Lone Wolf

Shadowrun Novels #12

by Nigel Findley

With gangs conquering the streets of Seattle, Rick Larson, doing undercover work for Lone Star, Seattle's contracted police force, finds himself on the wrong side of the law.

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

287 pages, Paperback

First published February 1, 1994

About the author

Nigel D Findley (July 22, 1959 – February 19, 1995[1]) was a game designer, editor, and an author of science fiction and fantasy novels and role-playing games (RPGs). Findley died suddenly on February 19, 1995, at his home in Vancouver, British Columbia. He suffered a heart attack at the age of 35.

Reviews

[Steven "Steve" · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another excellent addition to the Shadowrun canon. This one gives a little more information on gang activity in Seattle as well as the police organization Lone Star.

[James T · Rating 3 out of 5]

Well, I’ve completed the Shadowrun books written by Findley before his untimely passing.

Lone Wolf is a first person hard boiled style story from an undercover cop’s POV. The hard-boiledness is nowhere near as good as the Dirk Montgomery stories (House of the Sun, 2XS.) It took me quite a bit to warm up to it, it just doesn’t flow as well as Dirk’s thoughts and Rick Larson is nowhere near as compelling as Dirk.

However, Findley had a tremendous gift for forward momentum and once the book gets going it gets going. Argent appears later in the book and is fleshed out more and much more likable than the protagonist.

Overall, it’s fun but definitely the weakest of Findley’s Shadowrun books. I’d definitely only recommend it if you’ve already 2XS and House of the Sun and want a lower rent version of his superior character and stories.

[Jordan Bethea · Rating 3 out of 5]

A good fast paced thriller about a deep undercover agent and how their cover gets blown. The plot beats are nothing too surprising, but it flows together pretty well and keeps you interested. Uses lots of shadowrun lingo so if you aren't into that you might get annoyed quick at not understanding what they mean. Takes the usual route of these types of books of having side characters be killed off rather than deal with them, which to me feels kind of predictable.

[Scott Schmidt · Rating 3 out of 5]

Excellent first half with Larson on the run. Second half was a bit of a slog as Larson more/less works out the plot twist through long bouts of exposition. Awesome that Argent showed up from Odom's Shadowrun novel RUN HARD, DIE FAST, great character. And so much so that Larson feels a bit inadequate as the lead and by the end made me wonder how he wasn't geeked in the first place. But overall, I really liked it, great immersion into the Shadowrun universe.

[Duncan · Rating 2 out of 5]

Had to buy the book for the cover art.
Sometimes you can judge a book by it's cover.
Cheese, but entertaining cheese.

[Rui Castro · Rating 4 out of 5]

The text is very easy to follow. But it does get chaotic in the end. I was hoping for more clarifications in the end. But I guess we got the end we were hoping. Very nice read

[Phaedra Weldon · Rating 5 out of 5]

Once again, Nigel Findley kept me riveted to the page. I think I enjoyed this one as much as 2XS!

[Max Z · Rating 3 out of 5]

The protagonist loves to ramble with his internal monologue but on the other hand that gives valuable information on how the world around him operates.