Coming Soon: SR novel 'Undershadows' Options

[Sendaz]

Spotted this in the back of Rigger 5> New SR fiction 'Undershadows' by Jason Hardy coming soon.

Set across the pond in jolly old London, Vaquita is a Runner and apparently a Headcase, carrying around a foreign personality in her head, but because it's British it's probably too polite to just take her over entirely and is doing a timeshare or something.
At least as long as the tea, finger sandwiches and crumpets hold out. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)

Now she is off on a run with her team in the abandoned Angel Towers Arcology, a stripped down shell of its former glory now filled with the unsavoury dangerous sorts and secrets you would expect to find in this kind of place.
Think Renraku Arcology Lite, though don't get cocky in here as there is still a lot that can flatline you in short order, if you are lucky.
Rumours of bugs and worse hanging out on some of the levels are still whispered among the locals, so death is not necessary the worst that can happen to a body here.
All that and Marmite too.

No seriously, f**k Marmite, that stuff is toxic.
When the leading advertisement for this stuff focuses on how half of the people who try eating it vomit uncontrollably afterwards, you realize just how messed up this stuff is.
Any other product using this type of advertising would have been shut down, banned and burned to the ground with salt plowed into the ashes afterwards.
Imagine if they did those chips (crisps to the Brits reading this) ads with the 'low fat' alternative that turned out to give you diarrhea and the ad showed half the eaters rushing off to the toilet like that scene from Bridemaids.
Yeah, not happening (thankfully)
But Marmite? That's like a badge of honor or something....

*ahem*

Anyway, we enjoyed Mr. Hardy's work in Hell on Water for it's bringing the setting to life and unusual characters (the main 'heroes' and baddies alike), even if we were not entirely sold on the story itself.
All it lacked in this regard as a setting piece was a map and some picture/prints like how the oldschool SR novels had it. Maybe this could be something to bring back in future novels please?
In any case, we look forward to seeing how he breathes new life into this corner of the Old Smoke.

Hopefully sans Marmite....

[Sengir]

Now she is off on a run with her team in the abandoned Angel Towers Arcology, a stripped down shell of its former glory now filled with the unsavoury dangerous sorts and secrets you would expect to find in this kind of place.

When did that happen?

[Sendaz]

When did that happen?

Conspiracy Theories pg 101 for the main thrust of it, with little sprinkles of bug colony rumours later on.

Next to the LCZ is the heaped nightmare known as the
Angel Towers Arcology. Former owners Regulus Joint Industries
have fully moved to their new facility in Europort, and since they
never found any takers for their disintegrating structure, they
simply abandoned it. Residents of the LCZ know what to do with
abandoned structures, and it did not take them long to make their
move. The first people taking up residence in the arcology had a
fantasy about built-in electronics, large stores of resources, and
other amenities of the type rarely seen in the LCZ, only to find
that the building had been well and truly stripped before Regulus
departed (even Peter the Panda was removed from his perch atop
the arcology). On top of that, the building had been disconnected
from the power grid. Currently, the only difference between Angel
Tower and the rest of the LCZ is that it is better sheltered from the
elements—which, given the pollution and acid that regularly falls
on the city, is a not inconsiderable improvement.

> The arcology is so massive that no one really knows what’s going
on in there. The Black Lodge could have a meeting site on the
upper floors. A bug nest could be buried somewhere in the twisted
hallways. The Human Nation could be recruiting new members
inside. Remember, for the most part off the grid means out of
sight, and it’s a rare thing to have a large, out-of-sight complex in
the middle of a major sprawl.
> The Smiling Bandit


> I’d wager you’re spot-on about that second one.
> Fianchetto

[Deckbeard]

Neat. Very much enjoyed Hell on Water and looking foreward to this.