Name: Hammered
ISBN: 9780553587500

Elizabeth Bear

A former Canadian special forces warrior artificially engineered for combat, Jenny Casey spends her days hiding from the government she once served, but now she has become a pawn in a high-stakes battle for power as a ruthless scientist sets his sights on Jenny and her unique talents. A first novel. Original.

Hammered

Cindy Lieberman

Jenny Casey (aka Maker) is approaching 50 and feels about 80 thanks to 30 year-old, archaic tech that replaced one of her arms and more following a piloting accident. She can still fight, however, and throws a mean punch with her bionic arm. This ex-military warrant officer helps out her neighbors in a rough part of Connecticut. But now she needs help from them. Someone, someone very powerful and persistent, is after her.

So many story threads are left hanging at the end of this first novel, that I’m guessing it was a multi-book deal from the start. Fortunately I like many of the characters and will seek out the rest of the series.

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.