Charrette Robert N. Knihy

Das Jahr 2050 - Die Verschmelzung von Technologie und menschlichem Fleisch begann um die Jahrhundertwende, dichtauf gefolgt von Interface zwischen menschlichem Gehirn und elektronischen Systemen. Und nachdem sich fünftausend Jahre lang nirgends ein Fließen magischer Ströme feststellen ließ - plötzlich funktionieren die Zauberkräfte wieder. Ein Schub in der Evolution und die sog. Goblinisierung setzen ein: Menschen verwandeln sich in Fabelwesen, Elfen, Trolle und Orks betreten die Bühne, und ein gewaltiges Geschöpf, das man längst ausgestorben glaubte, erwacht aus seinem zehntausendjährigen Schlaf: der Drache.

Rok 2050: svět se změnil. Věky dřímající magie procitla a s ní se na Zemi vrátily prastaré rasy. Elfové, trpaslíci, orkové i dravci vládnoucí kouzelnou mocí se mísí s technologickou civilizací gigantických hi-tech metropolí i slumů, skrčených v jejich stínu. Mocnými tohoto světa jsou nadnárodní megakorporace, které shromažďují to jediné, co má skutečnou hodnotu – informace. Zajištěná existence Sama Vernera v lůně mamutího koncernu Renraku končí v okamžiku, kdy se mimoděk připlete do soukolí boje o moc. A pokud chce Sam uniknout doživotním okovům světa, ve který již nevěří, musí proklouznout jako stín mezi dlouhými prsty korporací do míst, kde první chybný krok může zároveň být i posledním, ztratit se mezi tisíci jemu podobných a vybudovat si novou identitu vhodnou pro běh mezi stíny.

Bushido governs all these concepts. As a MechWarrior of the Draconis Combine, Minobu Tetsuhara was bound b Bushido - a code that demands loyal service - to the devious Warlord Grieg Samsonov. But when Minobu came upon a strange blue-and-gold Archer, the field littered with its vanquished opponents and its weapons now empty, Bushido also dictated that he not destroy the honorable but helpless warrior. And so he rescued Jaime Wolf. Minobu was then assigned as liaison to the Wolf's Dargoons, one of the Combine's most elite mercenary units, who treated him with the respect due a fellow warrior. When the mercenaries refused to renew their contract with Samsonov, Minobu was instructed to destroy them. Now Bushido dictates that Minobu oppose his honorable foe, a man with whom he has served and who deserves far better than betrayal...

In the sequel to Timespell, Yan Tanafres and Teletha must prove themselves in a battle against the bregil, beastly creatures who wear moonstone amulets and draw their powers from a dragon-like wizardry.

WHERE MAN MEETS MAGIC AND MACHINEThe year is 2050. The power of magic and the creatures it brings have returned to the earth, and many of the ancient races have re-emerged. Elves, Orks, Mages and lethal Dragons find a home in a world where technology and human flesh have melded into deadly urban predators. And the multinational mega-corporations hoard the only thing of real value - information.For Sam Verner, living in the womb of the Renraku conglomerate was easy, until his sister disappeared and the façade of the corporate reality began to disintegrate. Now Sam wants out, but to "extract" himself he has to slide like a whisper through the deadly shadows the corporations cast, through a world where his first wrong move may be his last... the world of Shadowrun.

Theodore Kurita, heir to the Draconis Combine, prepares himself for the day he must depose his father from the position of Coordinator