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Title: Monster Hunter Bloodlines
Series:
Monster Hunters International #9 (MHI)
Authors:
Larry Correia
Rating: 4.5 of 5 Stars
Genre:
Urban Fantasy
Pages: 307
Words: 117.5K
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Synopsis: |
From the Publisher
The chaos god Asag has been quiet since the destruction of the City of Monsters, but Monster Hunter International knows that he is still out there, somewhere—plotting, waiting for his chance to unravel reality.
When Owen and the MHI team discover that one of Isaac Newton’s Ward Stones is being auctioned off by Reptoids who live deep beneath Atlanta, they decide to steal the magical superweapon and use it to destroy Asag once and for all. But before the stone can be handed off, it is stolen by a mysterious thief with ties to MHI and the Vatican’s Secret Guard.
It’s a race against time, the Secret Guard, a spectral bounty hunter, and a whole bunch of monsters to acquire the Ward Stone and use it against Asag. For as dangerous as the chaos god is, there is something much older—and infinitely more evil—awakening deep in the jungles of South America.
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My Thoughts: |
It has been TWO WHOLE YEARS since I've been able to read a new MHI novel. This is why I'm not a big fan of ongoing series. However, as this is one of those “forever” series (as far as I can tell), there's no point in waiting for the end book because that will only happen when Correia finally runs out of ideas for the MHI universe. Methinks that won't happen for a VERY long time. So I'll pull up my big boy diapers and try not to cry too much because Correia is a meany and refuses to write MHI novels exclusively.
This was pulptastic and I loved it. If you remember from my Currently Reading & Quote post from last week, this book even had a Cowboy Pirate Murder Ghost. Now, as awesome as that sounds, this monster, The Drekavac, is even more awesome in action. He is demon that is under contract to recover the stolen Ward Stone and it takes the entire MHI Compound, Agent Franks AND the Vatican's Secret Guard to hold him off.
What made this story even MORE interesting was that Stricken is involved (he's the disgraced former leader of Special Task Force Unicorn) and he's actually trying to save humanity from something worse than Asag. Apparently there are 2 different factions of Elder Gods fighting in a nearby dimension and it's spilling over into South America. We're talking a serious Minions of an Elder God infestation here and only the Ward Stone, properly used, can shut the portal to the other dimensions. Of course, the book ends just as Owen and Co are getting ready to march into Fae Land where the fighting is going on. Which means I'm going to have to wait another 2 year sigh. Grrrrrrrr.
Once again, MHI has not let me down. It is balls to the walls action and pulpy as watermelon. I didn't begrudge a second of my time reading this and if light hearted gun wielding monster killing heroes are your thing, then I'd encourage you to try this series.
Oh, if you actually go to look at previous reviews you will see that this is actually book 8 in the series but there is a collection of short stories that I include so it's book 9 for me.
★★★★✬
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