History Literature / MonsterHunterInternational

* CoolGuns: Abounds with plenty of them, many with GunAccessories. Subverted by Earl, who uses a basic M1928 Thompson submachinegun.

* HeroesWantRedheads: [[spoiler: Heather]], who ends up retaining most of her humanity despite being a new werewolf, and Earl's new love interest.

* AndNowForSomeoneCompletelyDifferent: After following Owen's 1st person perspective for 2 books, ''Alpha'' shifts primarily to Earl (though Nikolai, Heather, the Alpha, Stark, and Horst also get regular POVs, and other minor characters get the odd one), with a 3rd person perspective for events in the present, and 1st person for Earl's diary.

* MoreDakka: Much, ''much'' more Dakka.

* MamaBear: Julie Shackleford will stop at nothing to protect her son Ray.

* {{Gorn}}: Taken {{Up to Eleven}} when Earl and a local drive a snow cutter (think a combine-sized snowblower) through a mass of undead werewolves. Earl, who's no stranger to carnage himself, pronounces the resulting slurry of werewolf as the most disgusting thing he's ever seen.

* {{Meganekko}}: Julie, specifically lampshaded early on as our hero has a hard time resisting a woman in corrective eyewear.

MHI is a contemporary fantasy/horror/GunPorn novel written by Creator/LarryCorreia about a group of professional monster hunters. Correia's stated goal was to combine BMovie monster tropes, but have the characters not be complete idiots. Consequently, in order to still present a threat, the monsters are much more powerful than in most B-movies, and the Hunters respond in kind. [[GrenadeLauncher Grenade launchers]]? [[ShotgunsAreJustBetter Fully-automatic shotgun]]? [[StuffBlowingUp Claymore mines]]? Yes, yes, and yes.

MHI is a contemporary fantasy/horror/GunPorn novel written by Creator/LarryCorreia about a group of professional monster hunters. Correia's stated goal was to combine BMovie monster tropes, but have the characters not be complete idiots. Consequently, in order to still present a threat, the monsters are much more powerful than in most B-movies, and the Hunters respond in kind. [[GrenadeLauncher Grenade launchers]]? Check. [[ShotgunsAreJustBetter Fully-automatic shotgun]]? Check. [[StuffBlowingUp Claymore mines]]? Check.

* ThoseTwoBadGuys: Agents Myers & Franks. Myers is the polite, educated one, and Franks is the quiet, brutal one who's quite capable of [[CurbstompBattle curb-stomping]] the hero, Owen Pitt.
** We later find out that they are in fact good guys.

* PostStressEating: Downplayed, but when [[spoiler:Heather]] is in the early stages of lycanthropism but not actually transformed yet, she starts getting sudden and strong food cravings when stressed (and considering how much things are going to shit in the town with the werewolves, one can hardly blame her for feeling stressed). [[spoiler:Crosses over into HorrorHunger when she gets shot and in her pain "flips out" harder and eats her dog before coming to her senses.]]

* CursedWithAwesome: [[spoiler:Heather]] doesn't like many of the implications of becoming a werewolf, but is delighted to learn that the accelerated metabolism means that she will never have to diet ever again.

* ShoutOut: The luska is finally revealed, and it's a Sharktopus.

* AndNowForSomeoneCompletelyDifferent: Similar to ''Monster Hunter Alpha'', this book shifts perspective to Julie Shackleford.

* In ''Monster Hunter International'' an ordinary accountant, Owen Pitt, finds that the world is far more extraordinary than he first thought, when his boss turns into a werewolf and tries to kill Owen.

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* ShootOutTheLock: Owen uses [[ICallHerVera Abomination]] to shoot out the lock on a fire exit that is blocking his path into a building. The ricochet issue is addressed by the narrative, as is the fact that there would normally be a special breacher round to be used for the task, but it's unfortunately unavailable at that moment.

* OurElvesAreBetter: Subverted. The elves live in the Enchanted Forest, a trailer park in rural Mississippi, and Queen Ilrondelia fits every white trash stereotype in the book [[http://larrycorreia.wordpress.com/2010/04/05/tanya-princess-of-the-elves/ to a sickening degree.]] It's implied that their European ancestors fit the High Elf archetype better.
* OurOrcsAreDifferent: They work for MHI as healers and as the pilot for their Mi-24 Hind; each has a special skill that makes them the best at what they do (Gretchen = Ultimate Healer; Edward = Awesome Sword-Master; Skippy = Ultimate Hind Pilot). In ''Vendetta'', Owen's brother speculates that this is the true origin of [[BadassDriver The ]][[Series/TopGear Stig]].

* TheSouthpaw: Earl is right-handed, but shoots a sniper rifle left-handed so he can maintain his sight picture and work the bolt faster.

* BiggerBad: [[spoiler: the Dreaded Overlord of the [[EldritchAbomination Old Ones]], whom the leader of the Condition is working for]].

* FallenAngel: They exist, but due to the fact they need [[DemonicPossession compatible soulless bodies to inhabit]], they usually don't have much stake in worldly events. Noticeably, Franks treats them with ''far'' more seriousness than nearly any other monster [[spoiler:because he knows exactly what they're capable of; he IS one, after all]].