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.Â
It turns out that monsters are real. All the things from myth, legend, and B-movies are out there, waiting in the shadows. Officially secret, some of them are evil, and some are just hungry. On the other side are the people who kill monsters for a living. Monster Hunter International is the premier eradication company in the business.   Â
And now Owen is their newest recruit. It’s actually a pretty sweet gig, except for one little problem. An ancient entity known as the Cursed One has returned to settle a centuries old vendetta. Should the Cursed One succeed, it means the end of the world, and MHI is the only thing standing in his way. 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.
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Business is good…
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Welcome to Monster Hunter International.Â
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Coming soon… watch this blog for further details.
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MHI has been picked up by Baen Books. The paperback version will be available in Summer 2009. The Ebook will be out in early 2009.
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First Seven Chapters posted for free at Baen’s Webscriptions
http://www.webscription.net/chapters/1439132852/1439132852.htm
Larry,
SWEAR to me that you will be selling MHI patches as well as the book. You put that logo on a pin and a hat and I’ll take two of each!
hey, i’m a reader of bean books authors. i read your sample liked it and then picked up the book. IT WAS SWEET.
i normally only read military sif-fi or books more into the sciences. anyhow. I WANT A PATCH TOO. oh and pins ^^
I would also like one of the patches. Any chance we can see a special release that includes the book and patch together?
Larry, I know where you can get pins… And banners… and posters…
You GOTTA come to the creek!
Can I get put down for a hat, book, couple of patches, and a couple of pins?
My colors SO need one of those patches!
I’m with the crowd in that I need a patch as well as the book. I juyst found your blog and it’s already one of my favorites. Can’t wait for MHI!
I’ll be taking preorders on the book probably around the end of October, with it being out around the new year.
I was thinking about doing signed copies and patches for everybody on the preorder.
Count me in for any pre-orders. Need inspiration! lol. Just kidding man.
Remember to make a (slight) variant of the patch for the members of the Order of the PreOrder. When you later sell thousands of patches to your adoring fans, the originals will remain special.
OH YEAH! I’ve been waiting for this one for over a year now. Put me down for a book and patch times 2. I think that the Marine!goth would like a set, too.
I follow your stories (and LawDog’s) over on THR, though I don’t post there. (lurkersRus)
If I can help finance your printing, let me know.
Please don’t make me do the research…why 1895?
1895 was the founding of Monster Hunter International.
I should have a date set for the preorder in the next few days.
1895 was the founding of Monster Hunter International.
I should have a date set for the preorder in the next few days.
Cant wait for the pre-order, loved the Nightcrawler stuff…cant wait for MHI. I want a patch too!
oh, and HK hates me because I suck!
I’m really interested in the book, and I’d love to have a patch like that.
HK hates me because I don’t buy their stuff.
Larry,
I need one of those MHI patches for my Flight Suit. Oh, and I’m in for a book as well. I will be pre-ordering as well, provided I can get online when it opens.
I forsee this opening up a lot more “what caliber for XX mythical beast” discussions on THR
Well Um yeah, count me in on the preorder! I can’t read it till I’m done on my side but I’m just looking at this as extra incentive!
I want a preorder copy with patches. So this will be the self published version?
I count the gargoyles now. hehehe
Suh-Weeet.
+1 on the pre-order.
Looks brilliant so far. Think I’ll have to have one of each of those. Back to the top of the page to order.
I have snail mailed you a check and I am looking forward to the patch and the book.
I really liked your MHI sample chapter and so did the Wife!
I have not followed your Nightcrawler series on THR due to my place of employment blocking the THR website. I will need to back track and start reading them in my off hours. I did read a few beginning chapters when it first came out before it got blocked. It was excellent reading.
dzimmerm
Pre-ordered and anxiously awaiting!!!
Just found out about the new novel today!Looks good, in fact I’ll snail mail an order out in the a.m. tomorrow . Do you still have any patches?
So, do you have books and patches at the store? I’ll try to drop by Sat. if you do.
Read it, and loved it! When does the next one come out? =)
Heck, you could do a new team patch for each book!
Just finished your book, its a wild ride! I loved it.
Guns, Monsters, Heroes, Villians, & the hero gets the girl. What more is there in a book?
Looking forward to the next one, hopefully OZP doesn’t get beat up so much in the second one. I was starting to have sympathy pains for him LOL!!
Larry, I repeat… you’re a Evil Bastard.
I had a VERY difficult time putting that book down!! And now I’ve got to wait until you write another…
OK, in all seriousness, I’m VERY impressed in MHI – even more so when I realize that it’s a first book! That’s getting a permanent place on my bookshelf.
And I’d still like to know when MHI is recruiting for their next class…
I LOVED your book! it was easily the best thing I’ve read in a long time. Please tell me you have plans for a sequel or ten!
I just finished reading the book. Very good I enjoyed it very much.
Great book! Excellant charactors, good plot and very funny dialogue.
Best of luck on the sequel.
I can’t decide if the patch goes on my bug out bag or rifle case.
Loving the book, but you need to put up a bit about the creatures in the book, like Humboldt Folk? What are they?
What are the chances that you will sell the patches separately?
Larry-reading the book right now. Good stuff, and a great change of pace from Clausewitz, Colin Gray, and the National Counter Terrorism Strategy that I have to read for class.
Question: What made you decide on the SCAR-H for the cover?
I wish I had bought the preorder with the patch. so far it has circled through 3/4ths of my family and we all agree HBO miniseries.
I look forward to the continuation.
Harbinger and Franks are still my favs.
I just finished MHI, it isTHE best book I haveread in a long time. Tell me you’re writing a sequel.
Hey, I’m Ben’s friend and I work with him. Awesome book man. Can’t wait for the next. One question though. Send me an email on it if you would. In the end someone dies whos’s name is Gus. I can’t remember him from any where in the book. Who is htat guy? P.S. You killed me with the orcs and and the painted white hands on the armor.
You, sir, are an evil, evil man. 0525. That’s when I got to *sleep* this morning.
Loved the Sluggy Freelance reference on Boone’s team patch.
When’s the sequel?
Wow!!! What a great book!! I have had to force myself to stop reading and get sleep, but its so good i wanted to just finish in one reading. I can’t wait for the sequel!! I would love to see you get it made into a movie. I would and so would the rest of my family be glued to our chairs. I am telling everyone that I know to read this book!!!
Larry,
awesome book! Saw it mentioned first at MadOgre, did some research, and next thing I know the BBT is dropping a box from Amazon filled with the book world’s equivalent of crack cocaine. Read it from cover to cover in one night – seems to be a common theme in the comments.
Can’t wait for the sequel! WRITE FASTER!!!
Larry,
Fantastic book. Eagerly awaiting the next. Bravo.
Dan
Larry,
Glad I picked up your book at the last gun show – it was nice talking with you. I finished the book today and absolutely loved it! I can’t wait for MHI 2 to be published – I echo the sentiments above – WRITE FASTER!!!
Thanks for a great read. I want a patch as well, gonna look nice on my Multi-Cam TRUs.
So, since I don’t have another MHI novel to read, I have been renting every zombie/vampire movie I can get my hands on. I’m even playing online zombie games (The Last Stand parts 1 and 2) – http://armorgames.com/play/269/the-last-stand and http://armorgames.com/play/1443/the-last-stand-2
These should keep your readers entertained for a bit! Thanks again Larry – keep up the good work!
I’m looking forward to the book.
Ever heard of Bureau 13?
This book is totaly in my top 5 (and I read a lot of books) more accuratly its in a tie for #1
lm sorry l changed my mind… it is #1
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No hard cover release? I have a huge library. I am a voracious reader. I keep every book I buy and read. I’ve never liked to buy paperbacks because they don’t last.
Although I work and teach in the Information Technology field, I’m old school when it comes to books. I want to hold a good, hard cover book in my hand not some cheap paperback that will fall apart in a year and I can’t stand reading PDFs, Ebooks etc.
I hear a lot of good about your book. Any chance of getting a hardback version?
Joe
I’m on p. 337 (Again, I’m re-reading it) and I’m getting Goose Bumps! I can’t wait for the second book.
Larry;
I’m a regular over at Baen’s Bar, and already registered as a customer at Webscriptions.
PLEASE tell me I’ll be able to pick up hat and patch along with my eBook and dead tree versions?
PLEASE!?
Hi Larry! I am a14 year old girl with a passion for monsters, guns and anything weird and dangerous. I am reading MHI for the again and it seems better this time around! But I have a question: What is a Luska? You mentioned it a couple of times in the book and its been bugging me. Nothing comes up when I google search it and I can’t find anything on wikipedia. Is it something you made up? Please tell me! I’m going insane!! (Actually I already went insane, but thats not my point)
P.S. MHI is possibly the best book I have ever read and I would just like to say that Owen Z. Pitt would murder Harry Potter.
If i remember correctly a luska is a giant octopus that lives in the blue holes of the bahamas
Just got done reading the first 7 chapters. Great stuff. Looking forward to the novel.
Yo, semi-shaved-sasquatch-dude…
Monster Hunter NEEDS a Facebook page… Get it started, and the buzz will grow further, until it eats Minneapolis, or something like that… Or maybe Omaha…
I may just HAVE to check this out:) Would you sign it?
Of course. I’ll sign anything!
Finished the book in one sitting, my eyes were sore and my wife was a bit irritated but it was worth it.
Thank You, it’s hard to find a good read these days.
WOW! I have gone through 3/4 of this book in 2 days. Simply amazing! I am starting to dread that the book has to end. Please tell me you are working on a sequel.
Yes, there is a #2. It is sitting on the publsher’s desk awaiting feedback.
I just recieved and read the book today. Literally could not put it down. I ate pizza while reading it. I shot a .22 revolver while holding it in my left hand. I cleaned guns while reading it.
Finally finished it a little while ago. Very good book, great all the way through, especially the end.
Larry,
Hardware from THR here, just bought the ebook of MHI from webscriptions. I’ll let you know once i’ve burned through my copy this weekend. Looking forward to a good read. Now, where can I get that MHI patch?
I’ve got 200 more on the way. I’ll post here as soon as they’re ready.
I just read the book from cover to cover. I could not put it down! Great job! It’s nice to read a book from an author that actually knows his weapons and uses correct terms and grammer! Thank you for writing a kick ass book!
If you can…shoot me an email so I can mail you some money for four patches!
Congrats again!
I just put down MHI- loved it! One of the most fun reads I’ve had in years. Great characters and funny as hell- especially the epilogue! Can’t wait to read your next book.
i m not sure if it is physically possible for a book to get any better than MHI. cant wait for number 2!
hey, about the beyonet, wouldnt it make more sense for the flat of the blade to be silver rather than the top edge?
Larry, needs more monsters, demons, and etc.
So everybody start sending in the folklore from your family back grounds.
Just kidding, Larry, but it is a thought for you. Not that you need much help, me thinks.
Great book, fun read and a great sense of humor.
I will be giving all my friends brand new copies of their own. Usually I just pass on my copy but not now.
I’d pay some $ to get a patch for my paintballl gear! Just reading the book now. Only 9 chapeters in and I’m hooked hard. Awesome book! I haven’t read such an enjoyable urban fantasy fiction since I started Dresden Files.
I’m already recommending the book to friends and I haven’t gotten finished.
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Da*n good read. If John Steakley had written the Phoenix Force series, it would have come out something like MHI (yes, that’s a compliment). Here’s hoping for a sequel.
Mr. Correia-
Bought this book yesterday, just finished it. Simply awesome. Also, very nice touches on putting local cities in, it makes the background seem natural for those of who live in the area.
I absolutely loved this book and I’m hoping that you make it into a series. I also look forward to reading some more of your work soon.
Any possibility of a Smokin’ Elvis patch?
Terrific read… I’m chomping at the bit for the sequel(s…?)
Excellent bit of reading and lots of fun. As a Southern currently residing in Alabama, I can only say ‘Thank You’ for making Alabama the home base for MHI.
I’m pretty sure I’ve seen both Elves and Orc in the past few years. Gotta get out near Three Notch or Ox Level and see if I can find some new friends.
I’m pondering some ‘Skippy the Orc’ gear. Using Skippy peanut butter-style lettering. That should get some appropriately confused looks.
Keep writing and we’ll keep reading. Thanks for a sub-culture worth being a part of.
SandPine
I figured it was about time Southerners got some respect!
Just bought today, already on page 163 .. good read so far
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Great review Larry .. great book, I have not been able to put it down.
Only problem is I’m not right wing, I’m a left wing gun nut .. am I still allowed to read your books?
Andrew, if I wasn’t allowed to watch movies from people I disagreed with politcally, I sure wouldn’t watch very many movies!
for future MHI book
People who do not have “problems with authority” are more likely to be dominated by vampires or other monsters. Thus agents of the Monster Control Bureau are more likely to be victims. When this study gets out the shit really hits the fan. It is suggested that the MCB bias against private hunters is monster induced.
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Mr Correia,
I picked up a copy of MHI last night and it was amazing! It was the best read Ive had in years. I look forward to your next work(s).
I’ll be ordering a few patches for my girls.
thanks,
-Jason
Just finished “MHI”. . . I needed a book to take on vacation and my brother lent me his copy. I made a face when he said it was about monsters, but he assured me that I would love this one. Love it, I did. . .imaginative, witty, funny, full of surprises. I love the “Enchanted Forest”. . . it reminds me of some of my lazy, generation-welfare relatives. . . including the beer, wrestling, and the can’t-wait-till-the-first-of-the-month government check! GREAT book. . . it needs to be made into a movie. That would ROCK!!!
I read this a while back, and it was like watching a damn good movie. This really needs to be made into one. Make me director and you’ll have a blockbuster on your hands.
Larry-
A friend of mine who reads your blog regularly sent me your book in the mail. No note, just the book. Knowing him like I do, I knew his silence meant “just read it and thank me later.” Sure enough, I loved it, and I’m not much of a fiction guy…short attention-span, but I couldn’t put it down. It’s like Harry Potter for the NRA set.
Can’t wait for the sequel.
Burned through MHI in the course of a few days. Way to go Larry! I saw this one in the bookstore and was sold by the blurb on the inside cover. It didn’t let me down, not one time. Looking forward to more of your writing, whether that is MHI2 or something else!
Picked up your book just because the cover caught my attention. Awesome read!!!! Now hurry up and work on the sequel! BTW, please throw some Californians into the MHI for me. Not all of us are weirdos…fine, we are. That just makes us more suitable right? HEHEHE
Really enjoying the book so far (about half way through). What caught my eye was the similarity in concept to Pollotta’s Bureau 13 books. Inspiration? Coincidence? Just curious as the execution is obviously quite different and I like them both.
I hadn’t read Bureau 13 until a bunch of folks pointed the same thing out to me. Same thing with the Dresden Files.
Larry,
You are truly a god among fiction writers. MHI launched itself to the gold medallist platform in my heart’s booklympics by the third chapter and I’m fairly certain has claimed the weapons-grade-uranium medal now that I’ve finished (so good it’s Radioactive!) I’m recommending it to… Everyone. Also, if you’re ever in Portland, Oregon, you need to meet my buddy Matt and hit the quarries for some high velocity entertainment.
God Bless, M.
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Wow! All I can say is “WOW!”
I got your book as an afterthought when I couldn’t find another I was looking for.
I started reading at 5 pm last night and then, when I looked up, it was 1:30 am! I am almost through!
When is part 2 coming out?
Larry L.
Monster Hunter Vendetta will be out in Fall 2010. I’m glad you liked the first one.
Do you have any other works that I can look for? Having read Weber, Williamson, Ringo, Butcher (my 4 favorite
I want to say that you have become one of them (now 5 favorite).
I really like this book! Thanks for the adventure! But I am not thru yet. I am just at the place where the Mom comes back and seduces Owen.
WoW, just WOW!
I haven’t look at your site much, but do you have an other works already published or on the way?
Thanks!
Larry L.
Just incredible!
I was glued to the story. My wife was in tears because
I wasn’t paying her any attention. She was mad!
But now that I am thru all is well!
I think I will read it again….. After my wife calms down.
Fabulous!
Larry L
Just finished the book and was pretty stoked on how it read. Lot of ups, lot of downs, lot of in and outs. It kept my attention and now I’m craving for more. I also enjoy the Lovecraftesc mythos you half way acknowledge. I wasn’t so sure about Z’s dreamer abilities but you pulled it together and made it work much better than I thought you would. All in all I thought it to be a great read and shall be recommending it to my co-workers, customers, and friends. Hope you bust a new one out soon!
Sequel? Sequel?
You’re not just sitting around, are you?
#2 will be out in Fall 2010 from Baen.
Larry ,, Just wanted to drop by and let you know I am half way thru your book and it is Awesome!!! I heard about it from JayG at MArooned. Hopefully you can get someone to do a great movie adaptation. : )
Regards……
Great book!!! I loved it. I’m glad to hear that there is a sequel. Lots of good stories could come from the way this book ended.
when will you be building an abomination, and i cant find pictures of the saiga you had redone. could you post some?
when do you think you will be building an abomination, and i cant find pictures of the saiga you already had redone. could you post some?
I saw your book in a borders book store and the title intrigued me. But what made me buy the book was opening up the cover a reading the quote you had inside. Target rich enviroment indeed, great book, I’m recommending it to all my friends and family. Cant wait for the sequel.
Finished it for the 5th time yesterday. It’s just as good. I need to buy this book in hardback. Right now it is sitting atop a pile of recently read books by Patricia Briggs, John Ringo, Joe Haldeman, S.M. Stirling, Raymond Feist, David Brin, and Roger Zelazny. It shares the company well.
When are you going to put together a band to do the music of “Cedar Point Killing Machine” You could always title the album “Music to kill monsters by.”
Hold the pig steady…
P.S. When I read that line am I the only one who thinks of the 60 gunner?
Oddly that pile of books is next to a highly tuned Sig GSR and 5 boxes of Sierra Matchking 77gr BTHP waiting to turn into Mk262 Mod1 loads. And a 20lb sledge hammer called anethesia. I am so your demographic.
Peace and prosperity.
reading this book for the third time, and I’m really hoping for a sequel
Larry,
I’ve only got the one published. MHV has been sold, and will be out in Fall 2010. I’ve got another series, alternative history/fantasy set in 1932 called The Grimnoir Chronicles. The first book is finished, and I’m trying to sell that to Baen now. It is called Hard Magic. Then I’ve got a third series (thriller) which I am cowriting with another author named Mike Kupari. The first book, Dead Six, is about 90% done, but Mike is on active duty, so that makes it tough.
If you go to the My Fiction tab up top, it has some other miscellaneous things I’ve written.