Down These Mean Streets by Larry Correia - ISBN: 9781668072431
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Dark cities, harder mysteries, gritty heroes, twisted futures await.

Down These Mean Streets

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    544 pages

  • Release Date

    4 June 2025

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Summary

NEW FANTASY AND SCIENCE FICTION STORIES WITH A HARDBOILED NOIR TWIST—FOCUSING ON THE MEAN STREETS OF THE CITY

“Down these mean streets a man must go who is not himself mean, who is neither tarnished nor afraid.” —Raymond Chandler

Humans have always been fascinated by darkness. Especially the darkness of a city at night, when the black sky is made ever more inky by the pools of illumination dropped under streetlights. We harken to the sound of streetcars in the…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781668072431
ISBN-10:1668072432
Author:Larry Correia, Kacey Ezell
Publisher:Baen Books
Imprint:Baen Books
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:544
Release Date:4 June 2025
Weight:249g
Dimensions:30mm x 105mm x 171mm
Down These Mean Streets by Larry Correia - ISBN: 9781668072431
105 × 171 mm
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Critics Review

Praise for No Game for Knights:

“The authors successfully create a fantasy pastiche of Chandleresque hardboiled fiction.” —Tangent Online

Praise for Noir Fatale:

“Marvelous is a good word to describe all of the stories in the book.…Noir Fatale is a book that will charm both noir fans, and general science fiction and fantasy readers. Correia and Ezell have created a captivating mix of stories.” —The Galveston County Daily News

“[A] wonderfully diverse collection of stories from a broad range of authors and it delivers in spades…It is a diverse and exciting slice of Noir and Fatale and a great read.” —SFRevu
Praise for Larry Correia and the Monster Hunter International series:

“[E]verything I like in fantasy: intense action scenes, evil in horrifying array, good struggling against the darkness, and most of all people—gorgeously flawed human beings faced with horrible moral choices that force them to question and change and grow.” —Jim Butcher

“[A] no-holds-barred all-out page turner that is part science fiction, part horror, and an absolute blast to read.” —Bookreporter.com

“If you love monsters and action, you’ll love this book. If you love guns, you’ll love this book. If you love fantasy, and especially horror fantasy, you’ll love this book.” —Knotclan.com

“A gun person who likes science fiction—or, heck, anyone who likes science fiction—will enjoy [these books]…The plotting is excellent, and Correia makes you care about the characters…I read both books without putting them down except for work…so whaddaya waitin’ for? Go and buy some…for yourself and for stocking stuffers.” —Massad Ayoob

“This lighthearted, testosterone-soaked sequel to 2009’s Monster Hunter International will delight fans of action horror with elaborate weaponry, hand-to-hand combat, disgusting monsters, and an endless stream of blood and body parts.” —Publishers Weekly on Monster Hunter Vendetta
Praise for the work of Kacey Ezell:

“Gritty, dark and damp. Much like the war itself.” —Michael Z. Williamson, best-selling author of A Long Time Until Now

“I loved Minds of Men.” —D.J. Butler, best-selling author of Witchy Eye

“A lot of good scifi writers write war, but sometimes forget that it is fought by actual people, and even in the midst of war, you don’t stop being people while you fight. If you want a good read that dares you to think about what it is like to go to war when you can’t hide behind the masks you learn to wear, check it out.” —John T. Mainer

About The Author

Larry Correia

Larry Correia is the creator of the Wall Street Journal and New York Times best-selling Monster Hunter International series, with the first entry being Monster Hunter International. He is also the creator of the urban fantasy hard-boiled adventure saga The Grimnoir Chronicles, with the first entry being Hard Magic, and the epic fantasy series The Saga of the Forgotten Warrior, with the first entry being Son of the Black Sword. He is an avid gun user and advocate who competed in shooting sports for many years. Before becoming a full-time writer, he worked as a military contract accountant, and a small business accountant and manager. Correia lives in Utah with his wife and family.

Kacey Ezell writes emotionally charged adventure fantasy and science fiction. She is a three-time Dragon Award Finalist for Best Alternate History and won the 2018 Year’s Best Military and Adventure Science Fiction Readers’ Choice Award. She has written multiple best-selling novels published with Chris Kennedy Publishing, Baen Books, and Blackstone Publishing. Additionally, she is a retired helicopter pilot with over 3000 hours in the UH-1N Huey, Mi-171, and EC130 helicopters. She is married with two daughters.

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