Worlds without End (Shadowrun 18)

by Caroline Spector

Remembering an innocent world from centuries ago, immortal elf Aina struggles for survival in the Awakened era of shadowrunners and evil magic, and she must rally her companions to battle an ancient... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0451453719
• ISBN13: 9780451453716
• Release Date: October 1995
• Publisher: Ace
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.0" x 1.0" x 4.3"

Customer Reviews

intended trilogy

Out of fairness this book was originally intended as part of a Trilogy. This was supposed to be the last book in the trilogy, but since the popularity of the Shadowrun series was much greater than that of Earthdawn, this was the first to be printed. Prior to FASA's cancellation of Earthdawn, there were two more books that Caroline was supposed to write (and may have indeed written ?) that are based in the earlier timeframe of the Immortal Elves. That being said, this book was incredible. Nice look at the tragic lives of characters whose lives span millenia. If you like Earthdawn, it is a nice peek into an older age and what is to come.

AWESOME!

This book was great and very informative. It deals with alot of the cross over bestween Earthdawn and Shadowrun. As for the ending of the story. I will just say read into it...some say the main creature was too easily defeated...but at what cost? If you do not deal alot with the Shadowrun/Earthdawn crossover you may be a little lost with this story. Personaly I can't wait to read the other 2...

A great symbiosis of Shadowrun and Earthdawn

Ok, this is not one of the usual SR-novels with a big, bad Con and brave, altruistic runners (don't get me wrong, I like those also) - but its a great book nonetheless ! The plot may be not easy to understand for someone who has no experience with the world of Earthdawn, but if you have, this is the most important step in SR-history that far... the horrors have finally and definitely come back to the world!! To those who complain about how "easy" the horror was defeated at the end I have to say : "You did not understand the end (and most of the plot before) at all!!"

Not so fast...

This is not an action novel. Take your basic immortal elf. She survives one horrible set of circumstances, albeit with severe emotional trauma. She spends a few bad millenia, only to find that the trouble is returning, worse than before. And throw in a little bit of a Cassandra complex, too. Just like in the Shadowrun game, the main characters are so powerful that using them for action sequences would be overkill. This book is about emotions- fears, hates, grudges, etc. On that level it succeeds, and I can't wait to see more of the same, if it ever gets published. This is one of the few Shadowrun stories that might have made it on its own WITHOUT the background universe.