The Hunters
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Cole Rexford isn't a hero-he's a cigar-smoking, sharp-tongued ex-soldier with scars deeper than the one across his eye. Content to drink, gamble, and hunt monsters for coin, his quiet life is shattered when a sealed letter from an old war buddy drags him into a deadly mystery. Villages are burning. Monsters are uniting. And ancient enemies thought long vanished are walking in daylight.
Reluctantly stepping back into the fray, Cole assembles a mismatched crew of mercenaries, misfits, and one overly polite military strategist with a knack for war games and no clue how to survive a brothel. What begins as a favor quickly unravels into a war against a hidden force threatening to consume the kingdom from within.
The deeper they dig, the darker it gets. Loyalties will be tested. Legends will awaken. And Cole-whether he likes it or not-might be the last line of defense between civilization and the monsters clawing through the cracks.
Gritty action, snarky humor, a bit of vice, and a whole lot of mystery.
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