The Monster Control Bureau has been tracking them for years, and thinks that using Owen as bait is just the break they need. Now the Sanctified Church of the Temporary Mortal Condition, a necromantic cult with a mysterious leader, is hell-bent on catching him. Owen is now at the top of the Old Ones' Most Wanted list, and they have promised great power to whoever can bring him to them. The sequel, Monster Hunter Vendetta, focuses on the aftermath of the climax of the first book. MHI was originally self-published in 2008, but high sales through word-of-mouth advertising, especially on gun-related forums, attracted the attention of Baen Books, which picked up the series. Consequently, in order to still present a threat, the monsters are much more powerful than in most B-movies, and the Hunters respond in kind. Correia's stated goal was to combine B-Movie monster tropes, but have the characters not be complete idiots. MHI is a contemporary fantasy/horror/GunPorn novel written by Larry Correia about a group of professional monster hunters. With the clock ticking towards Armageddon, Owen finds himself trapped between legions of undead minions, belligerent federal agents, a cryptic ghost who has taken up residence inside his head, and the cursed family of the woman he loves. ![]() Should the Cursed One succeed, it means the end of the world, and MHI is the only thing standing in his way. An ancient entity known as the Cursed One has returned to settle a centuries old vendetta. It’s actually a pretty sweet gig, except for one little problem. Monster Hunter International is the premier eradication company in the business.Īnd now Owen is their newest recruit. On the other side are the people who kill monsters for a living. Officially secret, some of them are evil, and some are just hungry. All the things from myth, legend, and B-movies are out there, waiting in the shadows. I had a friend of mine who makes custom knives do it for me.Five days after Owen Zastava Pitt pushed his insufferable boss out of a fourteenth story window, he woke up in the hospital with a scarred face, an unbelievable memory, and a job offer. You stick this in a lycanthrope and it is going to know it. Bottom edge is good cutting steel, on the top edge is a silver inlay. You don’t hardly even know it’s there until you need it. It folds to the side, out of the way of the grenade launcher. “ I got the idea off of Czech CZ52, but I improved it. It was not the world’s best-balanced spear, but I wouldn’t want to be on the receiving end of it. With a flick of the muzzle it locked into place with a snap. When I pushed it a hinge unlocked, and an eight-inch, heavy-duty bayonet was released. If you have the regulator in the right spot for the right ammo, it isn’t going to malfunction.” I ran my finger along the regulator, and found detents for the different power levels. Three is closed, turns it into a manually operated bolt action, for the low powered stuff like the bean-bags and the integrally suppressed shells. Two opens the port, and I’ve got it calibrated to work with the gas rounds and the mini grenades. One is regular, works for all of the full power stuff. I machined a new one so that this one now has three positions. “There is a gas regulator at the end of the hand guard. It pointed better than it looked when I snapped it into position. Milo had thoughtfully added a shelf to the safety so that it could be operated with the trigger finger. The bolt was slick and the spring was powerful. Add almost a box of shells and a grenade and it would be even more so. It was short, but it was thick, and it had to weigh close to twelve pounds, and that was while it was empty. Once again, to get in on the gaming this weekend, get details from Monster Hunter Nation. ![]() You'll be glad you did.īelow is an excerpt from MHI. Read his op-ed on gun control from Decem(the date is important) here.
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