An Average Night on Androkles

Danny Andela only wanted a freight contract. Instead, someone kidnapped her crewman. 


Three months after escaping the Emperor’s Crystal City, the former Imperial Hammer is keeping her head down, her ship hidden and her bills barely paid. A promising dinner with Jurick Garnier might solve at least one problem—if Danny can turn the charming businessman into a paying client.


Then an Imperial Shield officer arrives with a message. Major Darkwood has taken Dalton, and he wants Danny in exchange.


With the deadline closing fast, Danny and her unexpected new ally race into Androkles’ freight district to bring Dalton home. What they uncover there is bigger—and uglier—than a private vendetta. And one injured creature is about to make sure Danny never faces the galaxy alone again.


An Average Night on Androkles is Book 1.1 of the Imperial Hammer series, a fast-moving space opera short story packed with action, humor, a sentient shipmind, an unlikely rescue team and the origin of Danny’s bond with Varg.

 

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 

 

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Praise for the Imperial Hammer series: 

 

I love sci-fi and this story makes me love it even more. 

 

I am in awe of the writing ability and imagination of Cameron Cooper. 

 

Before reading any of this author's work, I would have stated I did not really like science fiction. THAT has changed. 

 

It's full of action from beginning to end. 

 

Brilliant and intricate. 

 

Many memorable characters – but my favorite is Varg. 

 

Twists and turns so you’re never really sure what is going on behind the scenes. 

 

I am so enthralled with the series that I am impatient for the release of the next book. 

 

Cameron somehow describes scenes in ways that make me feel like I am actually present 

 

This story truly does justice to the legacies of the greats, like Orson Scott Card and Frank Herbert. 

 

Edge of your seat action will keep you captivated until the final page!! 

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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.