Severed

Name: Severed
Rating: 4.875 (8 reviews)

Cameron Cooper

Oct 2020 · Imperial Hammer Book 4 · Stories Rule Press

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Danny Andela is the most wanted woman in the Empire—and the enemy who controls every road between the stars wants her alone.

The galaxy believes Danny assassinated Emperor Ramaker. Only Danny and her crew know the truth: the man she killed was a clone controlled by the self-aware interstellar array. Now the Imperial Shield and Rangers are hunting her, while the array is free to punish anyone Danny cares about.

To protect her crew, Danny makes a desperate bargain and surrenders herself.

The array keeps its word in the cruelest way possible. Danny is stripped of her ship, her resources and the people she trusts, leaving her stranded, hunted and forced to rebuild from almost nothing. Every identity, weapon, ally and scrap of information must be won one painful step at a time.

But while Danny fights to reunite her scattered family and clear her name, a new Emperor rises—and the array’s influence over the Empire is becoming something far more dangerous than political power.

To survive, Danny will have to do what the Imperial Hammer has always done: improvise, endure and fight back. Because this time, defeating the array may mean taking on the Empire itself.

Severed is Book 4 of the Imperial Hammer series, a character-driven space opera of rogue artificial intelligence, galactic intrigue, survival, found family and explosive action.The Imperial Hammer series:

1.0: Hammer and Crucible

1.1: An Average Night on Androkles

2.0: Star Forge

3.0: Long Live the Emperor

4.0: Severed

5.0: Destroyer of Worlds

Praise for Severed:

This sci-fi thriller just gets better and better.

There is a reason this is one of my favorites.

An intense read...

fast moving, action filled read with some interesting character twists and a couple political twists that were very well done.

Intense Installment!!!

Cooper does it again, creating a story that sucks you right in and won't let you go until you finish in the wee hours of the morning!

Cameron just keeps writing better and better!

I could not put this book down! I had to read it in one long, satisfying session.

made for a reading in one sitting. Who could stop an do anything else? Even pee...

Original, interesting and well written. Highly recommend.

Compulsive reading and full of surprises! Severed is rife with tense suspense and thrills, as lives and loves hang in the balance with seemingly hopeless odds.

Another winner for Cameron Cooper.

Thrilling and Suspenseful story that is an amazing continuation of this series.

a fantastic well written read

Danny Andela is the most wanted woman in the Empire—and the enemy who controls every road between the stars wants her alone. The galaxy believes Danny assassinated Emperor Ramaker. Only Danny and her crew know the truth: the man she killed was a clone controlled by the self-aware interstellar arr...

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Ratings and reviews

8 reviews

MyOhMy

October 7, 2020

Another winner for Cameron Cooper. Great science fiction without too much science but what science there is is well plotted, fits into the story and actually makes sense. This is a continuing story. I recommend reading them in order because the story develops from book to book. Realistic characters, tight writing without useless red herrings and disappearing story lines. Original, interesting and well written. Highly recommend.

Kathryn Paparello

October 10, 2020

Thrilling and Suspenseful story that is an amazing continuation of this series. Emotions are palpable and very well conveyed. This is a fantastic well written read with great development within the story and through the series.

Ingrid Savell

October 8, 2020

Compulsive reading and full of surprises! Severed is rife with tense suspense and thrills, as lives and loves hang in the balance with seemingly hopeless odds. Action and tension are balanced by the continued development of interpersonal relationships between characters creating a depth and emotional charge to the story that held me enthralled. The beautifully crafted plot is enhanced by scene-setting descriptions of other-worldly spaces. The details of the unique world are mind-boggling but they add to the rich texture that makes this space world and it's series of Houdini-like escape scenes so believable. So many elements of the plot and twists of the whole series culminate to make each book in the series even better than the last...for me, especially in this story, it was the loving humanity and honour of the characters. I highly recommend this book but it's best to start at book one (Hammer and Crucible) of the Imperial Hammer series...and like me you'll be eagerly awaiting the next book to see what Danny does next!

About the author

Cameron Cooper writes fast-moving, character-driven science fiction filled with big ideas, political intrigue, expansive worlds, and people facing extraordinary circumstances. Best known for the Imperial Hammer space opera series, Cameron also writes military science fiction, SF crime, dystopian and alternate-history fiction, and hopepunk.

Cameron’s publishing career began in 1999 and spans both traditional and independent publishing. Cameron placed fourth in Hugh Howey’s Self-Published Science Fiction Competition #2, and the novella Quiet Like Fire was an Aurealis Award finalist for Best Science Fiction Novella.

Cameron Cooper is the science fiction pen name of Tracy Cooper-Posey. An Australian-Canadian, she lives in Edmonton, Canada, where she writes science fiction fueled by Irish Breakfast tea, chocolate, and a stubborn belief that the future is still worth fighting for.

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