THE TAROT HAS AWAKENED…The Tarot, a powerful divination artifact, has appeared in the Sixth World. It works its will on anyone who finds one of its mystical cards, from runners surviving on the street to corp executives battling in the boardroom. And not just people’s lives will be changed, for the Awakened Tarot deck is more than just a formidable magic item, it has an agenda all its own, and will use those it comes in contact with to set its pla...

Lucas, a gifted shaman and member of the Salish-Shidhe Council, is respected for his arcane talents among his tribe. When he’s blinded during an shadowrun on an Evo Corporation outpost, he’s fitted with a set of cyber eyes during his recovery. But upon his return to the Council, the tribe banishes him, saying the cyberware he’s accepted makes him unfit to be a shaman. Distraught, Lucas heads to Seattle and spends time in the barrens attempting to scrape by.Wanting revenge against E...

CREATURES OF THE NIGHT…When Rachel Meyer’s boyfriend Warren Storey is abducted by a mysterious party, she hires shadowrunners to find him and bring him back.But the runners uncover a plot by one Doctor Oslo Wake to transform all metahumans into the walking dead. Wake is developing a new strain of the virus that still causes vampirism, and Warren has become a test subject to create these unstoppable creatures. If Rachel is going to save him, she’ll need help...

FIVE RUNNERS. ONE JOB.And a Whole Lot of Trouble...It should have been a simple walk in the corp. Stroll into a mid-level corporation disguised as a nameless mid-level manager in a suit, deliver an unknown data package to an isolated network, and stroll out again.But nothing is ever simple in the shadows.Now five shadowrunners are on the run themselves. Framed by their employer, the mysterious Mr. Johnson, and marked for termination ...

A MEGABYTE 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 jo...

THE COLDEST SHADOWSArcano-archaeologist Elijah knows that digging into the past can be its own reward—or peril. When he’s hired to find an ancient map purported to lead to a mysterious location at the bottom of the world, his professional curiosity is more than roused. But his quest to simply get his hands on the map is more dangerous than he expected—even for a shadow runner.He and his own team of runners—including everything from a goblin rigger to a trol...

THE MEANEST STREETS...James Kincaid is the type of guy who might be described as down on his luck, if only he’d had some luck to begin with. Like so many people in the shadows of Seattle, he’s trying to get by with what he has. In his case, that includes a lively spirit, a sadly diminished magical talent, quick wits, and good knowledge of the twists and turns of the city’s dingy streets and back alleys. He puts all that to the service of whatever clients he can dig...

DIGGING FOR DANGER...In the twenty-first century, magic brings out the best in people—and the worst. Tommy Talon should know. As head of a successful shadowrunning team, it's the dark side of people that brings him business. This time he's hired to hunt a murderous archaeologist and recover a magical relic. But Talon's not hunting alone. Someone else wants the artifact too—someone very powerful. And Talon and his team must outwit the world's most potent megacorporation on its own t...

DESPERATE TIMES...He was only a "beginner" shaman, but Sam Verner had to find a cure to break the curse on his sister. Only something of great magic would do the trick. His quest that took him to a mystical citadel in Australia, where, with the aid of his shadowrunner friends, he recovered the strange artifact he hoped would prove helpful.DESPERATE MEASURES...But instead of anything that even remotely resembled help, an unexpected a...

A SPRAWL TREASURE HUNT...In the abandoned factory known as the Crypt, society's castoffs have found a place to call home. Some of its 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.But when a disgraced corporate mover tak...

THE BIGGEST—AND LAST—HIGH OF YOUR LIFE…There's a new "drug" on the streets, promising a phenomenal—and deadly—high. But the dealers pushing it aren't selling a substance. They're working with a "corpse light"—a creature of pure magic that gives the customer a euphoric rush...as it drains the poor addict'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 s...

EASY NUYEN...Breaking into a greenhouse to snatch a bunch of plants sounds like a milk run—and the troll known as Hood and his fellow shadowrunners have no problem taking on such as easy, lucrative assignment. Unfortunately for the runners, the greenhouse in question is owned by the Plantech Corporation—biotechnology specialists—and they're extremely protective of their unique agriculture.IF THEY SURVIVE TO COLLECT IT...After escaping by the skin of their teeth, the...