![]() ![]() He has no training for fighting a werewolf, and only a compact pistol to defend himself with. My favorite scene would have to be when Owen first encounters the werewolf. ![]() These scenes are the high point of the book and could easily translate to a summer blockbuster. The author has a command of each scene and they are crisp and fast-paced. When not laying down words on the latest manuscript, she can be found refinishing furniture, walking, or studying history.The action scenes in this story are especially well written. English is her third language, but she can swear fluently in seven. Sarah was born and raised in Portugal and now lives in Colorado, near her two grown sons, with her husband and a varying clowder of cats. She’s published over 100 short stories in magazines such as Analog, Asimov’s, and Weird Tales (and others, some no longer in existence), as well as an array of science fiction, fantasy, and mystery anthologies. Darkship Thieves, the first novel of her popular Darkship Thieves series is a Prometheus Award Winner. ![]() Her first published novel, Ill Met by Moonlight, was a finalist for the Mythopoeic Award. Hoyt, under various names, is the author of over 30 books-she gets tangled up when she tries to count them and always misses a couple-in science fiction, fantasy, mystery, romance, and historical fiction. Correia lives in Utah with his wife and family. Before becoming a full-time writer, he was a military contract accountant, and a small business accountant and manager. Larry Correia is the creator of the Wall Street Journal and New York Times best-selling Monster Hunter International series, with first entry Monster Hunter International, as well as urban fantasy hardboiled adventure saga The Grimnoir Chronicles, with first entry Hard Magic, and epic fantasy series The Saga of the Forgotten Warrior, with first entry Son of the Black Sword. He is an avid gun user and advocate who shot on a competitive level for many years. “Exceptional, wonderful, and enormously entertaining.” - Booklist “ tour de force: logical, built from assumptions with no contradictions. You won't be disappointed." -Glenn Reynolds, "First-rate space opera with a moral lesson. “anciful and charming.” - Library Journal “ Alexandre Dumas would give a thumbs up.” -Steve Forbes “This lighthearted, testosterone-soaked sequel to 2009's Monster Hunter International will delight fans of action horror with elaborate weaponry, hand-to-hand combat, disgusting monsters, and an endless stream of blood and body parts.” - Publishers Weekly on Monster Hunter Vendetta for yourself and for stocking stuffers.” -Massad Ayoob so whaddaya waitin’ for? Go and buy some. I read both books without putting them down except for work. The plotting is excellent, and Correia makes you care about the characters. “A gun person who likes science fiction-or, heck, anyone who likes science fiction-will enjoy. If you love fantasy, and especially horror fantasy, you’ll love this book.”. “If you love monsters and action, you’ll love this book. “ no-holds-barred all-out page turner that is part science fiction, part horror, and an absolute blast to read.”. “verything I like in fantasy: intense action scenes, evil in horrifying array, good struggling against the darkness, and most of all people-gorgeously flawed human beings faced with horrible moral choices that force them to question and change and grow.” -Jim Butcher “Once you open the cover, be prepared for an evening to disappear like a werewolf with a portal ring.”- New York Journal of BooksĪbout Larry Correia and the Monster Hunter International series: It may be one woman against an army of monsters, but Julie Shackleford is no ordinary woman-she’s maybe the toughest mother on the planet! And she’ll have to do it all before Brother Death can unleash the Kamaresh Yar. To reclaim her son, Julie Shackleford must fight her way through necromantic death cults, child-stealing monsters, and worse. The price for his safe return? The Kamaresh Yar. Then little Ray goes missing, taken by Brother Death. In the wrong hands, it could destroy reality as we know it. Julie is the Guardian of a powerful ancient artifact known as the Kamaresh Yar, and Brother Death longs for it. Her task: hold down the fort and take care of her new baby son, Ray.īut then a routine field call brings her face-to-face with an unspeakable evil calling itself Brother Death. When Owen Pitt and the rest of the Monster Hunter International crew are called away to mount a months-long rescue mission in a monster-infested nightmare dimension, Julie Shackleford-Owen’s wife and descendant of MHI founder Bubba Shackleford-is left behind. FIRST TIME IN PAPERBACK. LATEST ENTRY IN THE NEW YORK TIMES BEST-SELLING MONSTER HUNTER INTERNATIONAL SERIES. ![]()
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