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Title: Monster Hunter Siege
Title: Monster Hunter Siege
Series:
Monster Hunters International #6
Author:
Larry Correia
Rating:
4 of 5 Stars
Genre:
Urban Fantasy
Pages:
399
Format:
Digital Advanced Reading Copy
| Synopsis: Super Spoilers! |
MHI finds out that a group of Hunters is still alive in the Nightmare Zone, after being sucked in there from the story in Legion. Owen has the prophecy talk with his Dad, finds out he has been chosen to fight a World Ending Being that can hold its own against the Old Ones.
Coincidentally
enough, the rescue mission that Own wants to run to get the survivors
will take them right to the Big Bad Guy. So there is a lot of getting
ready, figuring out how they're going to survive the Zone and how
their going to get back to the portal.
The
push to get to the portal is pretty intense. Multiple Hunter
Companies are taking part and it is on a Russian island. They bring a
tank. Only Owen gets through the portal, as his Chosen One status is
a bit better than Anakin's and he rescues his comrades. Only to be
captured and frozen in the ground for 6 months.
He
escapes back to our world only to find that the Big Baddie has
escaped and is on the loose. And his newborn son is missing.
| My Thoughts: Spoilers x5 |
This was an e-arc, so any errors in words, grammar, etc in the book were ignored. But by gum, reading this early was worth it.
The previous book in the series,
Nemesis, really blew me away,
So my expectations were pretty high. I KNEW my expectations were high
and looked over my previous MHI reviews to help ground me. It was
good that I did. I ended up enjoying this quite a bit and I wasn't
disappointed because it wasn't Nemesis 2.0.
There was a lot of
setup to this story. There had to be. It was 6months to a year I
think? Lots of logistics, training Hunters to work together who just
3 months ago were competitors, at best, and enemies, at worst. Throw
in the multiple languages, the fact that the portal to the Nightmare
Zone is on a Russian island and the Russkies don't want to admit that
the island even exists and you'd better have some solid planning
under your belt.
I like
reading about Owen. He's not a slimeball like the guy in Monster
Hunter Memoirs and he's
someone I like reading about. One of the reasons I like him is
because he's everything I am not. He's big, he's tall, he's
emotionally stable and doesn't go into a tailspin if his wife doesn't
text him, he's a leader and he's wicked good with guns. Reading these
books, for a couple of hours I can be somebody who I want to be.
The
invasion of the island was tops. Skippy the orc flying a helicopter
is always amusing to read about. A tank versus a giant was wicked
cool and 100+ hunters in armoured jeeps versus a whole island of
monsters, well, that is just what I want to read about.
When
Owen goes into the Nightmare Zone by himself, the action didn't slow
down very much. He's on the run from the Big Baddies' lackeys the
whole time and it turns out that the guys he needs to rescue have
been taken by a High Hunt of Fey. He singlehandedly invades their
castle, frees his men and then stays back to fight the leader of the
Hunt so his men can escape. A 6'5”, 300 pound man versus a 7ft tall
nigh indestructible warrior? Yes please! And it is a fantastic one on
one fight.
Only
to be interrupted by the Big Baddie. Who has been using Owen the
whole time for his own ends. So the book ends with the Big Baddie out
in the world and Owen's wife and son unreachable. That kind of catch
fits exactly with the previous MHI books. The main story wraps up and
then Correia throws out a hook so you'll read the next book. It's
worked well enough on me that I don't even mind anymore. But it is
something to be aware of.
Another
solid entry into the Monster Hunters International series.
Good stuff.
However,
that cover. I am not a fan of sexual fan service. That cover is
nothing but sexual fan service. Ignore the cover, seriously.
The
links below, to previous books, are probably just as spoiler'y as
this. Just so you know.
★★★★☆
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