Hammajang Luck: Ocean’s 8 meets sci-fi in this devilishly funny and romantic heist adventure debut

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Makana Yamamoto

Hammajang Luck

Name: Hammajang Luck
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ISBN: 9781399616812

Ocean’s 8 meets sci-fi in this devilishly funny and romantic heist adventure debut

Makana Yamamoto

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Gollancz
20 January 2026

Crime & Mystery; Science fiction; Science Fiction

One last job could buy them their freedom - or cost them everything . . . Discover the high-octane space heist adventure from Makana Yamamoto - unmissable for fans of Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir and Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo.

HAMMAJANG | adjective. Definition: In a disorderly or chaotic state; messed up. Chiefly in predicative use, esp. in all hammajang. Etymology: A borrowing from Hawaiian Pidgin. Source: Oxford English Dictionary.

Edie is done with crime. Eight years behind bars changes a person - costs them too much time with too many of the people who need them most.

And it's all Angel's fault. She sold Edie out in what should have been the greatest moment of their lives. Instead, Edie was shipped off to the icy prison planet spinning far below the soaring skybridges and neon catacombs of Kepler space station - of home - to spend the best part of a decade alone.

But then a chance for early parole appears out of nowhere and Edie steps into the pallid sunlight to find none other than Angel waiting - and she has an offer.

One last job. One last deal. One last target. The trillionaire tech god they failed to bring down last time. There's just one thing Edie needs to do - trust Angel again - which also happens to be the last thing Edie wants to do. What could possibly go all hammajang about this plan?

Ocean's 8 meets Blade Runner in this trail-blazing debut science fiction novel and swashbuckling love letter to Hawai'i about being forced to find a new home and striving to build a better one.

'A high-throttle space heist - but make it gay? Sign. Me. Up.' - S.A. MacLean, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Phoenix Keeper

'Swashbuckling and heart-warming in equal measure' - Lavanya Lakshminarayan, Arthur C. Clarke Award-nominated author of The Ten Percent Thief

By: Makana Yamamoto
Imprint: Gollancz
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 196mm, Width: 130mm, Spine: 32mm
Weight: 268g
ISBN: 9781399616812
ISBN 10: 1399616811
Pages: 384
Publication Date: 20 January 2026
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Makana Yamamoto was born on the island of Maui. Splitting their time between the Mainland and Hawai'i, they grew up on beaches and in snowbanks. Always a scientist at heart, Makana fell in love with sci-fi as a teen. A writer from childhood, fiction became the perfect medium for them to explore their interests as well as reconnect with their culture, coalescing into a passion for diverse sci-fi. They currently live on the East Coast with their wife and two cats. Find their website at makana-yamamoto.com.

Reviews for Hammajang Luck: Ocean’s 8 meets sci-fi in this devilishly funny and romantic heist adventure debut

Hammajang Luck has more to say than Ocean's 8, the setting is more thoughtful and relevant than Blade Runner, and you still get the heist you came looking for! Seriously. What more could you ask for? It's an easy, fun read, which will make a lot of readers smile for all kinds of reasons. Recommended! * Lightspeed Magazine * Fans of Ocean's Eight and Leverage will find this a delightful ode to team heists. The enemies-to-lovers trope, queer characters, and Hawaiian culture and language create a unique backdrop for a familiar plot line * Library Journal * This is a blast * Publishers Weekly * A splendid addition to the genre * Locus *