Imagine White Wolf's World of Darkness (especially in later years, when they completely went off the rails), except where guns will trump supernatural powers more often than not. Correia is definitely a genre nerd and the MHI world is inhabited by the entire supernatural kitchen sink, most of it nasty and dangerous and all of it somehow kept secret from the mundanes. The namesake organization, Monster Hunter International, is a private company that hunts monsters. There is not a whole lot of plot for a book this size. However, I finally got around to this, the first book in the series, and while I still prefer the Grimnoir series, MHI is definitely fun, as long as you are down for lots of gun porn and the author's clumsy political pokes. A secret agency hunting supernatural creatures? Been there, done that, in many, many books and RPGs. I really liked Larry Correia's Grimnoir trilogy, but was less enthusiastic about his Monster Hunter International series. 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.

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. Five days after Owen Zastava Pitt pushed his insufferable boss out of a 14th story window, he woke up in the hospital with a scarred face, an unbelievable memory, and a job offer.

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