Earl Harbinger, head of Monster Hunter International, faces down an old nemesis - a very nasty former KGB werewolf who is working to create a new, unstoppable breed.
Monster Hunter Alpha (as well as any of the other books in the Monster Hunter series) would make an excellent film or TV series due to the imagery they evoke as you read them.#3 in the break-out, best-selling Monster Hunter series. Learning more about him helped me to better understand Earl’s actions in the first two books and to gain an appreciation for why the people at MHI are so loyal to him.Ĭorreia is very consistent in turning out stories which grab your attention and don’t let go until you reach the end of the book. I appreciated how much information Correia shared about Earl and the struggles he goes through. It moves along at quick, but measured, pace, and it kept my attention throughout.
Correia is extremely good at building characters and drawing you into their lives, making them much more than just words on a page. Monster Hunter Alpha is one of my favorite books in the series because of how it explores Earl’s life and thoughts. Heather also plays an important part in Monster Hunter Nemesis, the fifth book in the series.
Earl then helps her learn how to control the inner beast, especially since something is causing her body to implement the change more quickly. We also meet Heather Kerkonen, a deputy sheriff in Copper Lake, Michigan who was turned into a werewolf by followers of the Alpha. This allowed him to use the curse to help people instead of destroy them (for the most part).Īfter returning to the States following his time with Father Santiago, Earl was drafted into Special Task Force Unicorn (humorously shortened to STFU) and used to combat supernatural threats during World War II, Vietnam, and other events, earning his PUFF exemption (meaning monster hunters could kill him for the bounty offered by the government). Despite the odds, and through the efforts of Father Santiago, a member of an 800-year-old monster hunting organization, Earl learned to better control the werewolf inside him. Interspersed with the main story are flashbacks which give Earl’s character added depth and help the reader better understand Earl’s motivations.Įarl was born Raymond Shackleford II in 1900, and he became a werewolf in the early 1920s (no specific date is given, but the book references the early 1920s). “Monster Hunter Alpha” by Larry Correia.In a departure from the first two books in Larry Correia’s Monster Hunter series, Monster Hunter Alpha is told from the perspective of Earl Harbinger.
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