Monster Hunter Legion (Monster Hunters International Book 4)

If you've made it to book 4, and you haven't just jumped into it with both feet, I just have one question for you ... WTH is wrong with you??? Larry has raised the bar even higher than he set it with Alpha. I can't wait to dive into five.

A long time ago in a place far away I was browsing on the store. I'm looking for something new to read and the site suggests some book called Monster Hunter International by this Larry Correia. The main character "Owen" becomes a hunter killing the things of our nightmare. Well I like all of that and my son is named Owen so I say what the heck. Fast forward to present day. Four MHI novels two Grimnoir and one Dead six later and I can't get enough of his writing. Here in MHI Legion he again sucks you in to where you just can't put the book down. Even better are the hints of future things to come.

Well just finished reading the next installment in the MHI books... was awesome as usual. Cant wait for the next one.... come on Larry you need to put out the next book soon... cant wait another year. If your a fan of the series, this one wont disapoint!!

Like the rest of this series, this is the best book series that HASNT been made a movie. Jump in before the movies eventually come out. Great author who hides references in books to show a glimpse of what's coming.

Going to be hard to expect what the endgame to this series is like. But, it`s going to be like lovecraft, David gemmel, and Simon r green decided to rewrite the script for Expendables 3 and got Michael Bay to direct...

Ever since I saw, The Creature From the Black Lagoon in 3D when I was a kid I have been a fan of MONSTER films and books. I read and watch them all.

I've read every book in this series and found the first one the best. You know how a good book holds your interest and you can't put it down? Well these books don't have that. Maybe I'm too harsh, but except for book one, I found them on the boring side.

This series, that it took a while for me to decide to read, is phenomenal. Action packed riveting plot twists and culminates tying up loose ends without bubble gum happy endings. Can't wait for more.

Easily one of the best books in the series yet! Cannot what for the next one in the monster hunter series, the suspense is painful! wont spoil anything but definable had many twist's and scary moments!

I am a monster hunter fan. My son and I both enjoyed the earlier books and had this book pre-ordered before it became available. Unforgettably it does not live up to the story building from the previous books. The only reason to read is to find out those few secrets that will be (hopefully) key in the next book.

I absolutely LOVE the MHI series (I like Larry's other stuff a lot too......please write another "Hard Magic" book!). I have MHI hats, MHI T shirts......I love MHI! That's why I am sad to say that I can't give this latest installment 5 starts. I wish the store had a 10 star rating system because then I could give it 9 opposed to 4. This is still a 5 star book for any fan of monsters, guns, smarmy characters, etc. But because it is not up to the level of the previous books it can't get a 5 I am afraid.

I'm still looking forward to the next one though!

3 stars. Not because Legion is a bad read, (all of the MHI books so far are good and hold a reader's attention) but in comparison to the previous three.... Hard to out do God monsters from another dimension.

I wasn't particularly impressed with this installment of the series. It just got the the point where it became sort of ridiculous. The Alp can either become things... create things... or both. It can either be killed... or it can't. What do you know - there is a dragon living under the hotel.

Ehhhh - just a step too far on this one.

*I received a free copy of this audiobook for review from Audiobookreviewer.com*

I’m a big fan of the Monster Hunter books. I was hooked when I stumbled upon book one, Monster Hunter International, and haven’t looked back since. I knew what to expect: Big guys with big guns shooting at big monsters. Sold.
Being that this is the fourth book in the Monster Hunter series, I’m going to assume you know what to expect. If you’re new to the series: You know those action movies you watch just so you can see explosions, hand-to-hand fights, and gun battles? This series is kind of like that. There is more to them of course, Correia is a very good writer, but the battles with giant ancient gods and the ferocious skirmishes between werewolves and vampires is what really keeps me coming back.

Owen “Z” Pitt and the rest of MHI are in Las Vegas for the first ever Monster Hunter Convention, along with hunters from around the world. It was supposed to be a time to compare notes with other hunters from other countries. Of course, considering the profession they’ve chosen, things don’t go according to plan. The hunters find themselves quarantined in the Last Dragon Hotel & Casino battling horrors from their past, and trying to keep the civilians from being sacrificed for nefarious purposes by Mr. Stricken. Owen’s father-in-law, Ray Shackleford, gives him news that will change his life forever. All the while he finds himself face to face with a being thought extinct and the rest of the hunters from around the world battle a creature of nightmarish proportions and otherworldly power.

I keep coming back to these books; they’re action-packed, well written, and full of mythological and fantastic creatures. With the narration done by Oliver Wyman, which is always great, I’ll continue to come back. Wyman is a favorite of mine and always delivers a solid performance. He brings the words to life with distinct voices, enthusiastic delivery, and stellar production quality.

This is the 4th book in the Monster Hunter series and it was an absolutely spectacular book. Tons of action, more information on Owen being the Chosen One, dragons, and nightmares coming to life all make for a super engaging, high octane read.

I listened to this on audibook and I highly recommend listening to this series on audiobook. The books are incredibly well read and lots of fun to listen to. I read the first couple books in the series and have listened to the last two. I actually enjoy listening to these books even more than reading them.

Owen and crew are in Las Vegas for the first annual International Monster Hunter convention when things go very wrong. An ancient world war II lab experiment is rampaging through the desert. This creature can bring a person's worst nightmare to life. Owen and company have to take out this creature before it turns Las Vegas into a literal hell on earth.

This book has tons of action and guns; and some great new characters too. This is a wonderful storyline that is somewhat self-contained but also does an excellent job of building the overall storyline about Owen being the Chosen One.

This is the first book where we really get a look into the international monster hunter scene. Let me tell you some of these international monster hunters are just as kick-ass as our favorite Monster Hunter International crew. A new American based monster hunter team also enters the story; they are PT (Paranormal Tactical) and they cause a lot of trouble for MHI.

All of our MHI favorites are here, with a couple new MHI recruits along for the ride as well. Earl's girlfriend, Heather, even makes an appearance. I hope we see more of her in future books. Owen's brother Mosh also plays a big role in this story.

The enemy they are facing off with is an especially evil one. This enemy can bring a person's nightmares to life. When all the Monster Hunter conference attendees are trapped in one hotel together...well that makes for quite a dangerous situation. All these Monster Hunters have some pretty awful nightmares.

Seeing what nightmares the Hunters face-off with tells us a lot about their characters. We learn a lot more about what Holly had to endure too.

As you can imagine from the above there is a ton of monster fighting in this book. Some of the monsters are pretty disturbing. There is a lot of gore and violence and swearing; but if you are a fan of this series that's nothing new. A lot more gun-talk again in this book book compared to the previous one.

Corriea does an excellent job of having a story that is resolved in this book (taking out the nightmare fiend) and tying it in with the overall story. We learn a lot more about task force Unicorn, which was mention in the previous book, and a lot more about what it means for Owen to be the Chosen One. All of these stories are building towards something big and this is the first book where that is really brought out into the open and discussed.

Overall a spectacular continuation of this series. This is a wonderful action packed story with some great new characters. There is an excellent story tied up in this book, but we also get more of the overall story about Owen being the Chosen One and the rising monster activity. Just a perfectly balanced book. I really enjoyed it a lot. Highly recommended to those who like action-packed urban fantasy and don't mind learning a lot about guns. I can't wait to see what happens next.

Mr. Correia created a wonderful series with his Monster Hunters, and this latest episode keeps up the pace and furthers our understanding of his fine cast of characters. Owen Pitt is again the central figure, but he has not yet completed his destiny as the Chosen One, and this time gets help from many others, each of whom is given an important role to play. The idea of an international monster hunter convention was inspired as we get to meet a variety of foreign teams, as well as the US agency whose principal mission seems to be to keep the existence of monsters secret. But in all honesty, the city of Las Vegas is not as much a character in this as it might have been; any convention center would have served, and my warped imagination was wondering just how awesome it might have been to have had this take place in Orlando.

As one might expect in such a series, Mr. Correia feels obliged to serve up more outlandish confrontations in each volume. Indeed, there are some encounters in "Legion" that are as exciting as any he has written. This comes with the slight cost that the series' anchor in the real world comes a bit unhinged, and I found the various pathways of the our connections to Old Ones, etc. to be increasingly hard to keep straight. Doesn't matter -- in the end, it's all about the action, which is all one could hope for.

I like the authors work. Hell this is my 4th book. I am disappointed that he doesn't push his craft further. Plot devices to get characters out of tight spots are always weak. THe only characters threatened in his books are tertiary red shirts at best. You would think a group of accountants, strippers, and non soldiers would get killed more often in these battles he writes. NOPE. If you do get killed..expect a magical whatchamacallit will un do it. He used the MOrdechai character again. LEAVE HIM. Character has this annoying yoda speech problem. Cause thats how people from a foreign country talk? In his first appearance his vague help was explained by his being held back by the bad guy. NO BAD GUY ANYMORE. So why does he still talk in riddles? THe books no longer have any tension in them. NO character is in jeopardy.

Which is high praise for what is to me the most entertaining,, well-written sci-fi paranormal adventure series out there. " Legion" is number four in Larry Correia's Monster Hunter International wild and wooly funhouse reads. I mean,there's something here for everybody Anyone who has ever attended a convention can totally relate to the desire to skip out of your own group's venue at some point or another to check out another more interesting show nearby.I laughed out loud at Milo's delight at the acres of goodies he found at the neighboring SHOT (all things to do with weapons) convention. That MHI absolutely destroys a sizeable portion of the Las Vegas Strip is just all in a day's work. That the Casino hosting the convention is owned by an actual,treasure hoarding Dragon living in a cave in the sub-basement gives you an idea of what you are in for. All the usual suspects are back, old cool weapons return,and some fine ,New hardware is introduced.

I absolutely love this series . I'm an author of short humor and urban fantasy and l'm a grandmother.

f you like guns, and dislike the old horror-movie trope of "our bullets have no effect on the monster," then you should check out the Monster Hunter International series of novels by Larry Correia.

The latest Monster Hunter novel is "Monster Hunter Legion." It continues the series reprising the roles of most of the characters you've gotten a chance to meet in the previous novels. What's cool about this novel is the unique way Correia has found to recycle some well-loved characters from previous novels.

Monster Hunter Legion goes to Vegas, baby. The challenge our monster hunters face is making sure that what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas.

The premise of the story is that during WW2, both the Allies and the Axis powers pursued wonder weapons programs using physics and metaphysics. And at least one metaphysical weapon developed at Los Alamos was about twice as dangerous as the nuclear bomb. Scared, our boffins buried it and hoped it would stay that way. Of course, it doesn't.

A theme running through all the Monster Hunter books is the notion that the government is a mindless behemoth that blunders along pursuing policies that have a great deal of collateral harm. In Legion, government policy decisions move from indifferent to malevolent as we see bureaucrats vie for power using innocent citizens and monster hunters as cannon fodder.

I think the good news is that government is as stupid when run by Santa Claus as it is when run by nice Mormon millionaires.

Larry Correia loves guns and he knows lots of first-responders. If Godzilla were to try to eat Detroit, he knows the sort of fellas who'd take the call. And of course, his monster hunters would be listening on their police scanners so they could show up to blow daylight through that Japanese import.

In a series of novels like Monster Hunter, the characters take on the life of their own. You read about them and when a new novel comes out, you get to visit with some old friends. That's one of the pleasures of a series of books. I don't really think Dirk Pitt as Matthew McConaughey, or Al Giordino as Steve Zahn, because I got to know them long before the movie came out by reading all the early Clive Cussler novels. Same goes for Jack Ryan who really isn't Alec Baldwin, Harrison Ford, or Ben Affleck, because I read all the early Tom Clancy novels. The difficulty as a series goes on is that these characters tend to wear out. The smart author thus has multiple characters to whom he can pass the torch.

This means each novel should introduce new heroes and villains at a pace commensurate with the rate at which they are being killed off. And every novel should kill off at least someone significant. If you always kill off someone who's just been introduced, your audience notices and begins looking for Red Shirts. This is why villain design is very important. If the hero must defeat the villain in each novel, then your really-good-at-evil villain must either fake his own death at the end, or die.

Maybe I should write a novel where the villain goes to prison, becomes rehabilitated and spends the rest of the novel trying to repay his debt to society while "heroes" are trying to kill him off, thinking his humanitarian efforts are just nefarious schemes.

Larry Correia knows how to kill off good guys as well as bad guys. And if you like those good guys, then you miss them. In Monster Hunter Legion, the good guys get an assist from the ghosts of lost compadres.

Monster Hunter Legion does a good job of introducing some new good guys, disclosing some more of force of evil who's pulling the strings. Some of the story-questions that remained partially understood at the end of Monster Hunter International are elaborated upon here. Mr. Correia is very good at raising a story question, then answering it in part. He's also very good at the incomplete infodump. Perhaps you've seen the Thin Man movie where the detective gets a call from an informant, and as he's taking down the information, a gunshot rings out killing the informant mid-infodump. There's no such phone calls, but there is a very satisfying interview with Management that illustrates this.

I can go on, but I won't. Just get Monster Hunter Legion and find out for yourself. 5 stars of 5.

It's that time of the year again folks. That magical time signaling another book release from the reigning champion of urban fantasy. May I humbly present to you MONSTER HUNTER LEGION, fourth book of the New York Times Best-Selling series written by pulp fiction juggernaut Larry Correia.

Disclaimer: Larry Correia is my favorite author. I am a Monster Hunter/Grimnoir Chronicles fanboy. This does not, however, mean that I will ever give Larry a free pass when it comes to a review. I am a critic first and foremost and I do not believe in coddling authors. That said, MONSTER HUNTER LEGION is Larry's most flawless book to date. Not my favorite of his novels, mind you, but certainly the most complete and substantial.

Hunters from around the world travel to Las Vegas for the first ever monster eradication conference. Not long into the conference a World War II weapon experiment awakes in the desert and goes on a rampage, spurring a race amongst the international hunting community to bag this rare monster. There is trouble brewing and it will be up to Owen Zastava Pitt and his co-workers at Monster Hunter International to prevent a nightmare creature from turning Sin City into hell.

Book four of the Monster Hunter series and going strong. After a brief stint with Earl Harbinger in Northern Michigan during MONSTER HUNTER ALPHA I was pleased to be back under the narration of Owen Pitt, combat accountant. First person narrative requires a strong personality to succeed and I had forgotten just how lovable Owen is. Only Owen could be set loose in Las Vegas with tons of cash and end up at a buffet. The first ever monster hunting conference provides an excellent opportunity to really expand the hunting community. We haven't really seen a lot of competition from rival companies so far in the series, and that makes a large gathering of them that much cooler. Owen turns out to be a bit of a celebrity among the crowd, being the God Slayer and all, and a very disturbing pattern starts to emerge when the hunters start comparing notes...Something very, very bad is on the horizon. Something worse than anything our heroes have faced to date.

The pacing doesn't skip a bit. MONSTER HUNTER LEGION starts out slow but strong. Readers are introduced to new allies and new enemies, including the extremely creepy Mr Stricken. It would appear that there are some government organizations worse than the Monster Control Bureau and Special Task Force Unicorn is one of them. With our own government playing hardball and an impending war of supernatural proportions inching ever closer, the tension is palpable. Whereas the other books in the series give off a more action-oriented vibe, MONSTER HUNTER LEGION just oozes menace. This is a horror novel through and through. It is just a horror novel where the horny college kids are replaced by heavily armed professionals.

The characters are the best you'll find in the urban fantasy genre or any other. Owen is the very essence of restrained violence with an incredibly dysfunctional family, and yet he is an impossibly upbeat man. No lame anti-heroes here. The things Owen says are frequently funny (there is a ton of humor to balance out all the terror of this book) and his can-do attitude is only tempered by his extraordinary ability to inflict pain on the undead and unnatural. Then we have Owen's wife, Julie, who is living with the ever present threat of her curse. This go-around we don't get a lot of Earl or Agent Franks but that's fine because Earl just had his own novel and the Agent Franks novel is on the way. Skippy and Edward get plenty of stage time. The MHI crew is also joined by Tanya, the trailer park elf. Trip, Holly, and Owen's brother Mosh get some extra depth, which I felt was a nice touch. Throw in a bunch of professional monster hunters from overseas and you have a pretty rockin' party.

Then there are the villains. I already touched on Mr Stricken, the strange and vile fellow that makes Agent Myers and Agent Franks look like Boy Scouts. I am eager to learn more about Stricken and Special Task Force Unicorn in future entries. I love that the main villain of each book is so completely different. One of Larry's specialties (because he has quite a few) is writing sympathetic bad guys. They may be completely evil, or even lesser degrees of evil, but he always makes them possible to relate to. No mustache-twirling ne'er-do-wells here. The villain this time around has a tragic story from a dark time in American history. At the same time, that doesn't make the baddie and less dangerous. The Big Bad this time is pretty awful, while still only being a precursor for what is to come. And if Owen's past opponents are any indicator the war humanity is facing will not be pretty.

When it comes to Correia novels I save describing the action for the end. Larry is the gold standard when it comes to writing action. I have even recommended that publishers slap a Larry Correia Seal of Approval on books that meet the necessary action requirements. The thing is, the man knows his guns. He knows how to orchestrate beautiful battles with explosions that would make Michael Bay weep. As I mentioned earlier, MONSTER HUNTER LEGION is a little more subdued than its predecessors. This time around the steady build of tension is the primary thrilling factor but you better believe that when the finale comes around it is pure adrenaline overdrive.

Larry Correia is sort of like Raymond Chandler meets H.P. Lovecraft with a fully automatic shotgun. If all the literary snobs want to get together and declare his novels to be pulp then fine, Larry is the King of Pulp. MONSTER HUNTER LEGION is a superb continuation of the series, not the man's best novel to date but easily his most solid. If you have read his books before then you are just reading this review to humor me - you've already ordered this book. If you haven't read any Correia yet and you wonder what Twilight would have been like if Bella's dad had brought out the twelve gauge and plugged Edward the glittery vampire, then this is the series for you.

Recommended Age: 16+
Language: More than I remember from the rest of the series but it's not overabundant.
Violence: Hah! Hahaha! Are you kidding me? This is the man that INVENTED violence.
Sex: Nada.

Nick Sharps
Elitist Book Reviews

This story begins shortly after Monster Hunter Alpha ends and focuses on Owen Pitt and MHI; it includes elements and characters from Monster Hunter Alpha. The story begins in Las Vegas with MHI participating in a conference of monster hunters. Dozens of monster hunting companies worldwide have been invited to the "Last Dragon" casino and resort to party and learn about tactics used against PUFF applicable entities. Problems begin almost immediately; first, Jason Lococo, someone Owen had almost killed in a past job, has been hired by MHI by Earl as a result of a job-well-done. Jason's still pissed, and the fight destroys the restaurant. From there it is all a free fall into bedlam, with a nightmare entity created by the Government at the end of World War II showing up, Mr. Striken the ghoul from TF Unicorn making an appearance, and the monster hunters going mano-y-mano in a cage match with the most dangerous entity ever encountered by MHI, with a "13 out of 10" dangerousity rating by the Feds. A lot of mayham ensues, and as one might suspect, at some point a dragon makes an appearance.

Again, Mr. Correia's writing makes this lengthy book seem like a novella - - way too short. It is a well written roller-coaster ride involving well defined characters, some new and some old, with a perfect balance of comedy, horror and camp. I thoroughly enjoyed every minute.

This book is packed with action and lovingly described firearms used with deadly effect. To beat the nightmare monster the MHI agents have to penetrate the coverup of a top secret government program to convert a monster into some sort of weapon system. It's one mystery under another, like layers of an onion, for Owen Pitt, who is MHI's top hunter and the hero of the first two books in the series. The Monster Control Bureau ("MCB"), a top secret government agency, is out there gunning for him and his team, but an even more mysterious secret agency seems to be pulling MCB's strings with the goal of killing off all of MHI.

The MHI books give us more than an adventure story. Fairly prominent are such questions as: Who are the monsters who are evil enough to "need killing" ? How much can anyone trust a secret government agency with extra-legal powers to fight supernatural monsters? Are free people (in this case acting through for-profit companies they form) a better solution for self-defense? It's all wonderfully libertarian. Even so, you can safely buy this book for an action story that is masterfully told and the subtext is just a bonus.

Urban fantasy does not have to be inconsequential stories of wizards and vampires hidden in plain sight. It can be serious and exciting - like this book.

1) Rating: 5 out of 5 stars

2) Genre: Paranormal Fantasy

3) Synopsis: Owen Zastava Pitt is back and he is at a Monster Hunter Convention. Life in Vegas should be gambling and buffets but of course the world is about to end and only 'The Chosen One' will be able to save the day.

4) Feelings: I love the Monster Hunter series. I truly do. Owen Pitt is one of my favorite characters of all time. This book has everything a growing boy could want. Guns (lots of guns), explosions, battles, mysterious creatures, and even a bit of romance.

5) Final recommendation: If you like, explosions and the possibility of the world ending this is the book for you. It is the 4th in the series so I would start on book one. However, if you have read the first three and not this one you are missing out. Get on it.

Ryan James Burt
Husband, Father, and Writer
[...]

This is by far my favorite book in the series. Having the work done in Vegas along with Shot Show was incredibly clever and fun. Most of all I liked the truly fantastic elements that were brought out. Elves, Orcs and Dragons all made their presence known in a very modern world.

Ed and Skippy the Orcs really stole the show and I laughed quite a bit when Management was finally revealed. As in all real fights, there is blood, death and injury and this book did not pose the fantasy of the hero getting out unscathed.

Another fantastic book by Larry Correia and I can't wait to read Nemesis. Also, where can I get my own "Abomination"?

This is the 4th book in the series. This format of the book was what I was expecting in the 3rd book that took a slant to the story. But like the previous books, I wasn't disappointed. It continued the story of MHI and lends itself for a continuance for the next novel. I ready all 4 books in a row and now am left hanging waiting for the next one. I'm not normally a fiction reader but for some reason love the plot, characters and subject matter. So now, I'm hooked on Larry Correia's novels. I actually was thinking that this series would make for a great movie or TV series. You have to read them from the 1st novel to the 4th. Don't try reading this one and then going backward. If you like Vampires, Monsters, Dragons, Werewolfs...then you won't be disappointed.

I enjoyed this story but it was a constant running from one crisis to another. It was definitely an action story and the villain causing all the problems was basically a relatively harmless specimen that had found a way to be powerful.

Every volume of the Monster Hunter series just keeps getting better and better. I blew through this in no time flat and read through the whole first four books again while waiting impatiently for my copy of Monster Hunter Nemesis to arrive (pre-ordered from Book Depository, not the store, though, because I like free shipping for international destinations.)

There is definitely more character development here, especially of Holly and Mosh. I LOVE the working partnership of Edward and Tanya, and frankly, Edward is freaking badass.

Also, the description of Milo in the firearms convention gleefully texting back his finds is adorable.

By the way, is there a chance of perhaps pitching to Blur Studios to make a CGI short of the brawl in the restaurant? I'm pretty sure they could make it as awesome, chaotic and hilarious as it deserves.

I didnt want to like these books. they seem on the face to be mindless testosterone filled rubbish. so after picking the 1st book up & putting it down several times i finally gave it a shot & was instantly addicted. all of correia's books are compulsively readable. his love of sci-fi/monster movies is evident creating a pure geek mash up thats 100% fun. the characters are endearing clever & engaging. whenever a new book by correia drops i have to grab it. i also then have to read it immediately leading to a couple sleepless nights. an addiction of brilliant exciting fun worth falling into.

I loved the first two books. Book three was okay, but the series has lost its spark for me.
The storylines are starting to lack originality. A father trains his two sons to fight in a war that could end the world. I like that concept. I also liked it on the TV show Supernatural years ago. SPOILER: The hunters fight a "nightmare monster." I like that. I also liked it on "Supernatural: Night Terror" years ago.

1) Rating: 5 out of 5 stars

2) Genre: Paranormal Fantasy

3) Synopsis: Owen Zastava Pitt is back and he is at a Monster Hunter Convention. Life in Vegas should be gambling and buffets but of course the world is about to end and only 'The Chosen One' will be able to save the day.

4) Feelings: I love the Monster Hunter series. I truly do. Owen Pitt is one of my favorite characters of all time. This book has everything a growing boy could want. Guns (lots of guns), explosions, battles, mysterious creatures, and even a bit of romance.

5) Final recommendation: If you like, explosions and the possibility of the world ending this is the book for you. It is the 4th in the series so I would start on book one. However, if you have read the first three and not this one you are missing out. Get on it.

Ryan James Burt
Husband, Father, and Writer
[...]

This is by far my favorite book in the series. Having the work done in Vegas along with Shot Show was incredibly clever and fun. Most of all I liked the truly fantastic elements that were brought out. Elves, Orcs and Dragons all made their presence known in a very modern world.

Ed and Skippy the Orcs really stole the show and I laughed quite a bit when Management was finally revealed. As in all real fights, there is blood, death and injury and this book did not pose the fantasy of the hero getting out unscathed.

Another fantastic book by Larry Correia and I can't wait to read Nemesis. Also, where can I get my own "Abomination"?

This is the 4th book in the series. This format of the book was what I was expecting in the 3rd book that took a slant to the story. But like the previous books, I wasn't disappointed. It continued the story of MHI and lends itself for a continuance for the next novel. I ready all 4 books in a row and now am left hanging waiting for the next one. I'm not normally a fiction reader but for some reason love the plot, characters and subject matter. So now, I'm hooked on Larry Correia's novels. I actually was thinking that this series would make for a great movie or TV series. You have to read them from the 1st novel to the 4th. Don't try reading this one and then going backward. If you like Vampires, Monsters, Dragons, Werewolfs...then you won't be disappointed.

I enjoyed this story but it was a constant running from one crisis to another. It was definitely an action story and the villain causing all the problems was basically a relatively harmless specimen that had found a way to be powerful.

Every volume of the Monster Hunter series just keeps getting better and better. I blew through this in no time flat and read through the whole first four books again while waiting impatiently for my copy of Monster Hunter Nemesis to arrive (pre-ordered from Book Depository, not the store, though, because I like free shipping for international destinations.)

There is definitely more character development here, especially of Holly and Mosh. I LOVE the working partnership of Edward and Tanya, and frankly, Edward is freaking badass.

Also, the description of Milo in the firearms convention gleefully texting back his finds is adorable.

By the way, is there a chance of perhaps pitching to Blur Studios to make a CGI short of the brawl in the restaurant? I'm pretty sure they could make it as awesome, chaotic and hilarious as it deserves.

I didnt want to like these books. they seem on the face to be mindless testosterone filled rubbish. so after picking the 1st book up & putting it down several times i finally gave it a shot & was instantly addicted. all of correia's books are compulsively readable. his love of sci-fi/monster movies is evident creating a pure geek mash up thats 100% fun. the characters are endearing clever & engaging. whenever a new book by correia drops i have to grab it. i also then have to read it immediately leading to a couple sleepless nights. an addiction of brilliant exciting fun worth falling into.

I loved the first two books. Book three was okay, but the series has lost its spark for me.
The storylines are starting to lack originality. A father trains his two sons to fight in a war that could end the world. I like that concept. I also liked it on the TV show Supernatural years ago. SPOILER: The hunters fight a "nightmare monster." I like that. I also liked it on "Supernatural: Night Terror" years ago.

I listened to this book as an audible (wonderfully narrated as usual by Oliver Wyman).
The first book in the series was amazing - I loved it from beginning to end. I also thoroughly enjoyed part two. I havent read part three since I am such a fan of Owen - it just didnt interest me (because he's not in it).

This book is good but I'm afraid it suffers in comparison to the first two in the series. The main "villain" was a bit wishy-washy (in that he used other monsters rather than be the monster )and I didn't really like the idea of revisiting old monsters.
The rest of Owen's Team were all there - but I would have been happy to see even more of them.

Half way through I was tempted to fast forward here and there - something I would never have even contemplated while listening to the first two. It just seemed to drag a bit. It was more suspenseful in parts than the other two and I was pleased to see that the laugh out loud humour was still there.
The book felt a lot like a preview for the next installment. I've read that the next one will be mainly about Franks - and while he is an intriguing character - I hope he is only part of the story which will once again focus on "Z".

I absolutely love this book and this series for the adventure and the deceptively addicting and ever deepening world building and continuing character stories, but honestly I am writing to plug the author's Kickstarter Project for a tide over while waiting for the next book; Larry is proposing to write an 'MHI Employees Handbook' which will have all kinds of nifty inside information about the fictional monster hunter organization as well as rules for role-playing set in the world of the Monster Hunter novels! Thought you all should know:

KICKSTARTER UPDATE

87% there! Which is awesome, but still leaves just over $6,000.00 to go, so come one everyone, this is the best 'fix' for everyone who has already finished reading, 'Legion' and is wanting more Monster Hunter International stories...this is the best shot at something more to read until the next novel, and if you are up for the RPG side of things, the best set up to making your own stories in the setting too, and it only happens if we hit the goal. So, please tell other MHI fans and/or pitch in a few (more?) bucks.

After reading the first installment of Monster Hunters Inc, Larry Correia instantly became one of my favorite authors. And even though I had some initial doubts about the 3rd book before reading it, Earl Harbinger proved that he could hold his own in a solo project. Thus, making it the best "MHI" novel to date IMO.

Sadly the main villain/entity in the latest novel fails to live up to the intensity that we've all gotten accustomed to in the first three novels. As a result the book seems to drag with drawn out bar fight fillers to compensate for a mostly nonverbal yet somewhat predictable enemy. Whereas in the other three books the main villain generally hit the ground running. Instead of the drawn out brawl, learning a little more about how "STFU's" team was lost may have helped the pace of this book from the beginning. (A team of monsters going up against this books foe would've been a great substitute for a lot of this books down time.)

But obviously it's not all negative news. Stricken's character is developing into a very interesting antagonist, which begs the question of what kind of creature he truly is. Owen and company are still compelling hero's though I wish Harbinger and Franks had more to do in this one.

So considering how far the bar was raised by the last novel this story takes too much time to get the ball rolling Which is mostly due to a sub-par villain. All in all, "Monster Hunter Legion" is okay but not great.

Hopefully the villain they face up against in the next novel will have more of a physical presence and a deeper persona, allowing the current characters to have more to do earlier on.

Monster Hunter Legion (2012) is a Fantasy novel in the Monster Hunter series, following Monster Hunter Alpha. The initial work in this series is Monster Hunter International.

In the previous volume, Earl met with an old colleague from the war years. The man said that Nickolai had returned to America. He told Earl that intel had Nicolai heading toward Copper Lake.

Earl drove to the Upper Peninsula. Copper Lake had lost much of its population since the mine closed. The welcome sign said 2000 people lived there. It had a strong smell of werewolves.

Meanwhile, Stark got a phone call from MCB headquarters. They wanted him to investigate an attack in Copper Lake. He selected Mosher to accompany him on the mission.

In this novel, Owen Zastava Pitt is a man of mixed blood and cultures. He had been a CPA, but now is a monster hunter. Owen is now married to Julie.

Julie Shackleford is a monster hunter for MHI and is too brave for her own good. Her mother Susan is a Master Vampire and her father -- Ray Shackleford III -- was turned by his wife. Julie is now married to Owen.

Earl Harbinger is a monster hunter for MHI and a werewolf. His real name is Raymond Shackleford II and he doesn't like agents in the Federal Monster Control Bureau.

Nathaniel Shackleford is Earl's grandson and Julie's brother. Nate is working his way up the MHI hierarchy.

Milo Ivan Anderson is the MHI armorer. He is also a licensed firearms manufacturer.

John VanZant is an MHI team leader in California.

Green is a member of VanZant's team. He is a former San Diego policeman.

Jason Lococo is an MHI newbie. He has a history with Owen.

Rick Armstrong is the CEO of Paranormal Tactical. His company is new to monster hunting and has a bad reputation among the MHI hunters.

Dwayne Meyers is a senior agent in the Monster Control Bureau. He had worked for MHI before he became a Fed. He had been head of the bureau, but was recently demoted to a lesser position.

Doug Stark was the SAC of the MCB office in Michigan. A former SEAL, Stark had worked with Agent Franks. Now he is head of the MCB.

Franks is an agent in the MCB who works for Stark. He seems indestructible, but the bureau just replaces his damaged parts.

Stricken is the head of Special Task Force Unicorn. Unlike MCB, the STFU likes to use paranormals as agents.

In this story, Owen and his team are attending the first annual International Conference of Monster Hunting Professionals. They had been tied up on a mission in Mississippi during the rainy season and were not expected to attend the conference. Then they found the vampire and cleared the case just in time to fly to Las Vegas.

ICMHP is sponsored by someone wealthy and powerful. MCB and other federal agencies have permitted the conference, so it is classified Top Secret. Government and private monster hunters from around the world are coming to share their experiences.

The conference is scheduled the same time as the SHOT shooting industry show. Most ICMHP attendants are also registered for SHOT and spending time looking over the weapons, ammunition and other goodies. Milo is in hog heaven, especially with the killer robots.

The conference is being held at the Last Dragon, a new hotel in Las Vegas that hasn't yet been officially opened. Soon after arrival at the hotel, Owen heads down to the buffet. The Last Dragon buffet had been highly rated on the web and Owen rounds up a few teammates and others from MHI to try the food.

As they are happily eating and telling stories, another group appears at the buffet. VanZant knows the company -- Paranormal Tactical -- and isn't happy to see them. Green is even more displeased.

Green is drinking heavily and has lost most of his inhibitions. He starts saying things about the PT hunters that irritate them. VanZant tells him to lay off the PT men.

Armstrong comes over to talk to Owen. Pitt isn't impressed by the man and doesn't give him much respect. Then VanZant leaves for a while and Green starts making loud comments.

Nate asks Owen to tell Green to calm down. Owen tells Nate to exert his own authority, but Nate replies that he is at the bottom of the hierarchy. So Owen tells Green to cool it.

Then Lococo and Owen recognize each other, although Owen doesn't know the other's name. Owen's illegal last fight had been with Lococo. The fighters were fairly equal, but Owen finally got the advantage and beat up Lococo in the heat of the moment. Lococo has a deep crease in his head and a false eye because of that fight.

Lococo is extremely angry with Owen and attacks him. Owen holds his own until they both fall off the buffet platform. Lococo has cuts from the glass and is taken to the hospital.

Green assumes that Lococo is a PT hunter and leads the MHI group in an attack against the PT men. In the melee, much of the buffet is damaged and the innocent diners are forced to flee. Hotel security and the Las Vegas police are not happy with either side in the conflict.

Earl manages to get Owen and the other MHI hunters out of jail. He chews out Owen, but Pitt points out that he had not started the fight. Then VanZant remarks that Earl is displeased mostly because he hadn't been given a chance to join in the brawl.

After the opening remarks by Stark, the hunters start sharing stories. Owen notices a pattern and Earl tells several MHI hunters to start asking questions. Soon most of the hunters realize that something major is occurring worldwide.

Stricken sets up a television presentation in Room 213. Monster hunter team leaders are invited to listen to Stricken. He announces a ten million dollar bounty on an unidentified monster in northern Nevada.

Earl becomes strangely protective of Julie. She just ignores Earl and heads for the center of the action. Owen wonders about Earl's unusual behavior.

This tale brings a major nightmare to the Last Dragon. MCB and STFU try to contain the problem. Owen starts seeing a young man in olive drab.

The story starts out slow. After the brawl, there is a few hours of administrative business in the auditorium. Then the monster hunt starts and the acion keeps getting more violent until the last chapter.

Owen and Julie barely survive this adventure. The next installment in this series -- Monster Hunter Nemesis -- has not yet been announced on the store.

Highly recommended for Correia fans and for anyone else who enjoys tales of interdimensional creatures, monster hunters, and a bit of romance. Read and enjoy!

-Arthur W. Jordin

"Evil looms. Cowboy up. Kill it. Get paid."

If you're like me, you have been eagerly awaiting the Monster Hunter Legion, the 4th book in the Monster Hunter series by Larry Correia. If you're like me, you bought it on day one, read it on day one, and then spent the next few days re-reading the first 3 books yet again.

Along with the other reviewers I definitely appreciated the growth we're beginning to see in Owen Pitt, and even the subtle changes in other characters. I feel attached to them and find myself sitting on the edge of my seat as I'm reading to find out how they're going to get out of whatever impossible situation that the warped(in the best kind of way) mind of Larry Correia can come up with.

As a geek, redneck, firearms, sci-fi, and fantasy enthusiast, this is one of my favorite all time series, and it just keeps getting better.

Another book I couldn't put down, all in all its a good return to the rough world of monster hunting. I particularly liked the parts dealing with dragons and the experimentations of decision week. Although I think something of an opportunity was missed by not getting more exotic weapons out of the Shot show. I mean come on, running low on weapons and ammo with the biggest hunting and shooting trade show next door!

Larry Correia's latest installment in his Monster Hunter series delivers the fast-paced action and strong characters I've come to expect from his writing. Everyone you love from previous MHI books makes an appearance and, best of all, Owen Z. Pitt is the novel's focus. There's little more to say. I have no complaints except that I have to wait sometime for the next novel in what is easily my favorite current series.

Two conferences converge in Las Vegas as many who attend the Top Secret first annual International Conference of Monster Hunting Professionals at the Last Dragon Hotel will also spend time at the SHOT shooting industry show to look at the latest in weaponry. After dealing with a vampire in Mississippi, Monster Hunter International operative Owen Zastava Pitt, his wife Julie Shackleford and his unit arrive at the hotel. MHO California based agents John VanZant and Green fume when they see unsavory Paranormal Tactical operatives led by Rich Armstrong. Owen and MHI employee Jason Lococo get into a fight that angers their superior Earl Harbinger. The warriors set the unwritten conference agenda.

Monster Control Bureau Chief Doug Stark introduces the conference, but it is Special Task Force Unicorn Chief Stricken who ends the war stories when he announces a ten million dollar bounty on a monster on the loose in Nevada. Private and government hunters race to be the one who bags the monster.

The latest Monsters Hunters International urban fantasy (see Monster Hunter Alpha, Monster Hunter International and Monster Hunter Vendetta) is an engaging thriller that starts slow but entertainingly as readers meet the various rival groups and players at breakfast. Animosity and affinity run high as caffeine is not needed with this testosterone laden (including Julie) group. Once Stricken proclaims the games begin, the storyline accelerates into a fast-paced, action-packed thriller as teams stalk a deadly monster and each other.

Harriet Klausner

I loved this entire series. How 'noir' and intriguing and different. Not typical Sci-fi or fantasy, or mystery novel but an entertaining creative genre bending book incorporating lots of the elements of each of these 'parent' genres. Pretty decent character development. Not super deep, but deep enough. Plus I like the reluctant hero persona used here.

I wonder if Larry Correia has a reverse Star Trek Effect (even numbered Star Trek movies being better than the odd numbered ones, so far Larry's odd numbered MHI books strike me as much better than his even numbered one), or something going on here. I enjoyed the first book quite a bit, the second one was fun, but started to raise some red flags for me (see my review of Monster Hunter Vendetta). Primarily, I became concerned that Owen Z was going the route of Wesley Crusher, turning into a God like Mary Sue, destined to end up fighting an ever increasing horde of monsters and creatures, while becoming more and more powerful himself. His growing power, I feared, wasn't going to be driven by character development, but by plot need. As he grew more powerful, so would his enemies, and so he'd just "magically" get more powerful until this never ending cycle resulted in Owen pissing skittles and farting rainbows while riding a winged unicorn.

Larry side stepped that issue in book three, by not making it about Owen.

Which brings us to book four, Monster Hunter Legion.

Once again we are following Owen and Julie, this time with a host of other (disposable) monster hunters thrown in for good measure. The set up was there, and for the first third of the book I felt like Larry had hit his stride. Multiple conflicts were set up, the pacing stayed fast, the humor was on par with his best work...

And then Owen turned into superman, subplots were discarded and the everyman become indestructible. The book, which could have been about the myriad of other characters, their conflicts, their nightmares, and deaths, instead became Owen screaming "I'm the Chosen One...fear me!" and went off from there.

By the last third of the book I was skimming it. It just wasn't engaging any longer, and I wanted to finish to say I'd finished it.

I also have to admit, I really hated the way he treated Mosh.

Going forward, I'll stick with Coreia's "Grimnoir Chronicles" and leave MHI alone, so I can at least pretend that Owen bleeds.

After reading the first book in the Monster Hunters series, Monster Hunter International, Larry Correia instantly vaulted into my favorite top five authors. Every MHI book since then has lived up to the awesomeness of the first book, including the latest, Monster Hunter Legion. The worst part of reading these books is waiting for Larry to write the next one!

Larry Correia delivers the goods...again! I am left eagerly awaiting the next installment in the series! Wish paperbacks didn't take so long to come out, but that's a publisher/marketing thing and has nothing to do with the story itself.

The fourth novel in Larry Correia's epic Monster Hunter series and they just keep getting better and better. I read the last half of this in one sitting and I had to remember to breath. I loved this book!

This book was just simply awesome. It left me hoping for another book in the series. I highly recommend it if you're a fan of action mixed with fantasy. As an amateur competitive shooter and outdoorsman, I really love the attention to detail.

I absolutely love this book and this series for the adventure and the deceptively addicting and ever deepening world building and continuing character stories, but honestly I am writing to plug the author's Kickstarter Project for a tide over while waiting for the next book; Larry is proposing to write an 'MHI Employees Handbook' which will have all kinds of nifty inside information about the fictional monster hunter organization as well as rules for role-playing set in the world of the Monster Hunter novels! Thought you all should know:

KICKSTARTER UPDATE

87% there! Which is awesome, but still leaves just over $6,000.00 to go, so come one everyone, this is the best 'fix' for everyone who has already finished reading, 'Legion' and is wanting more Monster Hunter International stories...this is the best shot at something more to read until the next novel, and if you are up for the RPG side of things, the best set up to making your own stories in the setting too, and it only happens if we hit the goal. So, please tell other MHI fans and/or pitch in a few (more?) bucks.

I loved the first three books in the Monster Hunter series. I can't recommend them highly enough. However this instalment was a bit of a let down. The action takes a while to ramp up and the monsters are mostly repeats. I never felt like anybody was in danger. I felt like this was only half the book, hopefully the second half is released soon.

Also one thing that bugs me is the mention that New Zealand uses the British monster control people. Why would a country with its own military, police, secret service etc rely on foreign support? Why not joint Australia? An ANZAC monster hunting force would make more sense.

Been a big fan of Larry Correia for a few years now and this book was no exception. Was supposed to be delivered in either August or September but I didn't get it until nearly Thanksgiving (as I'm sure was due to a large back order). However, it was well worth the wait and made a great gift to another Larry fan! This addition continues to take a larger inside look into the lives of MHI team member history, while also throwing in a lot of new faces that I'm sure we will see in future Monster Hunter books.

Having read the three previous physical copies of the Monter Hunter series, I was utterly enamoured and blown away by the story line. But now, seriously...no Kindle copy available? At this point I'm going to vote with my wallet and choose not to purchase anything from this publisher until they join the rest of us here in the 21st century and offer this book in digital format. Larry, I'm sure this latest book is amazing and many of your fans will opt to hop in their cars, drive to the book store and purchase this book - but not this one.

This installment of Monster Hunters International carries on the tradition of hard hitting action I've come to expect from Mr. Correa. While this is the fourth Monster Hunter book (the third with Pitt as the main character), the story stands well on its own. After the first in the series, this is my favorite.

A mysterious individual sponsors a convention for monster hunters from around the world. While the convention is underway a huge threat appears that threatens get everyone killed. There are a couple of sub-plots or at least partial ones involving the inevitable conflicts that arise from putting a bunch of violent, competitive and aggressive people in the same location. Those are amusing but the action centers around the mysterious threat that the government is willing to pay $10,000,000 to have eliminated. Figuring out what this threat is as it continually ratchets up the intensity of monster attacks, which keeps the tension at a high level. Some double dealing and back stabbing at the government level add the the story. It's actually the best plot of the series. Our hero, Owen Z. Pitt (Z) shows the first signs of maturity in the series. He actually makes the effort to think things through and act responsibly. For a hero that, we're told, is very bright, he has acted very stupidly in past books. In the last installment, I got to the point where I was about to quit the book because of his immaturity and rock-headedness. No, he hasn't turned into somebody else, but he has grown up a little. I appreciate that he tries to act more responsibly, with mixed results. He's not very good at it yet, but at least he tires. I respect this Z more than the one in Monster Hunter Vendetta. That makes the story richer. There's always been enough action and incredible monsters to move things along. Oh, and the big threat that threads through the series keeps building.

I loved the first three books in the Monster Hunter series. I can't recommend them highly enough. However this instalment was a bit of a let down. The action takes a while to ramp up and the monsters are mostly repeats. I never felt like anybody was in danger. I felt like this was only half the book, hopefully the second half is released soon.

Also one thing that bugs me is the mention that New Zealand uses the British monster control people. Why would a country with its own military, police, secret service etc rely on foreign support? Why not joint Australia? An ANZAC monster hunting force would make more sense.

Having read the three previous physical copies of the Monter Hunter series, I was utterly enamoured and blown away by the story line. But now, seriously...no Kindle copy available? At this point I'm going to vote with my wallet and choose not to purchase anything from this publisher until they join the rest of us here in the 21st century and offer this book in digital format. Larry, I'm sure this latest book is amazing and many of your fans will opt to hop in their cars, drive to the book store and purchase this book - but not this one.