Ruled Out

Cameron Cooper

Jun 2021 · Iron Hammer Book 5 · Stories Rule Press

About this ebook

Danny and her people face a galaxy-spanning dilemma.

 

Danny Andela, known as the Iron Hammer, and her allies are forced by the warlike Slavers to find a way to lead the Carina worlds to war. Both war and universal leadership are abhorred by the scarred and abused Carina people, yet Danny needs a central authority upon which to build the military force they need to defeat the enemy.

 

Danny realizes that she must find a way to protect the Carinad worlds on her own, but the work is not easy, for everyone thinks she is crazy and power-mad, including those people she considered friends and family…

 

Ruled Out is the fifth book in the Iron Hammer space opera science fiction series by award-winning SF author Cameron Cooper. The Iron Hammer series is a spin off from the acclaimed Imperial Hammer series, and features many of the characters and situations from that series.

 

The Iron Hammer series:

1.0: Galactic Thunder

2.0: Stellar Storm

3.0: Planetary Parlay

4.0: Waxing War

5.0: Ruled Out

6.0: Stranger Stars

7.0: Federal Force

8.0: Redline Rebels

 

Space Opera Science Fiction Novel

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Praise for Ruled Out:

 

Fast paced read with plenty of action from bar fights to space battles.

 

Nail biter of an ending with a huge twist/reveal for the next book. Excited to see how this will play out.

 

Insightful, detailed, perfectly crafted story which has day-to-day actions and amazing twists and turns. This world comes alive for the reader.

 

Oh, wow! Cameron Cooper just keeps getting better and better! And this Iron Hammer series has become absolutely Un. Put. Downable!

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Cameron Cooper is the author of the Imperial Hammer series, an Amazon best-selling space opera series, among others. 

 

Cameron tends to write space opera short stories and novels, but also roams across the science fiction landscape. Cameron was raised on a steady diet of Asimov, Heinlein, Herbert, McCaffrey, and others. Peter F. Hamilton, John Scalzi, Martha Wells and Cory Doctorow are contemporary heroes. An Australian Canadian, Cam lives near the Canadian Rockies.

Ratings and reviews

This fifth book in Danny's story kept me on the edge of my seat. It is full of action, twists, turns and action. It is well written with an engrossing storyline and characters that are exciting to read about.

Unpredictable Sci Fi adventure at full throttle! I was delighted to pick up where the story left off from book four in the series, with Danny meeting the challenge of the threat of war! Throughout this novel there was tense and exciting action with unexpected surprises and edge-of-my seat thrills as I followed Danny and her team into the fray! I loved that throughout both series' Danny has proven herself to be a strong lead character but there's compassion and consideration in her motivations and actions. Danny has continued to entrance and fascinate me since book one of the original Imperial Hammer series and once again she delighted me with her daring and courage despite self-doubt and challenging situations! I like that Danny is by nature military minded and doesn't have the patience or willingness to tolerate political BS. She's a straight shooter and likes to get things done which are the very qualities which get her into interesting situations but she's proven time and again that she can handle it. I can highly recommend this latest book in the Iron Hammer series and especially advocate reading all the books in order. If you want to enjoy these characters in their fully enriched complexity then it's even better to read the Imperial Hammer series beforehand.