Shadowrun: Terminus Experiment

Shadowrun Novels #34

by Jonathan E. Bond, Jak Koke

In the year 2060, violence rules the streets of Seattle and a conspiracy is hatched to spread a plague of vampirism. When Rachel Meyer's boyfriend Warren Storey is abducted by these conspirators, she hires shadowrunners to find Warren and bring him back. But the runners uncover a plot by Dr. Oslo Wake to transform all metahumans into walking dead. For Dr. Wake is developing a new strain of the virus that causes vampirism. The strain is far from perfected. Now, Warren has become a test subject in a medical procedure to create these unstoppable creatures. It's up to Rachel and her vampire hunter friends to rescue him.

Genres: Cyberpunk, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Fiction, Urban Fantasy, Role Playing Games, Dystopia

284 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1999

Reviews

[Trevor]

I own the entire run of Shadowrun Novels by ROC publishing (all 40 of them) and have read up to and including this title.

I must say that this book was another example of a really good quick read. I have enjoyed all the Shadowrun books and am only dissapointed by the fact that I only have 6 more to go.

For anyone who likes Fantasy, Cyberpunk or Shadowrun type books, I would redily suggest they read this one.

The one thing about this book I found most interesting was that this was the first Shadowrun novel to have a blatantly lesbian relationship. What makes it so interesting was that the book was written by a couple of men. Not to say that a man cannot write about a gay relationship, but I couldn't help but wonder if this situation was a hook or gimmick to feed the authors fantasy.

However, it was refreshing for the authors to have included such an integral part of human society into a book dealing with the future. All of the other Shadowrun novels have made no mention of homosexuality and have made few mentions of interracial relationships. By specifically including this into this story I think the authors have taken a risk that pays off immensely.

For the above reason, as well as some of the dark imagery and there being no clear protaganist, I think that this book is showing a maturing of the Shadowrun novel series, a maturing that I hope continues in the rest of the books.

Now, lets see what we can do to convince the license holders to produce more Shadowrun novels. ;^)

[Jessica Sanford]

Awesome, memorable characters, intriguing fast-paced story. I hope we get to visit Rachel and De Vries again in the future!

[Austin Beeman]

A fast paced trashy thriller set in the Shadowrun magical cyberpunk universe. Cyber-vampires, strippers turned badass assassins, and an vampire-killer who is actual a vampire himself.

[Gene]

I don't know why I like this one so much. I guess it's the horde cybernetically enhanced vampires, and some interesting characters To the best of my knowledge, this is the only book featuring the Vampire hunter Martin DeVries, whom is a great character.

Good quick fun in the Shadowrun universe.

[Blah]

It was entertaining while I read it, but I admit it's not the best book in the world. The writing could have been better, but it was readable.

[Paul Bushey]

this was a great read as a preteen... not sure how it would hold up now though.