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Alastair Stone Chronicles #43
Daemon Spawn
Serving Up Trouble
Everybody knows magic and technology don’t mix, right?
That’s what Alastair Stone always believed, anyway.
But if it’s true, what is causing the participants in an exclusive virtual reality game’s beta test to commit horrific acts, seemingly out of nowhere?
Stone teams up with tech-wizard Cat Changeling Gina and the rest of his friends to track the source of the terrifying phenomena, but it isn’t long before the stakes become a lot more dangerous—and a lot more personal.
To discover the source of the growing peril, Stone will be forced to rely on some big guns—including an old enemy who might end up causing even more trouble in the long run.
But sometimes you don’t get everything you want, and with thousands of lives on the line, Stone will have to do whatever it takes to get the job done.
Everybody knows magic and technology don’t mix, right?
That’s what Alastair Stone always believed, anyway.
But if it’s true, what is causing the participants in an exclusive virtual reality game’s beta test to commit horrific acts, seemingly out of nowhere?
Stone teams up with tech-wizard Cat Changeling Gina and the rest of his friends to track the source of the terrifying phenomena, but it isn’t long before the stakes become a lot more dangerous—and a lot more personal.
To discover the source of the growing peril, Stone will be forced to rely on some big guns—including an old enemy who might end up causing even more trouble in the long run.
But sometimes you don’t get everything you want, and with thousands of lives on the line, Stone will have to do whatever it takes to get the job done.
482 pages, Kindle Edition
First published May 25, 2026
About the author
R.L. King
71 books334 followersR. L. King is the author of the Amazon-bestselling urban fantasy series The Alastair Stone Chronicles.
When not doing her best to make life difficult for her characters, she works as a software technical writer for a large Silicon Valley database company.
She also freelances for Catalyst Game Labs, publisher of the popular roleplaying game Shadowrun, where she's contributed fiction and game material to numerous sourcebooks and one full-length adventure, "On the Run," which was included as part of the 2012 Origins-Award-winning "Runners' Toolkit."
Her first novel in the Shadowrun universe, "Borrowed Time," was published in Spring 2015. She's working on her second Shadowrun novel, "Veiled Extraction," which will be released in late 2016 or early 2017.
When not writing or working, she enjoys hanging out with her very understanding spouse and her small herd of cats, and watching way too much Doctor Who.
When not doing her best to make life difficult for her characters, she works as a software technical writer for a large Silicon Valley database company.
She also freelances for Catalyst Game Labs, publisher of the popular roleplaying game Shadowrun, where she's contributed fiction and game material to numerous sourcebooks and one full-length adventure, "On the Run," which was included as part of the 2012 Origins-Award-winning "Runners' Toolkit."
Her first novel in the Shadowrun universe, "Borrowed Time," was published in Spring 2015. She's working on her second Shadowrun novel, "Veiled Extraction," which will be released in late 2016 or early 2017.
When not writing or working, she enjoys hanging out with her very understanding spouse and her small herd of cats, and watching way too much Doctor Who.
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May 27, 2026
Great
Another amazing Alastair Stone story. I loved how fast paced it was and getting more of Gina and of course Harrison. As always, will be waiting, impatiently, for the next adventure.
Another amazing Alastair Stone story. I loved how fast paced it was and getting more of Gina and of course Harrison. As always, will be waiting, impatiently, for the next adventure.
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