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| Title | : | Hard Magic (Grimnoir Chronicles #1) |
| Author | : | Larry Correia |
| Book Format | : | Mass Market Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 423 pages |
| Published | : | May 2011 by Baen (first published 2011) |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Urban Fantasy. Fiction. Science Fiction. Steampunk. Alternate History |
Larry Correia
Mass Market Paperback | Pages: 423 pages Rating: 4.13 | 14299 Users | 1125 Reviews
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Jake Sullivan is a licensed Private Eye—with a seriously hardboiled attitude. He also possesses raw magical talent and the ability to make objects in his vicinity light as a feather or as heavy as depleted uranium, all with a magical thought. It's no wonder the G-men turn to Jake when they need someone to go after a suspected killer who's been knocking off banks in a magic-enhanced crime spree. Problems arise when Jake discovers the bad girl behind the robberies is an old friend, and he happens to know her magic is just as powerful as his, and the Feds have plunged Jake into a secret battle between powerful cartels of magic-users--a cartel whose ruthless leaders have decided that Jake is far too dangerous to live. . . .
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| Original Title: | Hard Magic |
| ISBN: | 1439134340 (ISBN13: 9781439134344) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Grimnoir Chronicles #1 |
| Literary Awards: | Audie Award for Paranormal (2012) |
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Ratings: 4.13 From 14299 Users | 1125 ReviewsEvaluate Based On Books Hard Magic (Grimnoir Chronicles #1)
I absolutely LOOOVE this book. I'll post a more comprehensive review when I can be bothered! BTW this is a reread.An odd mix of Steampunk and sci-fi, elements of fantasy. Think film noir meets The X-men in an alternate history. Various characters have "powers" over elements, gravity, The time-frame is between the World Wars, but this is a US with regular blimp and train travel with a united Asia (imagine Mao working with Hirohito) poised to take over the world. Correia's world is fairly well-crafted, with interesting touches of humor--oblique references to the alternate nature of this history where a
I had high expectations when I picked it up and, boy, I was not disappointed. Awesome. Simply awesome. The book grabs you early and doesn't let go. And it has everything - super-bad bad guys, zombies, dames, magic, and more. Plus, I loved the setting - a blend of steampunk and 30's and 40's pulp fiction rollicking adventure. A great read!Downgraded to four stars after some reflection. Fun read, but not a classic.
If you've enjoyed Larry Correia's Monster Hunter International series, then you'll love Hard Magic, the first of his series set in an alternative history in 1930s America, where for just over seventy years (since the 1860s) magic has begun to manifest in random people around the world. Some become stronger, others can walk through walls, and still others can heal, curse, see the future, teleport, control the weather, raise demons, or create zombies.That's right. You didn't think that Correia
A good entertaining read, full of action, throughout the book. Most interesting character is a young woman, who I hope grows in heaps in the next books.
This is just all things fun. An alternate 1930s where people have X-Men style magical powers and world is history has been subtley and not so subtley changed by this. Obviously there's a bad guy that has to be defeated, a group of good guys who have to save the day, a bit of romance, a lot if intrigue, and hella good times. High literature this is not but a pure page turning joy it is.
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