you find Scars? I have The Longing Ring, Mother Speaks, Poisoned Memories in ePub.
Title: Re: SR Fiction - Legends
Post by: PiXeL01 on <06-02-16/0526:34>
http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/84605/Scars-An-Earthdawn-Novel

It's on Drivethrurpg at least
Title: Re: SR Fiction - Legends
Post by: The Tekwych on <06-02-16/1030:06>
Thanks, Totally missed the series over there.
Title: Re: SR Fiction - Legends
Post by: PiXeL01 on <06-07-16/0600:33>
Fade to Black is out.

http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/184916/Shadowrun-Legends-Fade-to-Black?src=slider_view
Title: Re: SR Fiction - Legends
Post by: PiXeL01 on <06-07-16/0610:22>
For the readers of German Little Treasures is actually available in that language on Drivethrurpg
Title: Re: SR Fiction - Legends
Post by: The Tekwych on <06-13-16/2150:52>
This week's title:
Shadowrun Legends: Fade to Black (http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/184916/Shadowrun-Legends-Fade-to-Black?src=newest) DriveThrough
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In 2055, Newark is an over-crowded urban nightmare populated by hordes of SINless indigents. Millions live in abject poverty. Violence is rampant. Brutal gangs and vicious criminals control many sections of the city like feudal lords.

Amid this harrowing landscape, Rico gathers his team: Shank, Thorvin, Piper, and the eccentric shaman known as Bandit. The job is to free a man from a corporate contract that is the moral equivalent of slavery, but that is only the beginning. The runners' diverse skills and talents are swiftly put to the test. Rico's challenge is to keep the team alive as they sort through a maze of corporate intrigue and misdirection, but without discarding honor, for without honor a man is nothing.

Honor alone distinguishes a man from the ravaging dogs that fill the streets, and as the runners soon learn, the price of honor is high.
Title: Re: SR Fiction - Legends
Post by: AJCarrington on <06-14-16/0958:06>
Also from BattleCorp (http://www.battlecorps.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=3610). ;)

(http://66.media.tumblr.com/691eb5b6c350ceb127f848ea61d6a5df/tumblr_inline_o8tlosXgTP1s9c9hj_500.png)
Title: Re: SR Fiction - Legends
Post by: The Tekwych on <06-14-16/2011:06>
Oh, Yes! Burning Bright as well.
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MISSING: Mitch Truman, heir apparent to an entertainment megacorporation. He may have fled his parents for the sake of love, but if magic is involved the reason could be darker...

WEALTHY: Dan Truman, CEO of media giant Truman Technologies, doesn't care how much it costs--he wants his son back. He'll hire the best to find his heir, even if their motives are suspect...

EXPERIENCED: Kyle Teller's done this job before. He knows the tricks of the trade, and not only because he's a mage. He thinks finding the missing boy will be easy. Why shouldn't it be?

But will money and experience be enough to defeat the terrible power growing beneath the city of Chicago?

Do you have the cover art for Fade to Black?
Title: Re: SR Fiction - Legends
Post by: AJCarrington on <06-14-16/2121:50>
Fade to Black cover:

(http://67.media.tumblr.com/aea1da2173aa1d94b7f8e4b4fd5d67b1/tumblr_inline_o8evb2z3sF1s9c9hj_500.png)
Title: Re: SR Fiction - Legends
Post by: AJCarrington on <06-21-16/2013:28>
Just Compensation, by Robert N. Charrette:

(http://www.battlecorps.com/catalog/images/E-CAT27809_Just-Compensation.jpg)

WASHINGTON IS BURNING!

Andy is happy as a shadowrunner wannabe, but when he accidentally gets involved with real runners, the game of Let's Pretend is over. So is his safe corporate life. Andy's half brother, UCAS Army Major Tom Rocquette, has some doubts about what he's involved with too. Why, for example, is he being ordered to mercilessly massacre the Compensation Army, a group that, like him, only seeks justice?

Andy and Tom, along with runners Markowitz and Kit, are finding out things that could put many lives in danger and point to a sinister web of dirty politicians, dishonorable officers, and misused tech and magic--a conspiracy that could dismantle the UCAS government! Can Andy and Tom find enough evidence to prove it--and stop it--before the nation's capital is buried under a heap of bloody corpses...?

BattleCorps (http://www.battlecorps.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=3618)

DTRPG (http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/186147/Shadowrun-Legends-Just-Compensation)
Title: Re: SR Fiction - Legends
Post by: DeathStrobe on <06-22-16/0033:12>
Is that new art? I don't remember seeing it before.
Title: Re: SR Fiction - Legends
Post by: PiXeL01 on <06-22-16/0327:31>
A very pleasant surprise if it is. It is very fitting for once too
Title: Re: SR Fiction - Legends
Post by: Crimsondude on <06-22-16/1645:52>
Is that new art? I don't remember seeing it before.

Yes. It's much more accurate to the story than the original cover art.
Title: Re: SR Fiction - Legends
Post by: AJCarrington on <06-28-16/0817:17>
Dead Air, by Jak Koke, is now live:

(http://67.media.tumblr.com/a6aad5d6c3694300cebfe113124fbeef/tumblr_inline_o9hg8ra4wg1s9c9hj_500.png)

Jacked-In, Revved-Up, And Armed To The Teeth

It's fast and furious inside the Combat Biker maze, where armor-plated hogs and juiced-up rice grinders blast, pound, and pummel each other for points. But it's just barely up to speed for Jonathon and Tamara, two elven bikers at the head of the Los Angeles Sabers. With a simsense link between them that allows them to act virtually as one, they're been tearing up the league and making headlines.

But all that changes when Tamara takes a brutal hit from the cyberspurs of Dougan Rose, lead linebiker for the New Orleans Buzzsaws and the most respected player in the league. When Tamara gets slammed, Jonathon's out for revenge. But it isn't going to be easy. Because there's a lot more to this sabotage than meets the eye - and if the megacorp agents, simsense industry operatives, and hostile mages don't kill him, the truth probably will....

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Title: Re: SR Fiction - Legends
Post by: AJCarrington on <07-05-16/0709:41>
Another week, another release: Steel Rain, by Nyx Smith:

(http://66.media.tumblr.com/473e98b563aa3ddb848209068d09e741/tumblr_inline_oaa3qwj47L1s9c9hj_500.png)

Sword Of The Serpent

Machiko is second-in-command of the Green Serpent Guard, an elite corps of Elven samurai who are sworn to defend the Chairman of Nagato Corporation. But she soon gets a promotion - after her superior is ruthlessly cut down in a slew of attacks aimed at the famous Guard itself.

Only the wealthiest can afford assassins with enough muscle to take on the Green Serpent Guard, and Machiko turns up evidence that points ot Nagato's biggest rival, Fuchi Corp. It looks like Fuchi has designs on Nagato's sensitive research division, where the incredible future of the communications matrix is taking shape. When magical attacks and sabotage begin taking out more of Nagato's personnel, things between the two megacorporations really heat up. But behind the growing hostilities with Fuchi looms a more sinister threat, requiring far more of Machikos talents than her flashing sword. And staying alive may require defeating a high-tech foe with virtually unlimited powers - and absolutely no mercy ....

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Title: Re: SR Fiction - Legends
Post by: Sendaz on <07-05-16/1240:06>
Hmmm...

I have been liking a lot of the new cover art and while the new one for Steel Rain is nice, the older version is still my fav of the two.

It's a good read and glad to see it's back for others to get.
Title: Re: SR Fiction - Legends
Post by: PiXeL01 on <07-05-16/2017:54>
It's a beautiful piece of art. It surprised me actually. Now what is Pegasus? Maybe I should just read the book (again) and see if it is mentioned ...
Title: Re: SR Fiction - Legends
Post by: The Tekwych on <07-05-16/2214:08>
Yeah. This is the first time I.m feeling a total disconnect between the story I remember and the new artwork. I.m not saying its bedbug the tone is very different from that of the book.

This is one of the better stories of these early novels though but that need not be stated once you see the name Nyx Smith. Those will always be great reads.
Title: Re: SR Fiction - Legends
Post by: Marzhin on <07-13-16/1825:37>
No Legend this week, or have I missed something?
Title: Re: SR Fiction - Legends
Post by: PiXeL01 on <07-14-16/0046:19>
The impression I got from the FB post was that maybe they accidentally released the same one
Title: Re: SR Fiction - Legends
Post by: AJCarrington on <07-14-16/0718:30>
Not sure about any Legends releases this week...the Tumblr post that went live last night refers to the releases from last week.
Title: Re: SR Fiction - Legends
Post by: TonyK on <07-19-16/1354:17>
Not sure about any Legends releases this week...the Tumblr post that went live last night refers to the releases from last week.
Been checking BattleShop and DriveThru - last Legends fiction up is Steel Rain, and waiting for the newer novels to pop up.
Title: Re: SR Fiction - Legends
Post by: PiXeL01 on <07-27-16/1033:47>
So ...Legends dead in the water.
Is that a permanent decision or just until the cons are over?
Title: Re: SR Fiction - Legends
Post by: AJCarrington on <07-27-16/1620:13>
Not dead...they just dropped 3 BT novels. Releases have been delayed but still coming, AFAIK.
Title: Re: SR Fiction - Legends
Post by: PiXeL01 on <07-27-16/1849:36>
That's what I was referring to basically. There's a steady stream coming out of the BT office but nothing in our side the past weeks. Steel Rain was the last and was three weeks ago. However, BT's been getting theirs every week
Title: Re: SR Fiction - Legends
Post by: AJCarrington on <08-03-16/0741:36>
New release, Stranger Souls by Jak Koke:

(http://67.media.tumblr.com/97ba2f1a66e05e8d9498080a8d08fe18/tumblr_inline_obpkbqSu2m1s9c9hj_500.png)

DEATH OF A DRAGON

Dunkelzahn the dragon's election as President of the United Canadian American States promised the dawn of a new era. But the hopes of a nation disintegrate with the powerful explosion that assassinates him. On that same fateful evening Dunkelzahn's most trusted special agent, Ryan Mercury, is on a secret mission of great urgency involving dangerous magic. And only a miracle can save the world from total destruction...

In this first book of the Dragon Heart Saga, Dunkelzahn's murder shocks the Awakened-world. Rumors and suspicions run rampant as shadowrunners, Secret Service agents, and megacorp execs scramble for the reins of power. Open these pages to see the story behind the great dragon's death and the beginning of a new adventure...

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Title: Re: SR Fiction - Legends
Post by: Crimsondude on <08-03-16/1833:17>
Yeah, I'm just gonna say flat out that I love this book.
Title: Re: SR Fiction - Legends
Post by: The Tekwych on <08-03-16/2035:05>
For me, with this book, Jak brought back an energy, a determination, to the series that had started to fade. This trilogy brought back that felling of 'this is required reading' that the first ~10-12 books gave me.
Title: Re: SR Fiction - Legends
Post by: DeathStrobe on <08-03-16/2352:08>
I don't want every book to have insane world changing metaplot events as the Dragonheart Saga, but I would like it if the new novels did have some impact on the metaplot. Anyway, I've never read this book, but there is enough talk about it here that I have a good idea of what happens.
Title: Re: SR Fiction - Legends
Post by: Crimsondude on <08-04-16/0039:19>
To be fair, they raid Aztechnology's Delta clinic just after it had been revealed that any existed, and there were only six, in the middle of the novel and it's not even in the top five craziest things to occur
Title: Re: SR Fiction - Legends
Post by: AJCarrington on <08-10-16/1050:41>
This week, Shadowboxer, by Nicholas Pollotta:

(http://67.media.tumblr.com/967a67e7af76b907763aa827cfd36ed7/tumblr_inline_obpkbuRIc91s9c9hj_500.png)

Too Hot To Handle

For Two Bears, a dwarf mercenary accustomed to running the shadows, the job sounded like an easy way to make a huge stack of cash: track down and discover the meaning of the word "IronHell." But when the decker he approaches for help gets her brain fried on the Matrix, Two Bears konws he's up to his stout little shoulders in drek.

Too Cool To Give Up

Realizing that IronHell must be the title of something - or somebody - very powerful, Two Bears looks for some backup to make sure he gets through this job alive. He lines up a street troll called Thumbs, a slick decker named Silver, a suit-wearing samurai called Delphia, and Moonfeather, a magic-wielding disciple of the Cat totem. Together they blast their way through a stream of megacorp] operatives, giant meta-beasts, and high-tech pirates, desperate to unravel the incredible secret of IronHell - before it unravels the world ....

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Title: Re: SR Fiction - Legends
Post by: The Tekwych on <08-11-16/0121:22>
Great book with an ending that I did not predict until it was tight in front of me. The new cover art is a great choice for this book
Title: Re: SR Fiction - Legends
Post by: AJCarrington on <08-17-16/1044:46>
This week, Blood Sport, by Lisa Smedman:

(http://67.media.tumblr.com/99028aa62b766bb4df6a30ec3ee66d3e/tumblr_inline_oc2m2kRcEM1s9c9hj_500.png)

Let The Games Begin

Mama Grande streaked through Leni's life like a bad dream. She arrived out of nowhere, claiming to be the ex-Lone Star detective's grandmother. She prophesied rivers of blood and an earth in flames. But her murder was even more bizarre: she died at the hands of two Yucatán missionaries hiding a secret of the Gods.

With combat biker wannabe Rafael in tow, Leni dives into Mama Grande's past... and hurtles into the dark heart of Aztlan - where human sacrifice is all the rage, and where ancient ceremonial games could trigger the end of the world. Are they crazy cultists of true harbingers of doom? The closer Leni and Rafael get to the answer, the nearer they move to the brink of oblivion. Either way, their futures could be cancelled...

Note: This digital edition includes ePub and Mobi (Kindle) versions of the novel.

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Title: Re: SR Fiction - Legends
Post by: Marzhin on <08-22-16/1212:58>
The last couple of Legends releases didn't ring a bell -- turns out these particular novels were never translated in French. So for me it's like discovering a brand new SR novel  ;D
Title: Re: SR Fiction - Legends
Post by: AJCarrington on <08-23-16/0754:19>
The week, Technobable, by Stephen Kenson:

(http://67.media.tumblr.com/0378cbb52b27e433f426e1bdfe60f312/tumblr_inline_ocqddyGhq01s9c9hj_500.png)

A MEGA-BYTE BLOW-OUT IN 21ST CENTURY BOSTON

He awoke in a body bag, his brain fried, a black hole where his memory should be. If not for the cool carbon-fiber blade concealed in the bones of his arm, he would've been dead for sure. But Michael Bishop--a.k.a. Babel, messiah of the Matrix--is back in the game.

Renraku Computer Systems has defied the accords of the Corporate Court. Now they must decipher the secrets of the otaku--and Babel is the technoshaman reborn for the job. But Netwalking in the shadows of the electron jungle means initiation into deadly megacorporate intrigue--and discovering more about Babel's own team than he fears he should know. As allies become adversaries, Babel breaks through the dreaded black ice security to find a doorway to the future--and signs of a corp war looming on the horizon--one that could destroy the technoworld and beyond...forever.

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Title: Re: SR Fiction - Legends
Post by: Marzhin on <08-30-16/0210:39>
Just saw that Clockwork Asylum is available on DTRPG: http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/192154/Shadowrun-Legends-Clockwork-Asylum
Title: Re: SR Fiction - Legends
Post by: AJCarrington on <08-30-16/0726:24>
(http://67.media.tumblr.com/3b3d9f00a9b20138c074bcd10850ae9a/tumblr_inline_ocqde96fy61s9c9hj_500.png)

Clockwork Asylum by Jak Koke

In this second book of the greatest epic in Shadowrun history--the maelstrom of cyber-magic and political intrigue following President Dunkelzahn's assassination rages out of control. Ryan Mercury, Dunkelzahn's secret agent, is torn between his duty and his desire to find a killer. But when a spirit wrongly concludes that Ryan is working for the enemy, he anoints a cyberzombie to carry out a hit of its own. Now with an impressive arsenal of allies, weaponry, and the Dragon Heart, Ryan just might pull off the save of the century--if he doesn't lose his life first!

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Title: Re: SR Fiction - Legends
Post by: Marzhin on <09-06-16/0347:00>
The new Legends is available: Crossroads, by Stephen Kenson.

http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/192680/Shadowrun-Legends-Crossroads

Title: Re: SR Fiction - Legends
Post by: AJCarrington on <09-06-16/0721:44>
Adding on to Marzhin's post:

(http://www.drivethrurpg.com/images/2216/192680.jpg)


Battle Beneath the Streets of Boston!

In the magical world of 2060, street mage Tommy Talon has hit the big time. He's a member of Assets, Inc., one of the best shadow-teams in the business, but now he's drawn back to his home town of Boston by secrets from his past. Secrets that lead him into conflicts with megacorporations, yakuza gangsters, and a powerful spirit that's hunting for him. Talon must call on all of his magical powers and the abilities of his shadowrunning friends to unravel the mystery. Along the way, he finds out some unexpected things about his past, himself, and his true enemy: someone very close to him indeed...

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Title: Re: SR Fiction - Legends
Post by: AJCarrington on <10-12-16/0743:11>
Just released:

(http://www.shadowruntabletop.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/The-Burning-Time.jpg)

The Burning Time by Stephen Kenson

HOT ALL OVER

Low-level programmer Roy Kilaro wants nothing more than to become a Seraphim--an elite corporation operative--and experience some real action in the shadow ops between the megacorporations. He gets more than he ever wanted when a routine business trip to Boston lands him at ground zero of a running battle for survival. The combatants: a group of hardened 'runners trying to finish a job, the ruthless anti-elven terrorists known as the Knights of the Red Branch, and a powerful sorceress who wants revenge upon them all...

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Title: Re: SR Fiction - Legends
Post by: Marzhin on <10-18-16/0411:32>
Lisa Smedman's Psychotrope is now on DTRPG: http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/196087/Shadowrun-Legends-Psychotrope
Title: Re: SR Fiction - Legends
Post by: AJCarrington on <10-18-16/0636:48>
Also available at BattleCorps (http://www.battlecorps.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=3680)

(http://www.shadowruntabletop.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Psychotrope.jpg)

LIFE SPAN: 12 MINUTES

It started out as a simple Matrix run, but now five deckers are trapped inside a nightmarish virtual landscape where jacking out is an impossibility--and what waits has all the hallmarks of the afterlife: tunnels of brilliant light, greetings from long-dead friends and family...and the terrifying sense of being juggled between Heaven and Hell. But in this computer-generated netherworld, there is only one thing that can be trusted. And it isn't the senses....

...THE COUNTDOWN BEGINS

It's the uncommon experience the deckers have in common: a near brush with death. It has brought them together in this hell-raising realm and under the influence of a twisted intelligence with diabolical plans for the unwary travelers in grid-time. Having their minds and souls extinguished before the Matrix-scape crashdown is only the beginning of the puzzle. Discovering why will be the end. A dead end.
Title: Re: SR Fiction - Legends
Post by: Marzhin on <10-27-16/0624:45>
The new Legends is on DTRPG : http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/196819/Shadowrun-Legends-Headhunters

It's Mel Odom's Headhunters. A bit strange to release it before Preying for Keeps though.
Title: Re: SR Fiction - Legends
Post by: AJCarrington on <10-27-16/0644:12>
Ninja'd by Marzhin  ;)

A little more info:

Shadowrun Legends: Headhunters by Mel Odom

(http://www.shadowruntabletop.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Headhunters.png)

NEVER TELL A DEAD MAN YOUR SECRETS

Somebody aced the dragon Dunkelzahn, and one of the mysterious links to the assassination is flat on his back in slab city: a double agent with two identities--both out of commission. Now he's the most-wanted carcass in Tacoma. Jack Skater's mission? Sleaze past the high-tech funeral security, outwit the Knight Errants, cop the stiff, and keep it on ice long enough to get the answer to the shadowrunners' life-and-death question: what's so hot about a stone-cold corpse?

And that isn't all that's dropped Skater elf-deep in drek--the UCAS Secret Service is also after the dead man's secret--and the government blue crews are prepared to liquidate anything in sight to get to it first...

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Title: Re: SR Fiction - Legends
Post by: Mephisto on <10-27-16/2145:28>
</blasphemy> The re-release of all these old novels (covering the old timeline) made me wonder...if some larger entity with more resources for things like basic editing or adding indexes to their books that still cared about/loved the SR universe was to aquire the SR IP, do you suppose it be viable to "reboot" SR to the beginning of the timeline (or start over with the events of 2050 now occurring in 2078 - still a 61 year gap - though at that point I'd go for an even 60 (2077)...) using a 'fixed' 5th Edition released as "6th Edition"? In this scenario, I'd go back to some 'fixed' form of wired matrix with a sub-optimal wireless, get rid of things like Crash 2.0, CFD, etc. and fix most current issues but leave the more streamlined core of 5th intact but bring all the old great world events back to new?<blasphemy>

I'm not trying to start a flame war with this, I just want to get people's thoughts, and perhaps the "Legends" sub-forum isn't the best place, but it is these books that gave me the idea, after all...
Title: Re: SR Fiction - Legends
Post by: AJCarrington on <10-28-16/1517:43>
There is a 2050 source book for 4a...might be an interesting resource if you want to go down this path.
Title: Re: SR Fiction - Legends
Post by: Mephisto on <10-28-16/1556:49>
What, you're stalking me now? At least you left out the swearing here.
Title: Re: SR Fiction - Legends
Post by: AJCarrington on <10-28-16/2049:05>
What, you're stalking me now? At least you left out the swearing here.

???
Title: Re: SR Fiction - Legends
Post by: RowanTheFox on <10-28-16/2133:36>
What, you're stalking me now? At least you left out the swearing here.

???

Crimsondude posted a reply that has since disappeared.
Title: Re: SR Fiction - Legends
Post by: AJCarrington on <10-29-16/0719:39>
Ahhhh
Title: Re: SR Fiction - Legends
Post by: Marzhin on <11-02-16/0228:27>
Mel Odom's Preying for Keeps is now on DTRPG :) http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/197339/Shadowrun-Legends-Preying-for-Keeps

(http://fondationdraco.fr/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/RomansSR_Legends_Preying.jpg)

Title: Re: SR Fiction - Legends
Post by: AJCarrington on <11-02-16/1537:05>
Thanks Marzhin ;)

Also available from BattleCorps (http://www.battlecorps.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=3686).
Title: Re: SR Fiction - Legends
Post by: ANewTwist on <11-02-16/1817:08>
Thank you for the heads up. Amazon seems to be lagging behind as usual.

I know this is a Shadowrun Forum but does anyone know what happened to the Battletech Legends Book "Star Lord" i got an email from DriveThruRPG some time ago that it was available, waited for it to show up on Amazon, which it never did and when i checked back at DriveThruRPGs Website i got the info it is no longer available.  I would really like to have a backup for my aging paperbacks so i buy them as soon as they appear and of course i would like to have them all, so if anyone knows more about what happenend to the book, please let me know, i would appreciate it.
Title: Re: SR Fiction - Legends
Post by: Marzhin on <11-22-16/0251:19>
Lisa Smedman's Tails You Lose is on DriveThruRPG (http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/198791/Shadowrun-Legends-Tails-You-Lose) :)

Quote
TWO SIDES OF THE SAME COIN

When a shadowrunner managed to extract PCI's most vital employee, it was Alma's job as security expert to get him back--no matter the cost. But all the evidence pointed to the one person who couldn't have done it...herself. Branded a traitor, Alma has one shot at redemption: find the real culprit. But she's never faced an enemy like this one.

This 'runner not only looks like Alma--she's also equipped with Alma's top-of-the-line cybernetic implants, and she's backed by the powerful magic of the Chinese underworld. Now, the expert in defense must attack--and risk it all to bring down a rival so much like herself that there can be only one shocking explanation...


(http://fondationdraco.fr/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/RomansSR_TailsYouLose.jpg)


Title: Re: SR Fiction - Legends
Post by: AJCarrington on <11-22-16/0800:31>
Ninja'd again! ;D

Also available from BattleShop (http://www.battlecorps.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=3688).
Title: Re: SR Fiction - Legends
Post by: AJCarrington on <11-28-16/2058:04>
Run Hard, Die Fast by Mel Odom

(http://www.drivethrurpg.com/images/2216/199339.jpg)

A MEGACORP BACKSTAB!

Argent is the best shadowrunner in the biz...with one flaw: he's got a conscience. That's why he can't leave a chummer hanging. Only Andi Sencio is more than just a friend. She's his former partner--and lover. And now she's in the deepest drekpot of her life. Heading an op on a datasnatch turned bad, she's been stranded by the megacorp she works for--and targeted for flatlining by two more. Unless Argent gets to her first...

Recruiting a top-notch team for the exfiltration shadowrun, Argent is risking it all--his money, his reputation, and his life--for the woman who once walked away from him. It's suicide mission through high-caliber hell. But that's never stopped the steel-armed, street samurai before...

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Title: Re: SR Fiction - Legends
Post by: The Tekwych on <11-28-16/2319:44>
I am loving this series and have picked up every one bit  have to ask if they could let me know where in the order Changeling by Christopher Kubasik will be. This is the only title missing from by dead tree collection and I have not had the chance to reread it for almost 10 tears now.
Title: Re: SR Fiction - Legends
Post by: Sphinx on <12-01-16/1046:59>
I am loving this series and have picked up every one but  have to ask if they could let me know where in the order Changeling by Christopher Kubasik will be. This is the only title missing from by dead tree collection and I have not had the chance to reread it for almost 10 years now.

This was the original series order. Bold titles have been re-released in the Legends series.

1. Never Deal With a Dragon by Robert N. Charette, 1990
2. Choose Your Enemies Carefully by Robert N. Charette, 1991
3. Find Your Own Truth by Robert N. Charette, 1991
4. 2XS by Nigel Findley, 1991
5. Changeling by Chris Kubasik, 1992
6. Never Trust an Elf by Robert N. Charette, 1992
7. Into the Shadows by Jordan K. Weisman, 1992
8. Streets of Blood by Carl Sargent & Marc Gascoigne, 1992
9. Shadowplay by Nigel Findley, 1993
10. Night's Pawn by Tom Dowd, 1993
11. Striper Assassin by Nyx Smith, 1993
12. Lone Wolf by Nigel Findley, 1994
13. Fade to Black by Nyx Smith, 1994
14. Nosferatu by Carl Sargent & Marc Gascoigne, 1994
15. Burning Bright by Tom Dowd, 1994
16. Who Hunts the Hunter by Nyx Smith, 1995
17. House of the Sun by Nigel Findley, 1995
18. Worlds Without End by Caroline Spector, 1995
19. Just Compensation by Robert N. Charette, 1996
20. Black Madonna by Carl Sargent & Marc Gascoigne, 1996
21. Preying for Keeps by Mel Odom, 1996
22. Dead Air by Jak Koke, 1996
23. The Lucifer Deck by Lisa Smedman, 1997
24. Steel Rain by Nyx Smith, 1997
25. Shadowboxer by Nicholas Pollotta, 1997
26. Stranger Souls by Jak Koke, 1997
27. Headhunters by Mel Odom, 1997
28. The Clockwork Asylum by Jak Koke, 1997
29. Bloodsport by Lisa Smedman, 1998
30. Beyond the Pale by Jak Koke, 1998
31. Technobabel by Stephen Kenson, 1998
32. Wolf and Raven by Michael Stackpole, 1998
33. Psychotrope by Lisa Smedman, 1998
34. The Terminus Experiment by Jonathan E. Bond & Jak Koke, 1999
35. Run Hard, Die Fast by Mel Odom, 1999
36. Crossroads by Stephen Kenson, 1999
37. The Forever Drug by Lisa Smedman, 1999
38. Ragnarock by Stephen Kenson, 2000
39. Tails You Lose by Lisa Smedman, 2001
40. The Burning Time by Stephen Kenson, 2001
41. Born to Run by Stephen Kenson, 2005
42. Poison Agendas by Stephen Kenson, 2006
43. Fallen Angels by Stephen Kenson, 2006
44. Drops of Corruption by Jason Hardy, 2006
45. Aftershock by Jean Rabe & John Helfers, 2006
46. A Fistful of Data Stephen Dedman, 2006

Title: Re: SR Fiction - Legends
Post by: The Tekwych on <12-01-16/1104:56>
See Above
Correct and the Nigel Findley bools were released in digital format but are no longer available. I also have the rest of the books to date:

47 - The Vladivostok Gauntlet
47 - Spells & Chrome
47 - Sail Away, Sweet Sister
50 - Neat
51 - Nothing Persona
52 - Fire and Frost
53 - Another Rainy Night
54 - Hell on Water
55 - Dark Resonance
56 - Crimson
57 - Borrowed Time
58 - Shaken: No Job Too Smal
59 - World of Shadows
60 - Deniable Assets
64 - Drawing Destiny (Tarot Anthology)
? - Doc Wagon 19
? - Shadowrun Hong Kong   
? - Wolf & Buffalo

All of these are in digital as well. Not positive were the last three git in publishing order. Need to finish putting everything in chronological order within the universe but that is a thing for the wiki.
Title: Re: SR Fiction - Legends
Post by: AJCarrington on <12-02-16/0748:19>
Thanks for listing these out guys, I can never seem to find it. :)
Title: Re: SR Fiction - Legends
Post by: ANewTwist on <12-07-16/1201:25>
Now available: Shadowrun Legends: Ragnarock by Stephen Kenson

It's the sequel to Crossroads. So read that book first.

https://store.catalystgamelabs.com/collections/shadowrun/products/shadowrun-legends-ragnarock

(https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/1540/0075/products/E-CAT27822_Ragnarock_1024x1024.jpg?v=1480977626)
Title: Re: SR Fiction - Legends
Post by: AJCarrington on <01-26-17/1837:04>
The Forever Drug, by Lisa Smedman:

(https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/1540/0075/products/E-CAT27823_The-Forever-Drug_e093bc4f-914f-414c-a9a1-29909fe48953_500x500.jpg?v=1485393376)

The Biggest--and Last--High of Your Life

There's a new "drug" on the streets, promising a phenomenal--and deadly--high. But this time the dealers aren't selling a substance. They're working with a creature called a "corpse light"--a creature of pure magic that gives the customer a euphoric rush...as it drains the poor sap's life away.

Romulus was the first to see this new scourge in action. As a shapeshifter, he's a freelance agent to the Lone Star police department. His wolfish strength and sense of smell keep him useful--and keep from being admitted into the regular force. So when Jane, a beautiful, amnesiac woman, is caught in a dangerous web with the dealers, there's no way for Romulus to be assigned to the investigation. But that won't stop him from trying to save her, and to discover how she is tied into this case...

Note: This digital edition includes ePub and Mobi (Kindle) versions of the novel.

CGL (https://store.catalystgamelabs.com/collections/shadowrun/products/shadowrun-legends-the-forever-drug-1)

DTRPG (http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/203739/Shadowrun-Legends-The-Forever-Drug?src=newest)
Title: Re: SR Fiction - Legends
Post by: The Tekwych on <01-26-17/2237:15>
I Think this is up to date:

1. Never Deal With a Dragon by Robert N. Charette, 1990
2. Choose Your Enemies Carefully by Robert N. Charette, 1991
3. Find Your Own Truth by Robert N. Charette, 1991
4. 2XS by Nigel Findley, 1991 {Digital Not Currently Available}
5. Changeling by Chris Kubasik, 1992
6. Never Trust an Elf by Robert N. Charette, 1992
7. Into the Shadows by Jordan K. Weisman, 1992
8. Streets of Blood by Carl Sargent & Marc Gascoigne, 1992
9. Shadowplay by Nigel Findley, 1993 {Digital Not Currently Available}
10. Night's Pawn by Tom Dowd, 1993
11. Striper Assassin by Nyx Smith, 1993
12. Lone Wolf by Nigel Findley, 1994 {Digital Not Currently Available}
13. Fade to Black by Nyx Smith, 1994
14. Nosferatu by Carl Sargent & Marc Gascoigne, 1994
15. Burning Bright by Tom Dowd, 1994
16. Who Hunts the Hunter by Nyx Smith, 1995
17. House of the Sun by Nigel Findley, 1995 {Digital Not Currently Available}
18. Worlds Without End by Caroline Spector, 1995
19. Just Compensation by Robert N. Charette, 1996
20. Black Madonna by Carl Sargent & Marc Gascoigne, 1996
21. Preying for Keeps by Mel Odom, 1996
22. Dead Air by Jak Koke, 1996
23. The Lucifer Deck by Lisa Smedman, 1997
24. Steel Rain by Nyx Smith, 1997
25. Shadowboxer by Nicholas Pollotta, 1997
26. Stranger Souls by Jak Koke, 1997
27. Headhunters by Mel Odom, 1997
28. The Clockwork Asylum by Jak Koke, 1997
29. Bloodsport by Lisa Smedman, 1998
30. Beyond the Pale by Jak Koke, 1998
31. Technobabel by Stephen Kenson, 1998
32. Wolf and Raven by Michael Stackpole, 1998
33. Psychotrope by Lisa Smedman, 1998
34. The Terminus Experiment by Jonathan E. Bond & Jak Koke, 1999
35. Run Hard, Die Fast by Mel Odom, 1999
36. Crossroads by Stephen Kenson, 1999
37. The Forever Drug by Lisa Smedman, 1999
38. Ragnarock by Stephen Kenson, 2000
39. Tails You Lose by Lisa Smedman, 2001
40. The Burning Time by Stephen Kenson, 2001
41. Born to Run by Stephen Kenson, 2005
42. Poison Agendas by Stephen Kenson, 2006
43. Fallen Angels by Stephen Kenson, 2006
44. Drops of Corruption by Jason Hardy, 2006
45. Aftershock by Jean Rabe & John Helfers, 2006
46. A Fistful of Data Stephen Dedman, 2006
Digital First:
47 The Vladivostok Gauntlet Olivier Gagnon
47 Spells & Chrome Edited by John Helfers
47 Sail Away, Sweet Sister Patrick Goodman
50 Neat Russell Zimmerman
51 Nothing Persona Olivier Gagnon
52 Fire and Frost Kai O’Connal
53 Another Rainy Night Patrick Goodman
54 Hell on Water Jason M Hardy
55 Dark Resonance Phaedra Weldon
56 Crimson Kevin R Czarnecki
57 Borrowed Time R.L. King
58 Shaken: No Job Too Small Russell Zimmerman
59 World of Shadows Various
60 Deniable Assets Mel Odom
64 Drawing Destiny (Tarot Anthology) John Helfers
? Doc Wagon 19 Jennifer Brozek
? Shadowrun Hong Kong Mel Odom
? Wolf & Buffalo R.L. King

Could use some help with the proper order of the last three.
Title: Re: SR Fiction - Legends
Post by: Mephisto on <01-27-17/1819:41>
Awesome and much appreciated.

What's the bold vs. normal text indicate? I thought bold might be reprinted under Legends, but I'm not sure. And which are digital only (doesn't Catalyst do some digital-only)?
Title: Re: SR Fiction - Legends
Post by: The Tekwych on <01-27-17/2024:59>
Yes bold is Legends. some of the digital first stuff may be digital only but I am not sure. AJ might be able to chime in.
Title: Re: SR Fiction - Legends
Post by: Ningauble on <01-28-17/1109:25>
I Think this is up to date:
[snip]


Two dead-tree editions are missing: Undershadows by Jason M. Hardy and Shadows Down Under by Jean Rabe.
Title: Re: SR Fiction - Legends
Post by: AJCarrington on <01-31-17/0915:08>
Drops of Corruption, by Jason Hardy:

(https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/1540/0075/products/E-CAT27827_Drops-of-Corruption_500x500.jpg?v=1485825050)

Bannickburn is a burned-out Scottish mage with little power and fewer prospects when he falls into fast company. A notorious crime boss, Bigio family caporegime Quinn Bailey offers him a job that could turn hs life around. Soon Bannickburn is living once again in the style he's accustomed to.

But then Bannickburn tries to leave the family, Bailey calls in his markers, and Bannickburn must aid the Bigios as they pit themselves against a rival mob in a power struggle that moves from the Seattle sprawl to the elven enclaive of Portland. Leading a handpicked crew of shadowrunners, Bannickburn is about to hit the jackpot - and learn that in every game, winners can turn into losers with the squeeze of a trigger....

Note: This digital edition includes ePub and Mobi (Kindle) versions of the novel.

CGL (https://store.catalystgamelabs.com/collections/shadowrun/products/shadowrun-legends-drops-of-corruption)

DTRPG (http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/204109/Shadowrun-Legends-Drops-of-Corruption)
Title: Re: SR Fiction - Legends
Post by: Marzhin on <02-10-17/0611:40>
New Legends release: Poison Agendas, by Stephen Kenson.

Weirdly it is being released before Born to Run. (Born to Run, Poison Agendas and Fallen Angels form the "Kellan Colt trilogy".)

(http://fondationdraco.fr/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/RomansSR_Poison.jpg)

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Kellan Colt has been making a name for herself as one of Seattle's up-and-coming shadowrunners, and she believes she's ready to break out on her own. Opportunity knocks when she learns the location of a secret weapons cache abandoned by the U.S. military. With the right buyer, a score this big has the potential to secure Kellan's reputation - and her bank account.

With a team of fellow shadowrunners assisting her, Kellan descends deep into the heart of the Awakened wilderness to extract the weapons. But the supernatural entities lurking in the forest beome the least of her worries when a rival facton appears seeking the cache - and the greatest threat to them all is revealed....

DTRPG (http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/204896/Shadowrun-Legends-Poison-Agendas)
Title: Re: SR Fiction - Legends
Post by: AJCarrington on <02-10-17/0810:53>
Thanks Marzhin. ;)

New cover:

(https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/1540/0075/products/E-CAT27828_Poison-Agendas_500x500.jpg?v=1486710272)

Also available from CGL:

CGL Store (https://store.catalystgamelabs.com/collections/shadowrun/products/shadowrun-legends-poison-agendas)
Title: Re: SR Fiction - Legends
Post by: AJCarrington on <02-14-17/0901:47>
Next up, Aftershocks by Jean Rabe and John Helfers:

(https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/1540/0075/products/E-CAT27829_Aftershocks_500x500.jpg?v=1487035380)

The troll known as Hood and his fellow Shadowrunners steal some biotechnological agriculture from the Plantech Corporation--only to find themselves framed for murder and tied to an even greater conspiracy.

CGL Store (https://store.catalystgamelabs.com/collections/shadowrun/products/shadowrun-legends-aftershocks)

DTRPG (http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/205211/Shadowrun-Legends-Aftershocks)
Title: Re: SR Fiction - Legends
Post by: Marzhin on <02-15-17/1417:29>
Strangely, it was called Aftershock (singular) when it was originally released ^^

(http://fondationdraco.fr/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Aftershock.jpg)
Title: Re: SR Fiction - Legends
Post by: ANewTwist on <02-21-17/0545:48>
New book available: WHO HUNTS THE HUNTER by Nyx Smith

From the distant forests of Maine comes the deadly Weretiger known as Striper, seeking nature's own special justice.
From the shadowed heart of the South Bronx comes the shaman called Bandit, interested only in the pursuit of his arcane arts, and the reconciliation with nature that Raccoon demands.
From the nightmare streets of Newark come Monk and Minx, seeking life itself.
Who is predator and who is prey? The assassin? The shaman? The kids with the flashing eyes? The Director of Resource for Hurley-Cooper Labs, or HCL's dedicated scientist? Or is it the elves? Or the mystery man from the Department of Water and Wastewater Management with a technical rating higher than God's?
Before they are done, a killer will learn the meaning of mercy, and one who honored life will discover the necessity of ruthless destruction....

You can get the book here: https://store.catalystgamelabs.com/collections/shadowrun/products/shadowrun-legends-who-hunts-the-hunter (https://store.catalystgamelabs.com/collections/shadowrun/products/shadowrun-legends-who-hunts-the-hunter)

                                  or here: http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/205701/Shadowrun-Legends-Who-Hunts-the-Hunter (http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/205701/Shadowrun-Legends-Who-Hunts-the-Hunter)

The Kindle Version should also be available shortly.

(https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/1540/0075/products/E-CAT27836_Who-Hunts-the-Hunter_1024x1024.jpg?v=1487623014)
Title: Re: SR Fiction - Legends
Post by: Marzhin on <03-07-17/0632:02>
New Legends available on DTRPG (http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/206829/Shadowrun-Legends-A-Fistful-of-Data).

(http://fondationdraco.fr/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/RomansSR_LegendsFistful.jpg)

A Fistful of Data, by Stephen Dedman.

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In the abandoned factory known as the Crypt, society's castoffs have found a place to call home. Some of the Crypt's denizens are hiding or on the run; some have nowhere left to go. But the Crypt protects its own, providing care for street kids as well as medical and magical healing for those in need. It also sports an illegal tap into the Matrix, and hosts a coven of some of the most successful shadowrunners around.

When a disgraced corporate mover takes an interest in the Crypt - and in a valuable secret long hidden in its foundations - he doesn't intend to let the dregs of Seattle keep him from making the score of a lifetime. But he's about to discover that the Crypt's inhabitants aren't going to be buried so easily....



Title: Re: SR Fiction - Legends
Post by: AJCarrington on <04-05-17/0651:29>
Fallen Legends, by Stephen Kenson:

(https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/1540/0075/products/E-CAT27830_Fallen-Angels_500x500.jpg?v=1491356998)

Kellan Colt has come far in her magical training. but all her accomplishments haven't satisfied her desire to know the truth about her shadowrunner mother, and to learn the secrets of the amulet she found among her mother's possessions. Kellan is determined to find answers - and to earn the respect of her fellow runners in the process.

Lately Kellan has been troubled by disturbing dreams. Something seems to be calling her, but before she can figure out who - or what - she joins a run into the paranoiac elven homeland of Tir Tairngire. Trapped deep inside foreign territory, she suddenly discovers the answers to her questions, but then she must unravel the most difficult riddle of all: Who can she really trust in the shadows?

CGL Store (https://store.catalystgamelabs.com/collections/shadowrun/products/shadowrun-legends-fallen-angels)

DTRPG (http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/209027/Shadowrun-Legends-Fallen-Angels)
Title: Re: SR Fiction - Legends
Post by: ANewTwist on <09-19-17/2154:17>
Does anyone know if there will be "new" releases in the series? There are quite a few missing still, some of them my favorites. I emailed Catalyst some time ago about this, asking them, about more Legends books, but never got a response (thx guys). I mean the last book was released 5 month ago, what's with the delay? I bought them all so far, same with the Battletech Legends books and would really like to complete my collection.
Title: Re: SR Fiction - Legends
Post by: The Tekwych on <09-19-17/2252:56>
The person heading up this project is no longer with CGL. When they can get someone back on the ePub book project then we should see more SR and BT novels.

I really ned Changling, the rest of Nigel's work, Nix, Jak, Lisa and new stuff as well.
Title: Re: SR Fiction - Legends
Post by: &#24525; on <09-19-17/2323:02>
ha
Title: Re: SR Fiction - Legends
Post by: ANewTwist on <09-24-17/1341:08>
The person heading up this project is no longer with CGL. When they can get someone back on the ePub book project then we should see more SR and BT novels.

I really ned Changling, the rest of Nigel's work, Nix, Jak, Lisa and new stuff as well.

Thanks for taking your time to answer my question. That's very sad, i really wanted a complete collection, i can only hope they will find someone new to continue the Legends series. It's poor customer service not to answer emails and just stop publishing without explanation.
Title: Re: SR Fiction - Legends
Post by: &#24525; on <09-24-17/1403:19>
Customers Greatly Looked-over
Title: Re: SR Fiction - Legends
Post by: JM_Hardy on <09-26-17/1131:20>
Thanks for taking your time to answer my question. That's very sad, i really wanted a complete collection, i can only hope they will find someone new to continue the Legends series. It's poor customer service not to answer emails and just stop publishing without explanation.

Sorry e-mails didn't get answered; I didn't see any on the subject, but they might not have gone to me. The person working on the Legends line did not leave CGL; he's John Helfers, our fiction editor, and he is still with the company. Pretty much all of the Legends for which we have the rights have been released. With the others, it's a matter of coming to final agreement with the authors or their estates.

Jason H.
Title: Re: SR Fiction - Legends
Post by: ANewTwist on <09-27-17/1259:35>

Sorry e-mails didn't get answered; I didn't see any on the subject, but they might not have gone to me. The person working on the Legends line did not leave CGL; he's John Helfers, our fiction editor, and he is still with the company. Pretty much all of the Legends for which we have the rights have been released. With the others, it's a matter of coming to final agreement with the authors or their estates.

Jason H.

Thank you for clearing things up. I really hope you will be able to publish the rest, so i can complete my collection. I will buy them as quickly as they show up. Do you hold the rights for the Crimson Skies books? I wouldn't mind to have them as eBooks as well.
Title: Re: SR Fiction - Legends
Post by: Bull on <09-27-17/1800:11>

Sorry e-mails didn't get answered; I didn't see any on the subject, but they might not have gone to me. The person working on the Legends line did not leave CGL; he's John Helfers, our fiction editor, and he is still with the company. Pretty much all of the Legends for which we have the rights have been released. With the others, it's a matter of coming to final agreement with the authors or their estates.

Jason H.

Thank you for clearing things up. I really hope you will be able to publish the rest, so i can complete my collection. I will buy them as quickly as they show up. Do you hold the rights for the Crimson Skies books? I wouldn't mind to have them as eBooks as well.

I'm partly guessing here, but gonna say "no, they do not".  CGL only has the license to produce material for Battletech and Shadowrun, the properties of which are owned by Topps (except for video game rights, which are owned by Microsoft).  Crimson Skies, on the other hand, is wholly owned by Microsoft, and CGL currently has no license to that property.

Which is a shame, as Crimson Skies is a fantastic game and game world.
Title: Re: SR Fiction - Legends
Post by: ANewTwist on <09-29-17/1652:04>
I'm partly guessing here, but gonna say "no, they do not".  CGL only has the license to produce material for Battletech and Shadowrun, the properties of which are owned by Topps (except for video game rights, which are owned by Microsoft).  Crimson Skies, on the other hand, is wholly owned by Microsoft, and CGL currently has no license to that property.

Which is a shame, as Crimson Skies is a fantastic game and game world.

+1

Crimson Skies was a lot of fun. I still hope there will be a new game for PCs or Consoles some day.
Title: Re: SR Fiction - Legends
Post by: PiXeL01 on <02-27-18/0622:15>
Any news on the missing Legend Novels? We are missing all the ones by Nigel Findley and the conclusion of the Dragon Heart triology among other books still
Title: Re: SR Fiction - Legends
Post by: Marzhin on <05-05-18/0617:47>
Jak Koke's Beyond the Pale (Dragonheart Saga vol.3) has been released last week for Kindle (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07CP2S651). Nothing on DTRPG yet.

(http://fondationdraco.fr/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/RomansSR_Legends_Beyond.jpg)

Title: Re: SR Fiction - Legends
Post by: AJCarrington on <05-05-18/0929:50>
Another nice find! Hadn't even thought to troll Amazon for this info.
Title: Re: SR Fiction - Legends
Post by: Marzhin on <05-09-18/1754:06>
The first book of Stephen Kelson's Kellan Colt Trilogy, Born to Run, is available at long last (https://www.amazon.com/Shadowrun-Legends-Born-Run-English-ebook/dp/B07CW5L9N4/) :)

Once again, it's a Kindle release, and it doesn't seem to be available from DTRPG yet.

I wonder if we're back to one Legend per week like before?

(http://fondationdraco.fr/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/RomanSR_Legends_BornToRun.jpg)

Title: Re: SR Fiction - Legends
Post by: The Tekwych on <05-10-18/0205:22>
Thats great but I don't do Amazon. Need DTRPG or, would love to see all these ePubs dropped into the Apple Book store. I would buy them all again.
Title: Re: SR Fiction - Legends
Post by: PiXeL01 on <05-10-18/0447:57>
I use iOS as well so kindle isn’t an option for me. Very sad faced that I cannot complete the collection.
Title: Re: SR Fiction - Legends
Post by: Crimsondude on <05-10-18/1206:06>
Use the Kindle app.
Title: Re: SR Fiction - Legends
Post by: The Tekwych on <05-10-18/2024:49>
Still proprietary and locking you into amazons system. I don’t trust the company and won’t support the company. There are to many other, open, less expensive to produce and less expensive to use systems.
Title: Re: SR Fiction - Legends
Post by: AJCarrington on <05-12-18/0911:54>
I have used calibre to convert MOBI files into EPUB format. It's freeware works quite well. You do need to have the Kindle program on your computer for the conversion though. Another thought...it is also available for B&N, which I believe uses the EPUB format for their Nook books.

Hopefully once the channel for SR fiction is set up, we'll start getting the digital releases in more formats, from different sources.