Contrary to the opinion of many others who read this book, my biggest question is whether Larry Correia was attempting a satire of the modern-fantasy genre, or if his love of B-movies made sure that his book was the literary equivalent thereof. Combining a mostly-unlikable cast with the most egregious misuses of action tropes, this book would have been a bigger disappointment had it ever encouraged my expectations to rise above the hope of 'it's so bad it's good.'