Shadowrun: Mindblown: (A Shadowrun Novella)

Street samurai Payas, mage Hitoshi, and rigger Zurita all thought they had found the easiest way to make nuyen; offer two rival South American cartels escort services through the same disputed territory. Easy, that is, until the two rival cartel members stumbled into each other one afternoon.

Now on the outs with both criminal syndicates, the trio has to come up with another way to make some fast cash, or pull up stakes and leave the city of Tarapoto. So when a mysterious stranger who claims to be affiliated with one of the cartels offers a fat payment for a drug run, Payas takes him up on it.

But the enigmatic man, Cort, is much, much more than he seems, and his cargo is the most lethal new drug on the market, the life-destroyer known as Mindblown. After Payas’ mistake destroys his rest stop during their trip, the three vow to track Cort down and extract their revenge. Finding the man is easy enough, but what they stumble into when they do might require a sacrifice larger than any of them is willing to make to stop him…