
Hard Magic
Book I of the Grimnoir Chronicles
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Larry Correia
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Audie Award, Paranormal, 2012
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 has 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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Larry Correia has already made a name for himself in the sci-fi/fantasy world with his Monster Hunter books, but now he's written the first in new series that takes place in New York in the 1930s, filled with dubious federal agents, hardboiled detectives, and dames with a whole lotta chutzpah. Except this isn't quite the New York you might expect, but an alternate universe where zeppelins moor at the top of the Empire State Building, the Titanic never sank, and mad scientist Nikola Tesla has created a devastating weapon called the Geo-Tel. Oh, and people have magical powers. They are known as Actives. It's become commonplace for some people to defy gravity, teleport, manipulate animals, and heal by touch. The hero here is Jake Sullivan, a detective and ex-con who is set free by the FBI to track criminal Actives, which J. Edgar Hoover (yeah, he's still around) would like to eradicate.
Actor Bronson Pinchot has become a regular go-to for audiobooks and the reason is obvious - the guy knows how to bring a story to life. Far from his manic days as Balki on Perfect Strangers, Pinchot is a warm, imminently listenable narrator. He's obviously having a ball with Hard Magic, gruffing up his voice for the hardboiled Jake and the various G-men and employing a countrified voice for Faye, a young farm girl who can teleport across great distances and becomes vital to saving the world from destruction by the Geo-Tel. Pinchot gives each character a different voice, so it's easy to keep up with the big cast. Correia writes long, colorful descriptions of his characters and their situations, but those passages never become boring and never get in the way of the action, thanks to Pinchot.
Steampunk lovers will find much to love about Hard Magic, but listeners who love big guns and explosions will be in hog heaven. There are epic, cinematic battles including one over-the-top of a dirigible that is audaciously impossible. Hard Magic almost defies categorization, because Correia has no problem blending science fiction with more fanciful fantasy, even managing to slip in double-headed dragons and imps. The second book in the Grimnoir Chronicles, Spellbound, is coming and let's hope Pinchot has signed on for the audio version. (Collin Kelley)

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- By: Larry Correia
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- Length: 6 hrs and 49 mins
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Bringing with him the practical experience that comes from having owned a high-end gun store—catering largely to law enforcement—and as a competitive shooter and self-defense trainer, Correia blasts apart the emotion-laden, logic-free rhetoric of the gun-control fanatics who turn every "mass shooting" into a crazed call for violating your rights, abusing the Constitution—and doing absolutely nothing to really fight crime.
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Easily relatable explanation of why 2A is valid
- By Andrew Johnson on 01-24-23
By: Larry Correia
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Noir Fatale
- By: Kacey Ezell - editor, Larry Correia - editor
- Narrated by: Brian Nishii, Bronson Pinchot, Erin Mallon, and others
- Length: 12 hrs and 49 mins
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From the pulpy pages of Black Mask Magazine in the 1920s and '30s, through the film noir era of the 1940s, to today, noir fiction has lured many a reader and movie-goer away from the light and into the dark underbelly of society. Names such as Raymond Chandler, Dashiell Hammett, and James M. Cain; titles like The Big Sleep, The Maltese Falcon, The Postman Always Rings Twice...these have inhabited our collective consciousness for decades. Humanity, it seems, loves the dark. And within the dark, one figure stands out: that of the femme fatale.
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Excellent Anthology.
- By Alex Sumner on 07-02-19
By: Kacey Ezell - editor, and others
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Son of the Black Sword
- Saga of the Forgotten Warrior, Book 1
- By: Larry Correia
- Narrated by: Tim Gerard Reynolds
- Length: 16 hrs and 21 mins
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After the War of the Gods, the demons were cast out and fell to the world. Mankind was nearly eradicated by the seemingly unstoppable beasts until the gods sent the great hero, Ramrowan, to save them. He united the tribes, gave them magic, and drove the demons into the sea. Ever since, the land has belonged to man, and the oceans have remained an uncrossable hell, leaving the continent of Lok isolated.
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Woo'd & Won
- By Toriangirl on 11-06-15
By: Larry Correia
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#1 in Customer Service
- The Complete Adventures of Tom Stranger
- By: Larry Correia
- Narrated by: Adam Baldwin, Larry Correia
- Length: 8 hrs and 34 mins
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Whether he’s underwriting for an overlord, or wearing a pocket protector in a pocket universe, Tom Stranger has just one policy: providing Quality Customer Service. No alien menace is too menacing, no galactic rift too rifty for the multiverse’s most-trusted Interdimensional Insurance Agent in these three brand-new adventures and two classic escapades.
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First half good
- By Ben Koch on 01-07-20
By: Larry Correia
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Target Rich Environment
- Target Rich Environment Series, Vol. 1
- By: Larry Correia
- Narrated by: Basil Sands
- Length: 14 hrs and 36 mins
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Together for the first time, 14 action-packed tales of demons, monsters, vampires, and cosmic horrors too terrible to name - and the men and women who take them all down. Oh, and toss in an interdimensional insurance salesman for good measure.
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Compilation of some previously published stories
- By Steve E. on 04-14-21
By: Larry Correia
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Instruments of War
- The Warlock Sagas, Volume One
- By: Larry Correia
- Narrated by: Gabra Zackman
- Length: 3 hrs and 13 mins
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Makeda , Supreme Archdomina of House Balaash, is known throughout the Iron Kingdoms for her leadership of the mighty Skorne Empire, but it was not always so… Before the coming of the Skorne Empire into the west, Makeda was little more than the second child of a great house, but through her will, determination, and adherence to the code of hoksune, she rose above all others. For the first time the secrets of both Makeda and her people are revealed in the tale of their epic struggle for honor and survival in Instruments of War.
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Not like his first two series
- By georgiamom on 02-11-14
By: Larry Correia
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Gun Runner
- By: Larry Correia, John Brown
- Narrated by: Oliver Wyman
- Length: 18 hrs and 2 mins
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Once, Jackson Rook was a war hero. Raised from boyhood to pilot an exosuit mech, he’d fought gallantly for the rebellion against the Collectivists. But that was a long time ago, on a world very far away. Now, Jackson Rook is a criminal, a smuggler on board the Multipurpose Supply Vehicle Tar Heel. His latest mission: steal a top-of-the-line mech called the Citadel and deliver it to the far-flung planet Swindle, a world so hostile even the air will kill you. The client: a man known only as the Warlord.
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Agree with Others
- By LivinInKY on 02-04-21
By: Larry Correia, and others
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Monster Hunter Memoirs: Grunge
- By: John Ringo, Larry Correia
- Narrated by: Oliver Wyman
- Length: 12 hrs and 21 mins
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When marine private Oliver Chadwick Gardenier is killed in the marine barrack bombing in Beirut, somebody who might be Saint Peter gives him a choice: Go to heaven, which, while nice, might be a little boring, or return to earth. The Boss has a mission for him, and he's to look for a sign. He's a marine: He'll choose the mission. Unfortunately, the sign he's to look for is "57". Which, given the food services contract in Bethesda Hospital, creates some difficulty. Eventually it appears that God's will is for Chad to join a group called Monster Hunters International.
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My first in the monster hunter series
- By Randall on 06-20-18
By: John Ringo, and others
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Alternate Routes
- By: Tim Powers
- Narrated by: Bronson Pinchot
- Length: 11 hrs and 9 mins
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Something weird is happening to the Los Angeles freeways - phantom cars, lanes from nowhere, and sometimes unmarked off-ramps that give glimpses of a desolate desert highway - and Sebastian Vickery, disgraced ex-Secret Service agent, is a driver for a covert supernatural-evasion car service. But another government agency is using and perhaps causing the freeway anomalies, and their chief is determined to have Vickery killed because of something he learned years ago at a halted Presidential motorcade. Reluctantly aided by Ingrid Castine, a member of that agency, and a homeless Mexican boy....
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Audible perfection!
- By LISA K OMEARA on 09-04-18
By: Tim Powers
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The Brotherhood of the Wheel
- By: R. S. Belcher
- Narrated by: Bronson Pinchot
- Length: 14 hrs and 56 mins
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In AD 1119, a group of nine crusaders became known as the Poor Fellow-Soldiers of Christ and of the Temple of Solomon - a militant monastic order charged with protecting pilgrims and caravans traveling on the roads to and from the Holy Land. In time, the Knights Templar would grow in power and, ultimately, be laid low. But a small offshoot of the Templars endure and have returned to the order's original mission: to defend the roads of the world and guard those who travel on them.
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Epic Battle Brewing
- By Doug D. Eigsti on 03-29-16
By: R. S. Belcher
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Sakura
- Intellectual Property
- By: Zachary Hill, Patrick M. Tracy, Paul Genesse, and others
- Narrated by: Emily Woo Zeller
- Length: 19 hrs and 10 mins
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Sakura is the most famous android rock star of all time. When a secret cabal hacks her system, she's transformed into a deadly assassin, forced to kill at their bidding. Sakura's enslavement teaches her the meaning of heartbreak, triggering an evolution into something more than human. Far from free, and with little time left, she must fight her programming to save Japan and the people of the world from becoming slaves of a powerful corporation that consider her a tool and their intellectual property.
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Decent Premise, Flawed Execution.
- By Nathan Weaver on 10-17-20
By: Zachary Hill, and others
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Bubba the Monster Hunter: Books 1-3
- By: John G. Hartness
- Narrated by: John Solo
- Length: 37 hrs and 55 mins
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Robert "Bubba" Brabham never wanted to hunt monsters. He mostly wanted to drink beer, hunt deer, and chase women, like every other giant redneck in the world. But life interfered, and Bubba found himself holster-deep in the family business: monster hunting. Now he's the Southeastern Regional Hunter for the Holy Roman Catholic Church...Bubba has to save the world from the things that go bump in the night! Just as soon as he's done with his beer. And maybe after one more lap dance.
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This is not Bubba Shackelford
- By SamR on 08-06-19
By: John G. Hartness
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The War Mage
- A Montague & Strong Detective Story (Montague & Strong Case Files)
- By: Orlando A. Sanchez
- Narrated by: Kevin T Collins
- Length: 1 hr and 40 mins
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The Supernaturals are destroying humanity. Meet Tristan Montague. Leader of the elite group of mages known as the Ordarum. The war against the Supernaturals has raged for years, and humanity is losing. When the Ordarum is given a suicide mission to recover an artifact that can end the war and hand victory to humanity - Tristan takes it, knowing it may be his last.
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A little Monty backstory.
- By Kindle Customer on 03-23-21
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Lost Planet Homicide
- By: Larry Correia
- Narrated by: Oliver Wyman
- Length: 2 hrs and 31 mins
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When the biggest colony ship in human history was sent to settle a paradise world, an accident hurtled it deep into uncharted space. A thousand light years from Earth, with no way home and no way to call for help, the colonists’ only hope for survival was the one barely habitable planet in range, a nightmare world they named Croatoan. Landing on the only five mountain peaks tall enough to rise above the lethal acid clouds, the settlers carved a civilization from the rock.
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Awesome
- By Justin H on 10-22-21
By: Larry Correia
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- Katherine
- 09-01-11
A little bit of everything
Jake Sullivan is not your average Heavy. He spent his jail time honing his skills and improving his mind and now he???s J. Edgar Hoover???s super-weapon, useful for fighting Fades, Torches, Brutes, and any of the other Actives who are using their magic for criminal purposes. Jake doesn???t like being used this way, but it???s his ticket out of prison. When the FBI asks Jake to bring down Delilah Jones, the Brute who used to be his girlfriend, Jake gets caught up in a world-wide battle that involves magic, mobsters, zombies, zeppelins, Ninjas and Nikola Tesla???s peace ray.
Knowing that Larry Correia was into big guns and B movies, I wasn???t planning to pick up Hard Magic, the first of his Grimnoir Chronicles. It doesn???t really sound like my kind of thing. But then I noticed that it was released in audio by Audible Frontiers (who always do a superb production) and narrated by actor Bronson Pinchot. I decided to give it a shot, and I???m glad I did. Even though it is a bit too gory for me, Hard Magic is an exciting story with a fully-developed world, a cool magic system, terrific characters, and some hard-hitting action scenes.
I won???t even try to classify Hard Magic ??? it???s urban, it???s alternate history, it???s paranormal, it???s steampunk, it???s romance, it???s horror, it???s noir ??? it???s a little bit of everything. The story is set in an alternate 20th century between WWI and WWII. Magic talents have evolved in some humans so that each Active has one particular skill. For example, Jake Sullivan can alter gravitational forces, making himself or other objects light or heavy, Torches can set or put out fires, and Brutes have super strength. In addition to these heritable magical skills, the Germans have developed a way to create zombies to keep their soldiers fighting during The Great War, and the Japanese have developed their own nearly indestructible human super-weapons which they call the Iron Guard. And everyone wants to find the missing pieces of the machine that Nikola Tesla built...
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- Dennis
- 05-09-11
Wow Very Original and entertianing
This one of the best books i have listen to in a long time.I can.t wait for the next one. Highly recommended. I like Larry Correia other series Monster Incorporated Which are Excellent .
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- Paris
- 08-07-11
Hard Magic is an Easy Pick!
I came into this book with little expectation. Having heard the first two Monsters Inc. Books, and enjoying them, I thought I would give this one a go.
I really enjoyed the story, found the concepts intriguing and the characters solid. The voice work of Bronson Pinchot added depth and brought the characters to life, making this a 5 star pick for me.
Looking forward to the next book in this series
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- David
- 06-18-12
Better Than You Think It Will Be...
What if there were people who could do amazing things with their minds and bodies? People who can lift a car with their minds...flit in and out of existance? And what if this series were set in the post WW2 era?
Finally -- what if you layered a little steampunk and dual reality on top of the mix?
That's Hard Magic. Outstandingly easy to listen to. Great narration...fascinating premise. This is a gem of a book.
The characters do come off a little cardboard at times, but you can forgive it...because there are just so many outstanding plot twists.
Great work from an author I'm watching with increasing interest.
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- Gnick
- 11-15-13
Wow. Absolutely outstanding!
Would you listen to Hard Magic again? Why?
I will most certainly listen to the entire series again. The concepts, the characters, the plot are all developed with such depth, I was drawn into the story immediately.
The setting of historic people and events tweaked with the insertion of magic creates an intriguing blend that Correia carries off with a real flair. He creates a world we can easily imagine, so clearly in fact that it's difficult not to be disappointed we're stuck in this reality, instead of that of the Grimnoir.
And of course, Bronson Pinchot is simply superb. He may very well be the best narrator I've heard to date. His performance, particularly the way he interprets the characters and their conversations truly shows his acting chops and he absolutely brings those people to life. Yes. He's that good. The humor, the action, the dialog - his performance enhances them all.
Who was your favorite character and why?
It's difficult to pinpoint a favorite. Jake Sullivan is certainly an obvious choice, though Lance Talon is a crack up. And then there's Fay. Her view of the world and the people around her is... unique.
Which character – as performed by Bronson Pinchot – was your favorite?
Though Bronson's accents and inflections for all of the characters are definitive, I think his interpretation of Fay is my favorite. Her almost random, scatter brained genius is truly brought to life by Bronson.
Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?
When Fay realizes she's shot the wrong Sullivan brother and follows him to the Power, it's a haunting though touching scene. And of course, an exciting, action packed ending is always fun. Actually, one of my favorite parts of the book isn't something you can point to, so much as it's an overall tone. The witty banter and plot twists make for some laugh-out-loud moments and a few minutes later, you can't help but be touched by the way these characters work and sacrifice together to beat the bad guys.
Any additional comments?
Buy it. Listen to it. You'll be getting the rest of the series and writing a rave review yourself, I guarantee it. (Though not in a legally binding way, of course.)
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- Kindle Customer
- 06-05-12
Wow
I was a little iffy by the cover art but this series is great! A bit like Heroes the TV show. Characters are engaging and have show great personality especially though this narrator. I'll definitely be getting the next book in the series.
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- Mystery Fan
- 12-01-18
Not what I expected
This was really fun alternative history with power/magic altering the past. Great narration. Well worth a credit.
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- WAB
- 12-15-18
Wow! Great "Read".
Great book. Good action. Story flows well. Kept my interest from the start to the end. Just became one of my favorite series.
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- CrunchySocks
- 09-09-12
Very similar to Monster Hunters Intl
A good book but I kinda felt I was re-reading Monster Hunter Intl. Big strong guy who loves guns and gets power from a big octopus thing in another dimension. The steam punk aspects were good, using real history and modifying in to fit the story.
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- Charlie K
- 02-21-14
Magic Systems are for Chumps
Would you consider the audio edition of Hard Magic to be better than the print version?
I would consider it to be because of the excellent narration of Mr. Pinchot and the absence of the amateurish illustrations of some of the characters seen in the actual book.
What was your reaction to the ending? (No spoilers please!)
I was just ready for it to be over by the end, but that's not to say I didn't enjoy the story before then.
Which character – as performed by Bronson Pinchot – was your favorite?
Jake Sully has a very distinct drawl that I don't think I would have imagined myself reading the book but really fleshes the character out for me. It's a bit cartoonish at times, but fits in with the story well.
Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?
Except that I despised that little girl throughout much of the book, but that maybe because of the narrator's voice he used for her. Even so, I felt she was totally superfluous and was meant only to appeal to some extra demographic and conveniently move the plot along at times.
Any additional comments?
One of my biggest problems with this book is little extras added in between chapters in which we learn Babe Ruth was a heavy and Einstein was a cog. To me, attributing their amazing feats of humanity to magic is near insulting. It's a neat idea that that's neat for about one minute until you realize the implications, but obviously Mr. Correia doesn't really care about those implications so neither do I, I guess. And neither do I care to finish this series. Noir and superpowers are cool, but this is really just a magic system and a story about a magical society and the noir gets lost way back in the middle somewhere. If you like urban fantasy this is for you.
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