The RIB: Catch and Kill by Craig Schaefer

Catch and Kill is Craig Schaefer's new book. It's a cyberpunk and magic heist story, which will be familiar to fans of Shadowrun. Set in the future of the author's First Story universe (the home of the Daniel Faust and Harmony Black books), magic has been revealed openly to the world. Now people can study magic at university, enhance operas with magic or use magic for special security. But it's still a gritty, noir world. Large corporations rule everything and people still have to hustle to get by. Enter our protagonist, Emily Yeats, who's a witch with a tight crew of friends, each with their own specialization. They focus on penetration testing - breaking into corporate buildings and testing their security protocols for payment. But after Emily is stiffed out of a contract by a jealous rival, she crosses a line and accepts a 'black' contract, doing an illegal heist to get some blackmail-worthy data off her client's corporate rival. Of course, everything goes wrong and Emily and her…