Clifton Lambert – författare

WHAT PRICE WILL YOU PAY?No matter how powerful a shadowrunner is, the darkness of the Sixth World always claims its due, whether that's in a career, reputation, resources, or sometimes, a 'runner's very life.These four novellas illustrate the costs of running the shadows in stark detail. A rising Urban Brawl star is forced into the shadows after being framed for fixing a game…and soon realizes there are much more dangerous games than his chosen sport. A low-level criminal in the sprawling city of Tenochtitlan, in the corporate nation of Aztlan, awakens his magical abilities while discovering dark forces are trying to force open a doorway into the Sixth World…and he's the only one who can stop them. An efficient corporate operative must navigate internal corporate politics and team member friction while carrying out a mission for her employer…who might be looking to sanction her if she doesn't toe the line. Finally, the troll street doc called Shimura runs a cramped medical office open to anyone, no questions asked. And when a decker on the run comes in minus her deck, and with a brain full of battling programs, before he knows it, Shimura is drawn back to a world he swore off years ago…the world of the shadows.Four stories of conspiracy and peril in the dark world of Shadowrun. Check your weapon, ready your spells, and prepare to negotiate with the most dangerous hazard of all…the shadows.Price to Pay contains the following novellas:"e;Kill Penalty"e; by Clifton Lambert"e;Kings of the Street"e; by O. C. Presley"e;Corporate Business"e; by Dylan Birtolo"e;Mercy Street"e; by Bryan Young