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The Monster Hunters Hardcover – May 29, 2012

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THREE novels in the New York Times best-selling series in one volume – the first three entries in Larry Correia’s Monster Hunter series described as Dirty Harry meets Twilight.

Monster Hunter International, Monster Hunter Vendetta and Monster Hunter Alpha in one huge volume! Two New York Times bestsellers in together for the first time, and the first three entries in Larry Correia’s blockbuster Monster Hunter series.

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1200 pages
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English
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Baen
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May 29, 2012
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6.13 x 2.5 x 9.25 inches
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1451637845
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978-1451637847
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Larry Correia is an award-winning competitive shooter, a movie-prop-gun master and, yes, an accountant by day–but an urban noir adventure master by night. He is the creator of the Wall Street Journal and New York Times bestselling Monster Hunter series as well as urban fantasy hardboiled blockbuster saga, the Grimnoir Chronicles. Correia is very tall, very bald, and lives in Utah with his wife and family.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Baen; First Thus edition (May 29, 2012)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 1200 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1451637845
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1451637847
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 3.15 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.13 x 2.5 x 9.25 inches

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- #49,139 in Paranormal & Urban Fantasy (Books)
- #60,794 in Horror Literature & Fiction
- #163,717 in American Literature (Books)

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Larry Correia is the New York Times bestselling author of twenty-five novels. He’s best known for his Monster Hunter International urban fantasy series, the Saga of the Forgotten Warrior epic fantasy series, the Grimnoir Chronicles alternate history trilogy, the Dead Six military thrillers, and the sci-fi Gun Runner. He’s also written over sixty pieces of shorter fiction, many of which are included in his Target Rich Environment collections, and he has edited three anthologies.. He lives in Yard Moose Mountain, Utah with his wife, children, and fearsome Krasnovian Waffle Hound.

You can follow him at monsterhunternation.com.

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Ironwolfe

Best of the series so far....

Reviewed in the United States on February 17, 2019

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So this reads like 30 Days of Night but with werewolves. If you've already read the first two novels of Monster Hunter international then you've got a heads up and there's a few Easter eggs to keep the faithful happy. But make no mistake this book is all about Earl Harbinger. None of the other regulars show up. If you are new to the series, you catch up on the terminology pretty quick. So Earl Harbinger is the head of the most successful Monster Hunter-for-hire, paid contract company in the world. When a threat from his past calls him to go Lone Wolf to settle the score in northern Michigan, Earl finds that even his legendary talents are no match for the real Monsters.

This is the best book in the series so far. Forget the premise, there's some very human moments on what it means to be human when the rest of the world is filled with terrors. Don't worry they are squeezed between enough gunfights, clandestine operations, and supernatural violence to give the "Supernatural" TV show a run for it's money.

Fun read and a page turner. I will be buying the next book. Can't get a better recommendation than that!

Reviewed in the United States on August 30, 2013

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Larry Correia knows what he is doing in the urban fantasy genre. He writes clearly, his characters range from decent snapshots to very interesting, and his action is fierce and gory. This is the first three Monster Hunter stories in one volume, and I can't help but compare it to the Grimnoire series.

First, the '30's atmosphere of Grimnoire is absent and so is the pleasure of uncovering the uses of its various novel Powers. Instead, we have first-rate descriptions of familiar monsters engaged in their usual mayhem in contemporary America. Kind of like the TV series Grimm. In other words, no surprises here. There is an interesting character in the accountant Owen Pitt, who is recruited into the company of Monster Hunters International (MHI) after he kills a werewolf, who happened to have been his boss. And some of the other Hunters are well done, also. The first two books are all about Pitt and his family, and are quite entertaining enough.

Nevertheless, it is in the nature of the genre that a bigger, badder evil must present itself in each book, and this predictable escalation slowed down my reach for the third book. I'm glad I went ahead, however, because that story, "Alpha", was easily the best of the three. Pitt is not in it, other than as a passing mention. Instead, it is about the head of MHI, Earl Harbinger, and werewolves, taking place in a small isolated community in the Upper Peninsula of Michagan in winter. Now, admittedly I am no expert on whatever fiction there may be dealing with werewolves, but I thought Mr. Correia was superb in his description of the setting, his coverage of Harbinger's past, and especially what makes lycanthropes tick, and the tighter focus elevated the book beyond the anticipated rut of taking on the latest big bad wolf -- oops, I may have given something away there.

3 and 1/2 stars for each of the first two, and 4 and 1/2 stars for the third. I would tell you to at least read that final story if you're pressed for time, but there is enough useful background in the other two that I recommend you read all three in order.

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the vermeil dragon

awesome

Reviewed in the United States on April 17, 2013

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A ridiculous amount of fun. And this is coming from a happily married, 30-something, stay-at-home mom who doesn't even go for B movies or much horror, and who doesn't know FAL from S&W. So potential readers (or parents of readers) know what they're getting, there's a fair amount of cursing but not as bad as some novels out there; indeed, Correia even has occasions where he writes something like "He hit the ground cursing" instead of feeling the need to tell us every single thing the character said when doing so simply doesn't add anything. Out of the first two books (I haven't gotten far in the third yet) the closest thing to a sex scene *isn't*, and women are remarkably respected and make for some cool characters. Lots of bloody violence, but that goes without saying. There's one scene where good guys attempt rough interrogation of a vicious monster prisoner, and another where they talk about planning to do so. The bad guys are definitely nasty all around, no holds barred. Refreshingly so, in fact; you can cheer for their defeat without a bitter aftertaste. The one negative I personally would point to so far would be the repeated occurrence of the notions of hatred, vengeance, unforgiveness, grudges, etc., in and between various characters, without any true apologies, reconciliation, or redemption to break it up. But overall, have I mentioned these books are truckloads of fun as light reading in the evenings?

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Art

Tremendously Fun Casual Urban Fantasy

Reviewed in the United States on January 9, 2014

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This book and this series is not superbly written, artistic, plaussible or overly serious. The plot wont win any awards. However, it *IS* action packed, full of monster butt kicking, wise cracking and just a tremendous amount of fun. The author does a great job with the action, and perhaps most importantly, just knows how to make monster butt kicking FUN. The plot(s) are more than good enough to provide a hook for the action. The main character is very likeable and mostly believable.

I highly suggest starting the free sample portion of the book. The initial pages start off fast, describing the encounter of the then-fairly normal office worker with a werewolf, and are action packed, funny and entertaining. If you like it, your good to go for the series. If not, look elsewhere.

Whether you can enjoy this book really depends on your standards. If you likely finely written and crafted books look elsewhere. If you can enjoy an action packed "guilty pleasure" type read now and then, this one is far better than most.

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Michael Chaney

Fairy Tales and Grim Tales

Reviewed in the United States on November 22, 2018

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Everyone knows monsters exist cause fiction is called fictional. There are more than one way to run a metabolism off of light or off of dark. Dark costs twice as much energy to run a metabolism off of. Beings with a dark metabolism are profoundly ignorant given a identity and a mission then sent to their death. Those who hunt fiction write interesting things and those who hunt the fictional are in the same story.

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Daevouk

Blockbuster Entertainment

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 5, 2013

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Excellent combination of action (guns guns guns), techo-thriller (secret goverment agencies) , monsters (Lovecraft, LOTR,Hammer Horror etc etc etc) and (whisper it) superhero mythology (no spoilers, but it would be the best comic series ever). Only slight downsides are : the "aw shucks" romance between two lead characters in the first book, but it doesn't intrude too much on the action: and, from a UK perspective, the constant denigrating of government services/servants is a bit tiresome. These hard nose free marketeer heroes the author describes actually depend and rely on the Government for its income. It reminded me of those Republican Congressmembers who constantly criticise government but howl in protest at the mere suggestion that goverment contracts might not go to their home state. The third book is stripped down action featuring only one of the regulars, but the MHI "Universe" is really expanded - I want to read the tales of the 19th C beginnings of MHI; the WW2 battles of supernatural gunslingers; the equivalent Monster Control Bureaus around the world and of course more of Mr Stricken!!!

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Bea Sniper

Hard and fast action, lots of guns and explosions, ugly monsters, and pretty girls. Fun and entertaining read - buy it!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 18, 2014

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What else do you need to know? This is modern fantasy, but still a classic because it simply ignores all the "special interest" inclusion that seems to blight so much of contemporary SF/F. No, this book just focuses on the fast-paced story, which ranges from evil aliens infesting conquistadors' times South America to vampires killing people in 2nd world war Europe, and it all comes together with a massive climax in today's SW United States, rural Alabama, where zombies, Master Vampires, wights, werewolves and all sorts of other uglies are being fought by liberty spirited people that take a stand with all their guns and ammo that they didn't let the ignorant Federal Government take away from them. Oh, and there's Elves and Orcs. And, of course he gets the girl. But stop reading this review! Buy the book, read it, enjoy it!

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mackemafc

Possibly the most testosterone fueled book I have ever read

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 15, 2014

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I got this compendium after reading a recommendation on another website and I'm very happy that I found it. It's a different take on the modern fantasy novel that I have really enjoyed. The basic premise is that monsters are real but only the government and a select few know. Those select few make a living by killing the monsters for money.
The main character is a piece of total wish fulfilment by the author but is still a character you care about.
The stories are all pretty fast paced and supporting cast are well fleshed out.
If you fancy a bit of anti-government, gun porn monster fantasy these are the books for you.

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The author's earlier work, and it shows

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 4, 2015

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After reading the Grimnoir Chronicles and enjoying it quite a bit, I decided to read some of the author's previous works. The kindest thing I can say about this book is that the author has significantly improved since writing it. I struggled through the dire writing, self-insert main character, and predictable plotline, and finally gave up after the first part. It's dreadful.

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Ishkandar

A new (to me) author

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 9, 2012

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A surprising good read and a page turner ! There are three books in this compendium and they are all good reads, so it's a "value-for-money" buy. I rather like the way the author reversed the popular perceptions of the elves and orcs ! The combination of modern technology and ancient magic also makes for an exciting read.

Overall, I can't wait to lay hands on the next book !

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