Monster Hunter Guardian: Monster Hunter International, Book 7 (Unabridged)
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4.2 • 42 Ratings
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Publisher Description
New entry in the best-selling Monster Hunter International series by Dragon Award-winning authors Larry Correia and Sarah A. Hoyt
When Owen Pitt and the rest of the Monster Hunter International crew are called away to mount a month’s-long rescue mission in a monster-infested nightmare dimension, Julie Shackleford - Owen’s wife and descendant of MHI founder Bubba Shackleford - is left behind. Her task: hold down the fort and take care of her new baby son Ray. Julie’s devoted to the little guy, but the slow pace of office work and maternity leave are starting to get to her. But when a routine field call brings her face-to-face with an unspeakable evil calling itself Brother Death, she’ll get more excitement than she ever hoped for.
Julie is the Guardian of a powerful ancient artifact known as the Kamaresh Yar, and Brother Death wants it. In the wrong hands, it could destroy reality as we know it. Julie would die before giving it up.
Then Ray goes missing, taken by Brother Death. The price for his safe return: the Kamaresh Yar. If Julie doesn’t hand over the artifact it means death - or worse - for baby Ray. With no other choice left to her, Julie agrees to Brother Death’s demands. But when you’re dealing with an ancient evil, the devil is in the details.
To reclaim her son, Julie Shackleford will have to fight her way through necromantic death cults, child-stealing monsters, and worse. And she’ll have to do it all before Brother Death can unleash the Kamaresh Yar.
It’s one woman against an army of monsters. But Julie Shackleford is no ordinary woman - she’s one tough mother!
Customer Reviews
Insightful and engaging
I was skeptical to the addition of a co author this late in the game, and had gotten used to Oliver’s voice. But I was pleasantly surprised. The fact that Julie’s journey was wrought with a degree of uncertainty and self doubt, tells me this is an ACTUAL mother, and a new one; as opposed to some 2 dimensional caricature. Sure, we like to think of the MHI heir apparent as a fortress of rock-hard badassitude, and she kinda is. But if she hadn’t been racked with a certain amount of fear in this book, it would have totally drained my ability to see her as a person. Plus an extra star for Mr. trash bags, the best sidekick.
Not the best
I love the Monster Hunter series, but, this is far from the others. I was expecting fire and brimstone, hell have no fury like a mothers scorn. It's time to raise the black flag and start slitting throats kind of book. Unfortunately, it was more a pity party of monotonous boo hoos. The MC did nothing but stumble through the story with no real force of her own. The rest of the MHI series she MC is fiercely strong and a power house of badassery, but, this isn't her. Honestly, I almost jumped to the end so it could be over.
Unfortunately awful
I love this book series, but this one is by far the worst in it so far. The main character can’t carry the readers interest, it aggressively annoying, and is overall incompetent.
I hope the future books are better and that Larry Correia avoids working with this co author again.
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