Monster Hunter International has its own private army, dedicated to pretty much what their company logo says…hunting monsters and making the world safe for your average person…at a price. However, shortly thereafter Owen is visited by Earl Harbinger, an associate with MHI (Monster Hunters International™), a for profit mercenary group along the lines of the infamous Blackwater. The penalty? Prosecution to the fullest extent of the law under the Unearthly Forces Disclosure Act. After all, it is the official policy of the American government that supernatural creatures do not exist. Their role…to either put a silver bullet in his head in the event that his blood tests come back positive for lycanthropy, or in the event that Owen’s not going to go all Wolfman next time the moon is full…to threaten him into signing a nondisclosure agreement. When Owen awakes from his injuries (five days later), he’s in the company of a couple of federal agents. Hey, let’s see you go ten rounds with a werewolf and see how you feel afterward. Luckily, the law of gravity is on Owen’s side, and his former boss ends up a Lycanthropic splotch on the pavement after a 14 storey fall from a window office. However, Huffman’s not having any of that, and owing to the fact that Owen generally doesn’t carry around silver bullets, things get a little hairy. However, Owen’s not about to send a memo to Human resources about Huffman’s behaviour, and thanks to Texas’ very liberal conceal and carry laws (and Owen’s very literal interpretation of the second amendment), he takes matters into his own hands in the form of a. You see, Huffman’s developed a case of Hypertrichosis as the result of an encounter on a recent camping trip, and as a side effect, developed a hunger for human flesh. Especially when Huffman has decided that the dinner is going to be Owen. However, when Huffman calls Pitt into his office one night, Owen expects another irrational dressing down, not a company dinner. An accountant with your stereotypically angry boss. Sure, he’s over 300 lbs of solid muscle and worked his way through school engaging in back street bloodsports, but still, he’s an accountant. Owen Zastava Pitt is just your average mild-mannered accountant working in the finance department of a small firm in downtown Dallas. Monster Hunter International: Larry Correia (Baen Books, 2009 713 pp.)
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