{"id":11676,"date":"2020-08-10T21:10:43","date_gmt":"2020-08-11T01:10:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/?p=11676"},"modified":"2020-08-10T20:51:37","modified_gmt":"2020-08-11T00:51:37","slug":"warbound-book-iii-of-the-grimnoir-chronicles-by-larry-correia-a-science-fiction-fantasy-book-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/index.php\/2020\/08\/10\/warbound-book-iii-of-the-grimnoir-chronicles-by-larry-correia-a-science-fiction-fantasy-book-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Warbound \u2013 Book III of the Grimnoir Chronicles \u2013 by Larry Correia \u2013 A Science Fiction-Fantasy Book Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

Warbound is the third and the (currently) final volume of Larry Correia\u2019s Grimnoir series.\u00a0 And as such it ties together the threads from the earlier volumes, Hard Magic<\/a> and Spellbound<\/a> and provides the resolution of the story lines for the main characters Jake Sullivan and Faye Vierra.\u00a0 These two are powerful \u201cactives,\u201d possessors of magic abilities in one or several categories working for the Grimnoir Society.\u00a0 Jake is a Gravity Spiker with the ability to alter gravity at will while Faye is a Traveler, someone who can teleport from one location to another.\u00a0 Both have been tested during the crises in the earlier books when they faced off first against the Iron Guard actives of the Japanese Imperium and afterward against rogue actives in the US intelligence agencies that were attempting to blame the Grimnoir Society for magical attacks by other forces.<\/p>\n

But now the whole planet is threatened by an alien creature that preys on the entity that produces the magic.\u00a0 The knowledge of what is at stake produces some strange alliances that alter the dynamic that the earlier books portrayed.\u00a0 And despite the war footing that the book details Correia is able to mix just enough humor and other character driven interest to allow the pleasant juggling of a large number of characters.\u00a0 One of the features of this historical fantasy world is the introduction of historical figures often possessing magic themselves.\u00a0 Blackjack Pershing, J. Edgar Hoover, Buckminster Fuller, even FDR make longer or shorter appearances in the books.<\/p>\n

I won\u2019t go into a detailed plot summary because I don\u2019t want to spoil the story.\u00a0 Suffice it to say I\u2019m giving it a very good rating.\u00a0 And I\u2019ll finish off by saying a few things about Correia\u2019s story writing.\u00a0 Without a doubt Correia is one of the best sf&f authors around today.\u00a0 Going beyond that I\u2019ll say he compares well with the older authors back in the heyday of the genres.\u00a0 He writes good heroes and good villains.\u00a0 He has a good ear for dialog and he can even inject humor into the story in a natural way.\u00a0 One of his favorite types is a variant of the competent man but instead of Heinlein\u2019s omnicompetent type Correia\u2019s hero is usually a working- or middle-class guy who is good with his fists and guns and adheres to a code of conventional morality.\u00a0 And as an added bonus his heroes are actually likable.\u00a0 Even his villains are interesting.<\/p>\n

And there\u2019s one final bonus with Correia that is refreshing to see in today\u2019s social justice infused entertainment industry.\u00a0 There won\u2019t be a single character thrown in just to earn intersectional social justice brownie points from the pink science fiction crowd.\u00a0 Just regular people with super powers fighting super villains without having to worry if any of them is being oppressed by the really evil cis-het white man.<\/p>\n

So far, I\u2019ve read all Correia\u2019s Monster Hunter books and now the Grimmoir books.\u00a0 I\u2019ve also enjoyed his comical Tom Stranger audiobooks and I follow his website<\/a> for his take on the latest outrages by the pink science fiction scolds.\u00a0 Next, I\u2019ll start his epic fantasy series \u201cSaga of the Forgotten Warrior\u201d without bothering to check reviews because I\u2019m already sure it\u2019ll be excellent.\u00a0 And in today\u2019s science fiction and fantasy environment that\u2019s pretty rare.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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