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Shadowrun Legends: Never Deal with a Dragon: Secrets of Power, Volume 1 Paperback – September 17, 2018

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WHEN MAN MEETS MAGIC AND MACHINE...The 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 mana, technology, and human flesh have melded into deadly urban predators. And the multinational mega-corporations that run the world 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 he wants out, but to "extract" himself he has to slide like a whisper through the deadly shadows the corporations cast, into a completely different world where his first wrong move may be his last...the world of Shadowrun.
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    Shadowrun Legends
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Catalyst Game Labs (September 17, 2018)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 396 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1941582605
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1941582602
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.1 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 0.99 x 8.5 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
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Impossible to read the first one or two paragraph of every chapter.
This is one I read when it was first releases, way back when.... Looking for some more Kindle books, I found this and decided to reread the series.In Kindle format, the shadowrun logo is overlayed on the first one or two paragraphs of every chapter, making it impossible to read. You can eventually figure out which words you’re missing, but the effort involved just ruins the flow of the story.
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Gunlord
5.0 out of 5 stars What a ride!
Reviewed in the United States on October 4, 2023
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Never Deal With a Dragon by Robert N. Charrette. I don't want to say too much about the plot because it's so complex, so all I'll say is DAMN, what a ride. Soooo many double crosses and triple crosses, it's an immensely complex story but a very fitting one for the Shadowrun setting. The protag, Sam Verner, seems more like the sort you'd see in a Nintendo novel from long ago--he's loyal, honest, genuinely Christian (although religion is a little different in Shadowrun world), and steadfastly refuses to kill, but this obviously isn't a kid's book, there's a good deal of violence and some sex, though it's not described explicitly. But yeah, it's got guns, magic, high technology, and of course dragons, and I had a blast reading it I haven't had in a long time. 5 stars easy!
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Pocketmouse
4.0 out of 5 stars A wiz of a read
Reviewed in the United States on April 19, 2024
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The book was fun and the characters and villains alike were interesting and believable. I would read it again and recommend it to anyone who has heard of Shadowrun.
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Jeffrey Webb
5.0 out of 5 stars Man meets Magic and Machine - This is the novel that started Shadowrun.
Reviewed in the United States on December 13, 2016
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Never Deal with a Dragon is the first installation in the Secrets of Power trilogy by Robert Charette. This trilogy, along with the Into the Shadows anthology and 2XS by the late, great Nigel Findley are just what someone new to Shadowrun needs to introduce them to the amazing Sixth World. Game tie-in novels can be hit-or-miss, but I've yet to read any of Charette's work that were not a hit. His Battletech novels are likewise exceptionally good. The story of Sam Verner as he finds his place in the shadows of Seattle gives us a great POV character with which to introduce the things about the Shadowrun milieu that differ from the real world. His allies and enemies are archetypes of the genre, and each contributes to the feel that is something like Bladerunner meets Thunderheart meets The Dresden Files. Now, this is a product of the late 80s and you will see quite a few themes deriving therefrom. That said, the Secrets of Power trilogy should be treated as a well-written primer on jumping into the shadows of the 2050s, where it all began.
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vernon reich
3.0 out of 5 stars The original, great for setting if you can tolerate the hero.
Reviewed in the United States on June 13, 2016
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It isn't the best Shadowrun novel, but it was the first Shadowrun novel and as such has the power of Nostalgia on me. On my reread, I was glad a huge amount of typos were crushed, but the overly whiny main character, pained by his loss of a normal life and his Christianity, is at times very hard to put up with or root for.

For it's three part trilogy and great theme, moods, and situations very well portraying the situation, I can recommend it. But for good novels in the same setting, there are much better pickings.
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J. Delzer
5.0 out of 5 stars Fantasy, technology, and the real world meshed with elves.
Reviewed in the United States on July 10, 2019
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If you're a fan of the SNES game like I am, you'll find lots of parallels in the world of Shadowrun where fantasy creatures have returned to the earth in a futuristic interpretation of a world pioneered by information and facts rather than money and power. In 1993, the matrix wasn't about keeping people entertained while they were used for energy for machines, but a technological network where people could come and go in a metaphysical world to search for information useful in the real world.

Sam Verner may not be as slick as Jake Armitage, but while I'm still reading the book, I like the adventure and am considering reading other stories in the series.
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Nickolas Landry
4.0 out of 5 stars Convoluted plot in a good intro to Shadowrun
Reviewed in the United States on September 8, 2022
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That was quite the convoluted plot. Pay attention or you'll soon lose track of the many characters, their relationships, who is loyal to whom, and such. This is especially true if you take breaks or only read a couple chapters a day, instead of reading through. It's not exactly a page turner, so powering through may not be for everyone.

The plot itself goes quite deep and very aptly paints a picture of what the Shadowrun world is all about. That was my main goal. My TTRPG group had just started playing Shadowrun 6E and I wanted to immerse myself in the lore, but unfortunately we gave up on the clunky system after 4-5 sessions, and I set the book aside for a few months, only halfway read.

It's a good story if you're really curious about the world of Shadowrun, spanning corporate wars, espionnage, intrigue, special ops, decking into Matrix runs, some magic, dragon masterminds, lots of gun fights, and of course, shadowruns. The best parts are the dialogues. Unfortunately they are wrapped into heavy, in-depth description that border on the excessive, in an attempt to properly convey the feel for the SR world and lore. This slows the pace down considerably, too much really.

The audiobook reading is quite good. The narrator is engaging and there's a fair amount of sound processing to change some voices to be more immersive, such as the telepathic echo of dragons, the high-compression quality drop of telecoms, the deep guttural voice of orks, etc.
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Luke
5.0 out of 5 stars Learn to run the shadows!
Reviewed in the United States on October 10, 2016
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I've always liked the setting of Shadowrun, a unique blending of cyberpunk and magical fantasy that works surprisingly well together. The Sixth World setting is filled out in depth and is a great set-up for interesting stories. Never Deal With A Dragon is a great example and starting point for getting into the setting. The main character Sam is a stranger to 'running the shadows' so he's an excellent guide for the reader as he himself comes to learn how things in the world really work. Other characters like Dodger and Ghost Maker are also really interesting and I look forward to the two sequels involving these characters!

Give it a read, chummers!
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Monica1972
5.0 out of 5 stars Ottimo prodotto
Reviewed in Italy on October 25, 2021
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Arrivato nei tempi stabiliti.
Condizioni del contenuto eccellenti
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5.0 out of 5 stars Love it!
Reviewed in Canada on October 27, 2018
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I love Shadowrun therefore I love this
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5.0 out of 5 stars Muito legal mesmo! Chummer!
Reviewed in Brazil on August 26, 2018
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Rápido, intenso e brilhante! Que história! Melhor não fazer acordos com Dragões!
Recomendo pra quem conhece e pra quem não conhece!
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paul cooper
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in Australia on March 24, 2017
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Great read
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Bear120305
2.0 out of 5 stars Good introduction to Shadowrun. Terrible writing.
Reviewed in Australia on January 16, 2021
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If you're new to Shadowrun this is a great book to start your journey. Most of the major races are covered, most of the major specialisations are covered and the setting is explained. That being said, it's not a good book. There's many characters and many factions. Too many. Most are paper thin and all are driven by whatever the plot requires rather than their own motivations. The novel is a mess. Sub young adult writing at best.
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