Monster Hunter Vendetta (Audible Audio Edition) Larry Correia Oliver Wyman Audible Studios Books
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Accountant turned professional monster hunter Owen Zastava Pitt managed to stop the nefarious Old Ones' invasion plans last year, but as a result made an enemy out of one of the most powerful beings in the universe. Now an evil death cult known as the Church of the Temporary Mortal Condition wants to capture Owen in order to gain the favor of the great Old Ones. The Condition is led by a fanatical necromancer known as the Shadow Man. The government wants to capture the Shadow Man and has assigned the enigmatic Agent Franks to be Owen's full-time bodyguard, which is a polite way of saying that Owen is monster bait.
With supernatural assassins targeting his family, a spy in their midst, and horrific beasties lurking around every corner, Owen and the staff of Monster Hunter International don't need to go hunting, because this time the monsters are hunting them. Fortunately, this bait is armed and very dangerous.
Monster Hunter Vendetta (Audible Audio Edition) Larry Correia Oliver Wyman Audible Studios Books
I don't write book and movie reviews. Good reviews take intelligence. In fact, even poorly written reviews take more intelligence than I have left. So, I'll just tell you what I like about the Monster Hunter books: They don't end too soon. They have fairly complex plots (but not so complex my decomposing sentience can't cope), and it has characters you can care about. In the early books, a character might seem flat, but later books fills the character out, revealing surprising information, and even making you care about them.Note that John Ringo has also written a couple of MHI (Monster Hunters International) books with Larry Correia supervising. These are pretty good, too - worth reading, if you like MonsterSplatter. They fit well as side stories to the main series.
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Monster Hunter Vendetta (Audible Audio Edition) Larry Correia Oliver Wyman Audible Studios Books Reviews
This review will not go into a plot summary as personally I dislike such spoilers myself, this review contains only my feelings about the book.
Correia's 2nd book to the Monster Hunter series picks up where the other left off with the same characters you came to enjoy in the first book. The characters are both fun and practical in their approach to monsters which anyone who's ever watched a horror/monster movie and shouts at the screen to go arm yourself first, will totally appreciate how the heroes deal with supernatural threats. What I particularly enjoy about Correia's monsters is that while they are cataloged and studied by the organization that hunts them, there is still enough mystery around them to surprise our plucky heroes with unexpected discoveries. Even though the Hunters know how to bag-n-tag their prey with superior tactics, firepower, and group effort, these things are dangerous and deadly, something Correia present extremely well so that there is the proper tension in the battles causing you to turn just one more page.
I also particularly like Correia's philosophy towards his writing, he's a pulp writer which is basically for simple entertainment, no hidden personal philosophies or morality lessons, just a good yarn with characters that make you laugh as they interact with one another. I'd personally love to see him take a dig at vampires who 'sparkle' in the sunlight, even if it was merely a joke encounter.
If you had told me at the beginning of last year that one of the writers I would discover in 2014 wrote urban fantasy, telling stories of a heavyset man who blows away monsters with high-tech weaponry, I would have scoffed. Yeah, monster-hunting is a lot of fun and has entertained audiences at least since Gilgamesh and his pal Enkidu fought Humbaba in the Cedar Forest, but you're supposed to fight legendary beasts with your hands, enchanted weapons and other tools from an ancient or medieval armory, not with refurbished firearms.
Well, thanks to Glenn Reynolds, I discovered Larry Correia. And thanks to Sarah Hoyt, I got to meet the guy. Last year, I read his first Monster Hunter book, Monster Hunter International in paperback. This evening, I finished this book, the second in the series, on kindle. And yea, it's all about a private organization, Monster Hunter International (MHI) that fights the menace of monsters with firearms.
So much for Beowulf and Heracles wrestling beasts with their bare hands. Or Perseus slicing off the head of a demoness whose looks really kill with the help of a female deity and skill with a sharp sword.
This book is even better than the first in the series. Or, maybe I'm just saying because I just finished it. The story is fresh in my mind. It was a delight to read. And it's got a fun little twist at the end. (Just remember Mr. Trash Bags.)
Since I read my kindle at the gym, this book helped me burn a few extra calories.
Not only does Correia have some great action-packed monster-killing scenes, he's got some really great quips too. They're half the fun of the book. So, if you're reading this in public, be prepared to laugh out loud (quite literally) and to have your neighbors on the cardio machines look up at the television monitors and wonder what Anderson Cooper said that was so funny.
There are very few breaks in the action of this book. From fighting chupacabras in the opening of book to fending off a zombie horde once those beasts are dispatched, Correia's hero Owen Zastava Pitt leaps from one monster battle to another, with little time to probe the life lessons he learns as he blasts the evil things to bits. Perhaps the most entertaining of the battles was when he prevented Bia and Cratos from kidnapping his brother at a rock concert -- and then had to face those oversized critters not just backstage, but also on the highway.
At the same time, Pitt had to submit (quite reluctantly) to federal protection, given that the crazed necromancer heading the Church of the Temporary Mortal Condition, a bizarre cult with numerous human acolytes (not to mention allied undead beasts) wishes to sacrifice Pitt to an Old One, a creature from another dimension whose plots our hero had foiled in Monster Hunter International.
On the way to finding -- and facing -- this necromancer, they seek assistance from cantankerous gnomes in rooting out a spy -- and try to gain some intelligence from a rubbery troll. And they encounter a few werewolves (not all evil), a zombie elephant beast and even a shoggoth.
Our hero even attempts to make alliance with a powerful vampire. This one may have been "evil incarnate," Pitt quips, "but the enemy of my enemy is my friend." One thing he will learn is that you should "never trust the undead."
The book is in short a lot of fun, an ideal read if you want to add some excitement to your relaxation or a few steps to your cardio workout.
And when you read this book, make sure to pay close attention to Gretchen's wedding blessing.
I just recently purchased this book (and the rest of the series) for a re-read since it has been several years since it came out and I read it the first time.
My original review on the book
Just finished! This book continues the story of OZP, the protagonist from the first book. Correia has found a formula that works well for him. A gripping story of monsters, guns, and what it takes to be a hero.
The story holds up even on a re-read. Sure I know whats coming, somewhat, as it has been about 5 years since the first read. But even so, the story and characters are compelling and as the series progresses Larry Correia becomes more polished as a writer.
I don't write book and movie reviews. Good reviews take intelligence. In fact, even poorly written reviews take more intelligence than I have left. So, I'll just tell you what I like about the Monster Hunter books They don't end too soon. They have fairly complex plots (but not so complex my decomposing sentience can't cope), and it has characters you can care about. In the early books, a character might seem flat, but later books fills the character out, revealing surprising information, and even making you care about them.
Note that John Ringo has also written a couple of MHI (Monster Hunters International) books with Larry Correia supervising. These are pretty good, too - worth reading, if you like MonsterSplatter. They fit well as side stories to the main series.
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