Shadowrun Legends: Headhunters

Shadowrun Novels #27

by Mel Odom

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...

Genres: Cyberpunk, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Urban Fantasy, Dystopia, Fiction, Science Fiction Fantasy

252 pages, Kindle Edition

First published October 1, 1997

About the author

Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name.

aka Jordan Gray

Mel Odom is a bestselling writer for hire for Wizards of the Coast's Forgotten Realms, Gold Eagle's Mack Bolan, and Pocket's Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel book lines. His debut SF novel Lethal Interface made the Locus recommended list . The Rover was an Alyx Award winner. He has also written a scientific adventure of the high seas set in the 19th century entitled Hunters of the Dark Sea. He lives in Oklahoma.

Reviews

[David Strašák · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book featured one of my most favourite shadowrunning squads with everyone having enough personality and possibilities to do cool things.
The characters were relatable and seemed real, although outside of the team I feel like all people were really generic, without some kind of a shtick or something to show their personality or motivation.
The book didn't leave much loose ends and most setu-ps were paid-off :D. Though at some points in the book some established characters don't show up without an explanation to the reason, which makes me feel like they should've been there and should've changed the outcome.

[Georg Gänzle · Rating 4 out of 5]

Der zweite Band um das Runner-Team von Jack Slater. Und man erhält endlich Antworten auf einige der offenen Fragen vom ersten Band.

Rasant geschrieben. Es geht mit viel Action los. Und das Tempo wird bis zum Schluss gehalten. Immer wieder gibt es kurze Abschnitte zum Luft holen, was den Roman sehr zugänglich macht.

Toll geschrieben, spannende Charaktere. Nur die Geschichte an sich war jetzt nichts besonders. Standard Shadowrunkost. Runs dieser Art gibt es zu genüge. Aber trotzdem empfehlenswert.

[Barry Irwin · Rating 4 out of 5]

Well developed story and a good quick read

[Nikolis Asimakis · Rating 5 out of 5]

My relationship with Shadowrun was love at first sight. It is not a long time that I learned about it so this was my first novel based on this setting. It was awesome. It was a very well-written story with a lot of action, mystery anxiety, it even had two kinds of love stories (the fatherly love and the unanswered love). Gernerally what I expected from a Shadowrun story plus bonus gifts. Five stars.

[Gene · Rating 5 out of 5]

The Second book with Jack Skater and his crew (From Preying for Keeps) Picks up a few months later, on a new run that again, starts out basic then turns into a royal frag up. It's fun, and again I think he author does a great job showing readers what a Shadowrun team looks like, and how your basic run can turn to drek. And how to get back out of that mess.

[Glenn · Rating 2 out of 5]

The first book in the series by Mel, was great, this one, for me, not so much… in fact I was a little disappointed. Not sure I want to keep going in the series… Usually Mel Odom’s book excite me, but not this one…

[Brett]

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