From Elizabeth Bear comes a near-future tale about a woman who was engineered for combat in a world that's running out of time.

Jenny Casey is a former Canadian special forces warrior living on the hellish streets of Hartford, Connecticut, in the year 2062. Her artificially reconstructed body is failing her, but a government scientist from her old life thinks she is perfect for his high-stakes project.

Suddenly Jenny is a pawn in a battle being waged on the Internet, the streets, and in the complex wirings of her man-made nervous system. And she needs to gain control of the game before a brave new future spins completely out of control.

About the Author

Elizabeth Bear was born on the same day as Frodo and Bilbo Baggins, but in a different year. This, coupled with a childhood tendency toward reading the dictionary, doomed her early to penury, intransigence and the writing of speculative fiction.

She is a recipient of the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer and a Locus Award, and has been nominated for the BSFA, Philip K. Dick and Lambda awards. She lives in southern New England with a presumptuous cat and her hobbies include archery, guitar and the indiscriminate slaughter of defenseless houseplants.

Reviews
A gritty and painstakingly well-informed peek inside a future we'd all better hope we don't get * Richard Morgan, author of Altered Carbon *
A remarkable SF writer who's leaving many of her contemporaries in the dust * SFReviews *
What Bear has done in Hammered is create a world that is all too plausible . . . an unnerving peek into a future humankind would be wise to avoid * SciFi.com *
A tightly plotted page-turner. The noir universe [Bear] creates is as hard-edged as the people who inhabit it * SFRevu *
A tense, involving and character-driven read . . . a doozy of a ride * New York Review of Science Fiction *
A roller coaster of a good thriller * SF Crowsnest *



Book Information
ISBN 9781473224544
Author Elizabeth Bear
Format Paperback
Page Count 336
Imprint Gateway
Publisher Orion Publishing Co
Weight(grams) 240g
Dimensions(mm) 196mm * 130mm * 26mm