Monster Hunter International

By: Larry Correia

Narrated by: Oliver Wyman

Length: 24 hrs

Publisher's summary

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.

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. Business is good.... Welcome to Monster Hunter International.

©2009 Larry Correia (P)2011 Audible, Inc.

Lots of action

Pretty good story. Enjoyed the listen and found the main characters were interesting. He made an old take on what a vamp should new. Looking forward to next book.

If you Like Fantasy and Horror

This is the book for you. Themes similar to other great books like the Dresden Files and HP Lovecraft, you need to read the book for a great story.

Freaking love this book!!!

I've listened to this at least a dozen times. One of my favorite series for sure. keep up the good work.

Entertaining

Lovely introduction into the world of the monster hunters. Very enjoyable, and I look forward to reading the rest of the series.

Action packed with fun engaging characters

This book got me hooked on Correia’s writing style and this entire series. I’ll admit I’m quite the gun nut and Correia’s detail in that arena tickled my fancy tremendously, but that’s far from the best this series has to offer. There’s a lot of passion you can feel in his character and world building, and this book really takes the time to not only introduce us to our cast in great detail, but really make you love and understand the band of Monster Hunters you’re following. Owen Pitt’s goofy nature and inability to not get his butt kicked by every monster he goes up against is always fun. You know he wins in the end, but it’s nice to feel all the struggles and pain he has to endure to get to the payoff, win the day and secure that bounty. Scarred, bloody, and always sore he trudges on and kicks evils fangs in. He has a twisted ability to be cocky, pessimistic, brave, and a just bit dense for a guy with a genius level IQ that just make him into an interesting protagonist with a lot more depth than you’d expect of you just looked at the cover. The icing on the cake is Oliver Wyman’s delivery. Reading these books yourself is still incredibly enjoyable but once Wyman brings these characters and their world to life you’d be hard pressed not to read the books in his voices afterwards, and he only gets better as the series progresses. Every character has their own unique voice and tone that lets you know who is talking without even needing to be told. One of my top recommendations for my friends who also enjoy audiobooks, even if they aren’t the gun nut I am, I still think there’s a lot to enjoy

Surprisingly Great

If you could sum up Monster Hunter International in three words, what would they be?

Fast-paced, action, entertaining.

What does Oliver Wyman bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

He really does a great job sounding like the characters are described if that makes sense. No irritating mannerisms, easy to listen to.

Any additional comments?

Based on the title of this book I was prepared for it to be really awful. I was pleasantly surprised that it was one of the best I've listened to recently. I'm now on the next book in the series.

Book is dam awesome

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

Ohh yes indeed. Its a great story to listen to.

What other book might you compare Monster Hunter International to and why?

Recently started listening to audible so havnt heard enough to compare.

What does Oliver Wyman bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

A good sens of whats going on in the story.

The A Team meets Supernatural

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

Yes. Great story, full of action and humor. Lots of language though, FYI.

Who was your favorite character and why?

Pitt - He's a bad-A

What does Oliver Wyman bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

great voice variation. Added a lot of life to the characters.

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

no

Any additional comments?

MHI is a fast and loose. Its like the A-Team crashed its van into Sam and Dean from Supernatural, and splattered gore on a bunch of frat-house girls crossing the street, and the whole lot of them stopped to laugh at the scene.

Seriously - Great book. Larry has a great style. Yeah, he's known for describing the hardware, but, well, that's awesome.

The plot is solid, the humor is good, and there were even some nice twists salt and peppered throughout the novel. I'll certainly be picking up the next book in the series.

If I had to sum it all up, I'd say this is pure entertainment.

Also, I've had the pleasure of attending some conferences in which Larry spoke. He's a great guy, and I saw the same fun spirit with which he writes come out in person.

Good times.

Very enjoyable listen, great story.

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

I have now finished book two and I am hooked. Well written for the casual reader/ listener.

I like that the author did not write another vamp/were lovefest.

What about Oliver Wyman’s performance did you like?

The reader does a good job, keeps the story moving well.

Good Reading, good pace, enjoyable.

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

I laugh allot.

Any additional comments?

In this story monters are to be hunted for profit and profit is GOOD!

That was how long?!!

I noticed at some point that this story is almost 24 hours, and was shocked. Because it seemed like half that. I can't give a greater compliment except that it seemed too short, and I wanted more. I will be moving on to the second novel almost immediately. Oh, and Oliver Wyman is fantastic, excellent character 'voices'.
AWESOME!