This is probably getting lost among a zillion SR4 threads, but...

I heard it was there, am I correct?

What do people think of it? (I still haven't seen a full review... Starglyte? left it somewhere in the middle)

Yes, it was in fact there. I haven't looked at it yet, though.

I also purchased it and can confirm it was there.

It actually arrived at my local gaming shop last Wednesday (which, given the 6+ week wait between Loose Alliances' official release and the availability of hardcopies, was a pleasant surprise). Artwork is pretty good (same guy who did the cover for Man and Machine, if I'm not mistaken, also did the cover for this), plot twists and writeups are interesting. However, I have to footnote my positive review with the disclaimer that I know little about the locations being described. I thought California Free State was okay until I actually learned a thing or two about California.

For what it's worth, many of SoA's writers or collaborators know Asia first hand:

Skarn Ka (Middle East) works in Israel and just finished a visit to Kashmir (possibly to check out the veracity of India's chapter)

Otaku Mike (SE Asia) lives in Bangkok.

I wrote Korea with valuable help from Daegann, who was living in Korea at that moment (I think he's back in France now). I'd also like to point out that I'm half-Korean, in case no one noticed.

Fastdos (Japan) had excellent support from Janus-san.

And so on...

(whoa, this is turning into a prop list )

I've had a quick flick through the book, I got it on Tuesday last week from my FLGS in the UK. One thing that does jump out at me is the amount of editing mistakes in it. Just look at the opening paragraph for Israel and tell me what I'm missing, there is half a sentence missing there. I also spotted several other similar issues in my quick flick, which is odd I don't usually find them in Shadowrun.

Just ordered it at my FLGS, hope to get it tomorrow
(together with Chaositech, which seems to be a nice steampunk'n'alien sourcebook).

You'll get it tomorrow? Where do you live? What FLGS do you frequent?

Mine told me they'd get it in two weeks.

www.dragonworld.de

They're based in Hamburg and usually ship the order the same day. As i live close to Hamburg, i'll normally have my order the next day. The parcel service is a quick one these days.

Thanks!

@Grinder: About your Link! I've send you a PM about it. It's urgent that you read it.

Yeah, got it. Thanks a lot

Just received the book (the german mail service is better than most people think ) and had a look at it. Had some nice artwork and makes a good first impression, i'm really looking forward to read the section about Tibet and India.