Risingshadow
Speculative Fiction Books
  • About
    • Home
    • Articles
    • About Us
    • Contact Us
    • Privacy Policy
    • Terms of Service
    • Staff Members
    • Newsletter
    • Finnish (FI)
  • Books
    • New Releases
    • Coming Soon
    • Books of the Year
    • Bookshelves Activity
    • Recently Added
    • Advanced Search
    • Reviews / Comments
    • Genres and Tags
    • * Submit Book
  • Community
    • Discussions
    • - Recent Messages
    • - Recent Topics
    • - Hot Topics
    • - Popular Topics
    • - Search
    • CHALLENGES
    • - Reading Challenge
    • - Book Trivia Quiz
  • Home
  • Books
  • Edward W. Robertson
  • Breakers
  • Cut Off

Cut Off

Breakers #5 / 8
by Edward W. Robertson
Cut Off (Breakers #5) by Edward W. Robertson
Unrated

It's been six years since the plague and Tristan has spent five of them in Maui with her brother Alden. Life seems quiet. Simple. Peaceful. All these illusions are torn away when she discovers an alien installation hidden in the mountains.

In response, she prepares a boat and starts work on a new home deep in the forest. But the locals don't appreciate her raiding their town for supplies. Soon, their resentment flares into open war—and draws the attention of the aliens, who bomb the area relentlessly. With their home and lives in ruin, Tristan and Alden flee deep into the jungle of Hana. And discover a secret paradise.

Yet it's not meant to last. Off the coast of China, Ness and his alien ally Sebastian are tracking an alien conspiracy. Its tendrils will lead them straight to Maui—and pull humanity to the brink of extinction.

Amazon: Check Best Offer

Science FictionDystopia
Release date: April 7, 2014

Book Order
Amazon
Kindle
Audible
Amazon CA
Amazon UK
Amazon Europe

Your Rating
☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆
Standard Shelves

Readers also enjoyed

Red Rising (Red Rising Saga #1)
★ 8.68 / 16
Nineteen Eighty-Four
★ 8.28 / 58
The Handmaid's Tale (The Handmaid's Tale #1)
★ 8.24 / 37
The Passage (The Passage Trilogy #1)
★ 8.22 / 37
The Core of the Sun
★ 8.10 / 19
Station Eleven
★ 7.96 / 20
The Year of the Flood (MaddAddam)
★ 7.88 / 16

Join the Discussion
You can post as a guest or sign in for more features.
Have questions about this book or want to share your thoughts? Join the conversation!
Edward W. Robertson

Edward W. Robertson

When Edward W. Robertson writes, he doesn't just build worlds—he watches them burn and rise again. From crumbling civilizations in his Breakers series to the epic, war-torn landscapes of The Cycle of Arawn and The Cycle of Galand, his work pulses with tension, grit, and the kind of moral complexity that keeps readers up long past midnight.

Robertson first emerged on the fantasy and science fiction scene with a quiet but deliberate presence. That presence soon erupted into a million books sold, a USA Today bestseller title, and accolades including Audie and Voice Arts Award nominations. But behind the numbers is a writer who has never shied away from asking the hard questions: What happens when the world ends? What does power cost? And can redemption survive in the aftermath?

Read more ...

Raised in the wide-skied deserts of the American West, Robertson’s sense of scale—of distance, survival, and desolation—runs deep through his stories. His academic foundation in fiction from NYU gave him the tools to hone that voice, and after stints in New York, Idaho, L.A., and Hawaii, he now writes full time, balancing apocalyptic stakes with human vulnerability.

Readers who follow his fantasy sagas know the weight his characters carry: heroes shaped by failure, villains born of pain, and choices that ripple far beyond the page. The Cycle of Galand, which concluded with its tenth book in 2024, built on the legacy of The Cycle of Arawn with even deeper emotional resonance and sharper political intrigue. Meanwhile, his latest series, The Cycle of the Scour, continues to prove that high fantasy doesn't have to be predictable to be powerful.

Whether chronicling the fall of modern civilization or the rise of reluctant mages, Robertson doesn’t write escapism—he writes consequence. And in every shattered city or bloodstained battlefield, he leaves just enough light to believe the story isn’t over yet.

Breakers

Breakers consists of eight books. The current recommended reading order for the series is provided below.

Related series Rebel Stars

Breakers (Breakers #1)
Unrated
Melt Down (Breakers #2)
Unrated
Knifepoint (Breakers #3)
Unrated
Reapers (Breakers #4)
Unrated
Cut Off (Breakers #5)
Unrated
Captives (Breakers #6)
Unrated
Relapse (Breakers #7)
Unrated
Blackout (Breakers #8)
Unrated


^ Top
Follow Us: Newsletter | Facebook | X | Mastodon | RSS
Hosted by Planeetta Internet Oy
© 1996 - 2026 Risingshadow. All rights reserved.
This website uses cookies to ensure you get the best experience on our website.
Privacy Policy