Hammered
Jenny Casey Series, Book 1
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Narrated by:
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Carolina Hoyos
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By:
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Elizabeth Bear
About this listen
She was engineered for combat—in a world that is running out of time.
Once Jenny Casey was somebody's daughter. Once she was somebody's enemy. Now the former Canadian special forces warrior lives on the hellish streets of Hartford, Connecticut, in the year 2062. Racked with pain, hiding from the government she served, running with a crime lord so she can save a life or two, Jenny is a month shy of fifty, and her artificially reconstructed body has started to unravel. But she is far from forgotten. A government scientist needs the perfect subject for a high-stakes project and has Jenny in his sights.
Suddenly Jenny Casey is a pawn in a furious battle, waged in the corridors of the Internet, on the streets of battered cities, and in the complex wirings of her half-man-made nervous system. And she needs to gain control of the game before a brave new future spins completely out of control.
©2005 Elizabeth Bear (P)2022 TantorWhat listeners say about Hammered
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
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Performance4 out of 5 stars
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Story4 out of 5 stars
- Randal
- 06-03-25
A good debut
Narrated by Carolina Hoyos.
This is Elizabeth Bear's debut novel from 2004. It's 2062 and Jenny Casey, ex Canadian Special Forces, ekes out a living at the dangerous end of Hartford Connecticut, her only friends a crimelord and a rogue cop. She's in constant pain from the artificial body parts she acquired after a heli-crash when she was twenty-five. She's almost double that, now, and, despite being engineered for combat, her body is breaking down. She's hiding from the government in general and Colonel Vallance in particular, but he's tracking her to use her special skills for a new high-stakes project. The story moves from Hartford to Toronto and there are things afoot that Jenny hadn't ever dreamed of, but the people running the exciting project have let her down before and Jenny daren't let herself trust them again - but there are a couple of people she might be able to trust, one, in particular, from her past. Carolina Hoyos's narration is decent, if not sparkling, but I was sorry to realise this book doesn't really resolve. I don't mind reading series books, but I like a reasonable resolution at the end of each book. This seems to just stop on the point of something interesting, and there are unanswered questions about some characters left behind that I feel should have been addressed here instead of (hopefully) in future books. Though I enjoyed this for what it is, I'm disappointed about the loose ends, so it lost one star in the ratings.
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Overall2 out of 5 stars
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Performance1 out of 5 stars
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Story1 out of 5 stars
- Anonymous User
- 28-09-24
Chaotic
Ok, the only reason I didn't quit this book was in the vain hope that a story might appear.
It's all over the place, characters come and go with no real confirmation if they live or not.
The narrator is pretty bad, differentiating between characters may have helped the story, who knows?
And the sniffing(?) didn't help.
Also, understanding French really shouldn't be a prerequisite for listening but there you go.
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