Into the Shadows is series of short stories that help flesh out much of a future Seattle landscape that provides a partial backdrop for Shadowrun and many major players that occupy its decrepit streets and luxurious corridors. Each story follows a unique group as they are tasked with completing a task before them and how they deal with it when their caper inevitably goes wrong. The tone for each story varies per author giving them a unique flavor and viewpoint. As you dive deeper into the anthology you begin to realize that all these individual stories and the characters within are actually connected.

I thoroughly enjoyed these stories and loved how they worked together to tell pieces of the whole story. I didn't feel lost throughout though some of the more technical jargon I allowed to slip through the cracks. None of this diminished my understanding of what was going on. I do wish I could spend more time with the characters to fill them out a bit more, but all the authors did a tremendous job with the pages they had. ( )

Nadia and Thorne

These are my two least favorite couples in The Associates Series. True, they are far different that any of the other Associates and their lovers. I would give the romantic parts only 2 stars.

The plot/story on the other had was up there with Ms. Crane's other Associate books. 4 stars.

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