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Monster Hunter International is a 2007 urban fantasy novel by Larry Correia, and the first book in the Monster Hunter International series. It was initially independently published before being picked up by Baen Books. Prior to being picked up by Baen, it reached the Entertainment Weekly bestseller list in April 2008. Baen released an updated version of the original novel in August 2009.

Release
The novel was first released independently by Correia in 2007 through Infinity Publishing after he marketed the story on a firearms discussion board. It was popular enough to reach the Entertainment Weekly bestseller list in April 2008. After a bookstore owner passed the book along to Toni Weisskopf, Baen Books had Correia rework the novel and then published it in mass market paperback and ebook formats in August 2009. An audiobook was released in March 2011.