Shadowrun: Chaser
Shadowrun Novels #73.1
by Russell Zimmerman
Why You'll Love This
A paranormal P.I. with a personal stake and a short fuse is the only thing standing between a neighborhood and something that turns people to ash.
- Great if you want: noir detective energy inside a gritty cyberpunk-magic world
- The experience: fast and punchy — reads in a single sitting, zero filler
- The writing: Zimmerman leans hard into street-level voice — worn, wry, lived-in
- Skip if: you're new to Shadowrun and want worldbuilding depth over plot momentum
About This Book
In the neon-soaked sprawl of the Shadowrun universe, most stories chase the megacorporate shadows at the top. Chaser goes the other direction — down to street level, into the ash and grief of Puyallup, where a paranormal private eye named Jimmy Kincaid works cases that don't pay well and matter anyway. When a magical attack torches a gang on a charity run connected to a church Jimmy holds close, the case stops being just work. It becomes something personal, something burning. The stakes here aren't global conspiracies or world-ending paydata — they're a neighborhood, a community, and one stubborn investigator who refuses to let his backyard become a killing ground.
Zimmerman writes lean and purposeful, keeping this novella-length story tight without sacrificing atmosphere or character depth. The pacing reads like a classic noir procedural dropped into a cyberpunk-fantasy world, and the combination earns its place — Jimmy Kincaid feels lived-in and specific rather than archetypal. For readers who love Shadowrun lore, there's texture and authenticity here. For readers new to the setting, the street-level focus makes it an accessible entry point that rewards without demanding homework.