Monster Hunter International by Larry Correia

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.
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. 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.

Freaking epic

Adrenaline rush, bloody pure adrenalin rush. Seriously, started slow but once the action started it was nonstop. Loved it and loved some of the concepts. Got to know many things. There are some reviews about authors comments or something. But, as an Indian I don't care about US politics lol. So this was fun and if the series will be like this, I will read it.

Rather bro-y with libertarian overtones.

Late review, don't quite remember. Started off with an action scene, but that can be overlooked. The main character is an asshole, that never goes well unless you make up with other positive point in the novel.

He is something of the best marksman in the country, one of the most intelligent people, one of the best fighters, and still he just wants a desk job with nothing to do.

The prose was fine right until he time the history fell into known and disliked cliches, then I stopped reading:
- the hero likes a girls who likes another guy. The hero dislikes the guy and tries to show the girl her boyfriend is a jerk and she would be better of with him.
- in the meantime, the hot stripper likes the hero. He will likely use the situation to make the girl he likes jealous. I didn't quite read this, but I'm pretty sure where this was going.
- the hero antagonizes the girl's boyfriend, who seems like a pretty good guy, but starts acting like an asshole as well when confronted. But since the hero is bigger, stronger, more intelligent, better fighter, better marksman, has a bigger dick... what exactly are we suppose to empathize with here?

The story showed potential. An international organization of monster hunters, founded over a century ago. There is conflict with the FBI's division of monster hunters, there is legislation in the way, a mysterious TPK (total party kill) among them a few years ago.

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