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''[[It Got Worse]]. Jake found out that not only have the Feds been lying to him, but there was a secret war being waged by opposing forces of magic-users. Worst of all, he had attracted the attention of one side's ruthless leaders-who were of the opinion that Jake was far too dangerous to be permitted to live...''
[['''''The Grimnoir Chronicles]]''''' is an [[Alternate History]] fantasy taking place in the early [[Film Noir|1930s]]. Sometime in the 1800s [[The Magic Comes Back|magic appeared in the world]], giving a small fraction of the population one of a standard set of super-powers, such as [[Playing with Fire|fire]], [[Healing Hands|healing]], and [[Teleport Spam|teleporting]]. Just like his [[Monster Hunter International|other series]], Larry Correia provides some of the best action scenes out there, fueled by pure distilled [[Rule of Cool]]. A gravity-controlling private eye teams up with a guy who can walk through walls to fight a bulletproof samurai. A teleporting ninja with a katana goes up against a teleporting Oklahoma girl with a shotgun. Bullets fly, demons are summoned, and [[Stuff Blowing Up|stuff blows up]].
The first in the series is '''Hard Magic''' (released May 3 2011). After Jake Sullivan fails to bring in his former [[Love Interest]] for murder, he makes some inquiries and finds out that things aren't what they seem. He's soon caught up with a [[Magical Society|secret society]] sworn to stop the Japanese Imperium, led by the indestructible [[Big Bad|Chairman Tokugawa]], from taking over the world. At the same time, an [[The Great Depression|Okie]] named Faye witnesses the murder of her adoptive grandfather at the hands of a mysterious one-eyed man. His dying command is for her to protect a strange mechanical device, designed by someone named [[Nikola Tesla|Tesla]].
The sequel '''Spellbound''' is out as of November 1 2011. It follows up on some of the [[Sequel Hook|sequel bait]] from the first book -- such as the [[Cosmic Entity|entity]] stated to be pursuing [[Meta Origin|The Power]] itself. A third book, '''Warbound''' was released in 2014 and finished the trilogy. Larry Correia begun initial work on a sequel series set in the 1950s, and published a few short stories related to it in various short fiction collections.
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