Larry Correia is the creator of the Wall Street Journal and New York Times best-selling Monster Hunter International series, with first entry Monster Hunter International, as well as urban fantasy hardboiled adventure saga The Grimnoir Chronicles, with first entry Hard Magic, and epic fantasy series The Saga of the Forgotten Warrior, with first entry Son of the Black Sword. He is an avid gun user and advocate who shot on a competitive level for many years. Before becoming a full-time writer, he was a military contract accountant, and a small business accountant and manager. Correia lives in Utah with his wife and family. Steve Diamond founded and runs the review site Elitist Book Reviews (www.elitistbookreviews.com), which was nominated for the Hugo Award in 2013, 2014, and 2015. He writes for Ragnarok, Baen, Privateer Press, and numerous small publications. He is also the editor of the horror anthology Shared Nightmares.
"""Absolutely off the hook . . . easily one of my picks for one of the best books of 2022, and one of my favorite reads of the past couple years.""-- ""Bryan Lee Durfee Reviews"" ""From the writer of the Monster Hunter International books and his co-host on the Writer Dojo podcast, they weave a fantastic tale and set the stage for what should be a fantastic series of books."" -- ""On Table Top"" ""It's been a long time since any book has hooked me like this one.""-- ""Gaming with ADHD"" ""Servants of War is gritty, militaristic fantasy that is both engaging and scary as hell... It gripped me from the beginning and consumed most of a Sunday for me... It's exactly what people want from dark fantasy, and I wholeheartedly recommend it.""-- ""Warped Factor"" ""Solid characterization, great world-building, intense action . . . a great read.""-- ""Elitist Book Review"" ""The best fantasy novel I've read in 2022!""-- ""Rogues in the House Podcast"" ""This is what I'd expect if Mary Shelley teamed up with Robert E. howard to rewrite Frankenstien for Battletech fans.""-- ""Black Gate"" ""Veteran fantasy readers may yawn if they hear about an epic fantasy about a farm boy in a remote village rising to power, and the first few pages dangles that trope before readers. And then horror rushes in like a tidal wave, and before Chapter 1 can end, the worn trope is burning with hellfire billowing alchemical smoke, a Grimdark spirit rises out of the book to slap the reader in the face, crank the head back, and pour gasoline-action down a thirsty throat. Welcome to Servants of War."" -- ""Black Gate"""