Just like his other series, Larry Correia provides some of the best action scenes out there, fueled by pure distilled Rule of Cool. Sometime in the 1800s magic appeared in the world, giving a small fraction of the population (the Actives) one of a standard set of super-powers, such as fire, healing, and teleporting. The Grimnoir Chronicles is an Alternate History fantasy taking place in the early 1930s. It’s so topical, I decided to start with a solid quote from tvtropes: The story is long and full of action, but constructed mainly through a consistent application of several tropes. And, frankly, the novels are not sophisticated enough to warrant a very long review, if I want to avoid spoilers. I decided to review the entire trilogy in one post, as they are very similar and basically tell one big tale of one group of protagonists.
Titles: Book 1: Hard Magic, Book 2: Spellbound, Book 3 Warbound I share my listening time between audiobooks and podcasts, and I have other sources than Audible, so I only buy credits for a few months each year… but I ended up buying the entire trilogy, and some other stuff as well, including Rotherweird books recommended by Chris, also great but not a topic of this review. I remembered I read about Correia at Bookstooge’s, and I decided to go for the first volume, and delay cancelling. Some time ago, when deliberating on Audible, whether it’s time to take a break or continue my subscription for a few more months to accumulate more titles, I noticed Hard Magic among the recommended titles. Just the original trilogy, haven’t read any of the short stories.
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