Target Rich Environment, Volume 2

Hard-hitting Stories from the Creator of Monster Hunter International. The second volume of short stories from nationally best-selling author Larry Correia.

More stories from the creator of Monster Hunter International, The Grimnoir Chronicles, and the Saga of the Forgotten Warrior. The second volume collecting all of best-selling author Larry Correia's short stories, novelettes, and novellas. Correia's novels are known for their hard-hitting, no-holds-barred action sequences, in-depth worldbuilding, and vivid characterization. Now, Correia turns to the short form to deliver short stories that take no prisoner.

Cover Art by Kurt Miller

Hardcover

This is a work of fiction. All the characters and events portrayed in this book are fictional, and any resemblance to real people or incidents is purely coincidental.

First printing, December 2019

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Printed in the United States of America

ISBN-13: 978-1-9821-2422-9
eISBN: 978-1-62579-746-9

Copyright © 2019 by Larry Correia

Additional Copyright Acknowledgements:
“Tokyo Raider” by Larry Correia. Copyright © 2014 by Larry Correia. First appeared in The Baen Big Book of Monsters, published by Baen Books.
“Testimony of the Traitor Ratul” by Larry Correia. Copyright © 2019 by Larry Correia. First appeared on www.baen.com.
“Shooter Ready” by Larry Correia. Copyright © 2016 by Larry Correia. First appeared in Galactic Games, published by Baen Books.
“Three Sparks” by Larry Correia. Copyright © 2017 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation. All Rights Reserved. Reprinted by permission of Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation. First appeared in Predator: If It Bleeds.
“Reckoning Day” by Larry Correia. Copyright © 2013 by Larry Correia. First appeared in The Monster Hunter International Employee’s Handbook and Roleplaying Game, published by Hero Games.
“Weaponized Hell” by Larry Correia & Jonathan Maberry. Copyright © 2016 by Larry Correia and Jonathan Maberry. First appeared in Urban Allies: Ten Brand-New Collaborative Stories.
“Son of Fire, Son of Thunder” by Larry Correia & Steve Diamond. Copyright © 2011 by Larry Correia and Steve Diamond. First appeared in The Crimson Pact: Volume 2.
“Episode 22” by Larry Correia. Copyright © 2017 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation. All Rights Reserved. Reprinted by permission of Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation. First appeared in Aliens: Bug Hunt.
“Absence of Light” by Larry Correia. Copyright © 2016 by Larry Correia. First appeared in V Wars: Night Terrors.
“Psych Eval” by Larry Correia. Copyright © 2017 by Larry Correia and Jonathan Maberry. First appeared in Joe Ledger: Unstoppable.
“Musings of a Hermit” by Larry Correia. Copyright © 2017 by Larry Correia. First appeared in Forged in Blood, published by Baen Books.
“Instruments of War” by Larry Correia. Copyright © 2013 by Larry Correia. First appeared in Instruments of War, published by Skull Island Expeditions.
“Murder of Manatees” by Larry Correia. Copyright © 2018 by Larry Correia. First appeared as an audiobook produced by Audible Studios.

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