Book Review: Monster Hunter Legion, by Larry Correia

This is the fourth book in the Monster Hunter International series.  The third book, Monster Hunter Alpha, was pretty much a solo mission for Earl Harbinger, the leader of MHI.  Monster Hunter Legion brings back the rest of the crew, including Owen Zastava Pitt, the protagonist of the first two books.  I thought it was great that we got more background on Earl in the previous adventure, and we learned more about his background and his secret condition - but I kinda missed Owen, the accountant who survived a werewolf attack and got recruited by Earl to become a Monster Hunter.

The story starts off with a most of the teams from MHI attending the first International Conference of Monster Hunting Professionals, which is being held in Las Vegas and is being attended by many other companies of Hunters from around the world.  Things start off with a bang, with immediate ties to Earl's adventure in the previous book, and things get kind of messy - though not necessarily because of a monster, and I won't reveal the details.  Let's just say, things are not always as they seem.

You might wonder how can such a conference be held, when monsters and the organizations that hunt them are supposed to be secret?  This is explained in detail, and we eventually learn who organizes the event, and it was a big surprise for me.  There's more going on right under our noses than we are aware of, or could even imagine.  There is a war coming, and we will have allies from unexpected places.

Eventually we learn that humans are, at least, partially responsible for the current crisis - and this is an enemy that cannot be killed by pumping them full of lead.

While this fourth installment brings back Owen, and more is revealed about Julie Shackleford's situation from past events in the series, it has a different tone than the other books, but that doesn't make it any less effective.

This is a good continuation to the series, and I'm looking forward to reading book 5.