Hammer of the Dogs
A Novel
by Jarret Keene
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Pub Date Sep 12 2023 | Archive Date Sep 20 2023
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Description
Set in the wasteland of post-apocalyptic Las Vegas, Hammer of the Dogs is a literary dystopian adventure filled with high-octane fun starring twenty-one-year-old Lash. With her high-tech skill set and warrior mentality, Lash is a master of her own fate as she helps to shield the Las Vegas valley’s survivors and protect her younger classmates at a paramilitary school holed up in Luxor on the Las Vegas Strip. After graduation, she’ll be alone in fending off the deadly intentions and desires of the school’s most powerful opponents.
When she’s captured by the enemy warlord, she’s surprised by two revelations: He’s not the monster her headmaster wants her to believe and the one thing she can’t safeguard is her own heart. Hammer of the Dogs celebrates the courageousness of a younger generation in the face of authority while exploring the difficult choices a conscionable young woman must make with her back against a blood-spattered wall. It’s a story of transformation and maturity, as Lash grapples with her own identity and redefines the glittering Las Vegas that Nevada is known for.
Advance Praise
“A dozen years after The Hunger Games and Divergent were first published, Hammer of the Dogs lights Las Vegas aflame with a post-apocalyptic fury, in which a new generation must reclaim the world from those who ruined it.”
—Todd Pierce, author of The Australia Stories
“Lash, the heroine of Jarret Keene’s post-apocalyptic Hammer of the Dogs, is a mix of Katniss Everdeen, Tris Prior, and Lisbeth Salander with an arsenal of deadly drones and ‘bombots’ worthy of a Tom Clancy novel. Lash was ‘born to slaughter evil’ and she’s very good at her job. What bleeds in Vegas won’t remain in Vegas for long.”
—Pat Rushin, screenwriter of The Zero Theorem
Marketing Plan
• Tears down benevolent beliefs about the increasingly digital world we all live in, to reveal the imaginable lethality of our online engagements
• Will generate positive discussion about troubling technological possibilities
• Media tie-ins to drone warfare, impact of tech on teen mental health, and ongoing efforts to make the delivery of education in a strictly online format
Available Editions
| EDITION | Other Format |
| ISBN | 9781647791278 |
| PRICE | $21.00 (USD) |
| PAGES | 192 |
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