The books take place in the 1930s, but in a timeline in which people (referred to as Actives) started gaining magical powers in the 1800s. It’s part fantasy, part science fiction, part alternate history, part superhero - and completely awesome. I listened to the entire trilogy in short order, and I loved the Grimnoir Chronicles even more than the MHI series. But since I’ve recently been listening to audiobooks at a rate of more than one per week, and the first two books in the series had won Audie awards, I decided to give the first one a try. I didn’t know much about the series, but based on the cover of the first book, Hard Magic, I guessed it was a 1930s hard-boiled detective novel, plus magic, and that didn’t really pique my interest. When I interviewed Larry Correia a couple of months ago, I had read some of his Monster Hunter International books, but I had not read any of the Grimnoir Chronicles series.
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