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Title: The Terminus Experiment (Shadowrun #34)
Author: Jonathan E. Bond & Jak Koke
ISBN: 0451457048
Format: Paperback - 288 pages
Rating: Overall Concept - 7/10
Execution - 7/10

I own the entire run of Shadowrun Novels by ROC publishing (all 40 of them) and have read up to and including this title.

I must say that this book was another example of a really good quick read. I have enjoyed all the Shadowrun books and am only dissapointed by the fact that I only have 6 more to go.

For anyone who likes Fantasy, Cyberpunk or Shadowrun type books, I would redily suggest they read this one.

The one thing about this book I found most interesting was that this was the first Shadowrun novel to have a blatantly lesbian relationship. What makes it so interesting was that the book was written by a couple of men. Not to say that a man cannot write about a gay relationship, but I couldn't help but wonder if this situation was a hook or gimmick to feed the authors fantasy.

However, it was refreshing for the authors to have included such an integral part of human society into a book dealing with the future. All of the other Shadowrun novels have made no mention of homosexuality and have made few mentions of interracial relationships. By specifically including this into this story I think the authors have taken a risk that pays off immensely.

For the above reason, as well as some of the dark imagery and there being no clear protaganist, I think that this book is showing a maturing of the Shadowrun novel series, a maturing that I hope continues in the rest of the books.

Now, lets see what we can do to convince WhizKids and Fanpro to produce more Shadowrun novels. ;^)