Shadowrun: Chaser
Shadowrun Novels #73.1
by Russell Zimmerman
Narrated by Robert Austin James
Why Listen to This Audiobook?
At under three hours, this noir detective yarn set in the Shadowrun universe burns fast and leaves no fat on the bone.
- Great if you want: cyberpunk noir with a protective, street-level protagonist
- Listening experience: tight and punchy — a single-session listen with real momentum
- Narration: Robert Austin James suits the hard-boiled investigator voice well
- Skip if: you're unfamiliar with Shadowrun lore and dislike diving cold
About This Audiobook
Shadowrun: Chaser is a short novel in the Shadowrun universe, set in the cyberpunk-fantasy streets of Puyallup. Paranormal P.I. Jimmy Kincaid investigates a magical attack on a street gang that was running a charity — a case that initially seems beneath his pay grade until the connections to a church he knows personally, and a creature hunting his neighborhood, make it intensely personal. Zimmerman writes the Shadowrun setting with the affection of someone who knows the game well, and the noir-influenced plotting suits the material.
Robert Austin James narrates with the gruff urban energy the setting demands. At just over two and a half hours Chaser is a tight, genre-satisfying novella that delivers exactly what Shadowrun fiction promises: magic, combat, investigation, and the specific flavor of a world where cyberpunk and fantasy share the same streets. James's pacing matches the story's lean construction.