ShadowrunLegends_StrangerSouls

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Many thanks to my wife, Seana Davidson, who is not only my constant support and companion, but also my collaborator in the generation of ideas, the first reader of my early drafts, and a sensitive critic. Every writer needs a critic who is sympathetic to his or her moods and emotions; Seana is perceptive and resolute without being excessively harsh or overly lenient. Credit should also go to Mike Mulvihill for his expert development of the Shadowrun universe, and especially for his help on the plots and characters in this trilogy. I’d also like to thank Jonathan Bond, Marsh Cassady, Jim Kitchen, Nicole Lindell, and Tom Lindell for their insightful critiques of the manuscript. And finally, my appreciation goes to Donna Ippolito at FASA and to Jenni Smith at ROC for producing an excellent line of Shadowrun novels. DEDICATION For Mom and Dad... who taught me how to learn, showed me how to live, and instilled in me the drive to realize my dreams. PROLOGUE The year is 2057. Magic has returned to the earth after an absence of many thousands of years. What the Mayan calendar call......