Run Hard, Die Fast

Shadowrun Novels Germany #40

by Mel Odom

Top shadowrunner and street samurai Argent meets with a potential client only to be caught in the middle of a deadly corporation crossfire that leaves corpses scattered across the streets. It turns out the meeting was arranged by Argent's former lover, who is trapped in the Pueblo Corporate Council lands. On the run, and hunted by assault teams, she knows that Argent's samurai code of honor will drive him to protect her. But in order to save her, he must confront the secrets of his past, and assemble a rag-tag team of mercenaries to elude the three corporations that have decided everyone involved would be better off dead.

Genres: Cyberpunk, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Urban Fantasy, Role Playing Games, Dystopia, Science Fiction Fantasy

Paperback

First published February 1, 1999

About the author

Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name.

aka Jordan Gray

Mel Odom is a bestselling writer for hire for Wizards of the Coast's Forgotten Realms, Gold Eagle's Mack Bolan, and Pocket's Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel book lines. His debut SF novel Lethal Interface made the Locus recommended list . The Rover was an Alyx Award winner. He has also written a scientific adventure of the high seas set in the 19th century entitled Hunters of the Dark Sea. He lives in Oklahoma.

Reviews

[Austin Beeman · Rating 4 out of 5]

An adrenaline fueled cyberpunk “Rambo” action thriller. Little character development or really anything except action. Fun macho wish-fulfillment.

[Kenny Ketner · Rating 4 out of 5]

Decent, focused on combat action

[Ian · Rating 5 out of 5]

Runs from start to finish

Some of the clearest and sharpest matrix action descriptions in the entire stable of Shadowrun novels. Moments during physical action sequences that the author does not have to give us to make it work but does to make it even tastier. Sensory heavy action. Purposeful destruction and gore. An introspective protagonist. Insight into the perspectives of all the key players creating clarity then twisting it away and bringing it back again. Thank you to the author.

[Todd Landrum · Rating 3 out of 5]

A decent popcorn read with a standard, stoic, angst-ridden hero. The bad guys are reasonably dastardly, the action fast & furious. The hero was near-invulnerable though which drained most of the tension from the story.

[Benjamin Norton · Rating 2 out of 5]

Cliche characters with nonsense motivations. A boring, Mary Sue protagonist constantly protected by plot armor who does nothing to earn the respect everyone seems all to eager heap on him. A completely unsatisfying ending.

[Aderinto]

FASCINATING,ENJOYED MY RIGHT FROM THE FIRST PAGE