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Last Hunt
International bestselling author James Byron Huggins delivers Last Hunt, the third and final book in the Hunter Saga.
Nathaniel Hunter has faced nightmares most men can’t imagine. In Alaska’s frozen wilderness he confronted a primordial killer. On England’s haunted moors he fought a beast born of legend. Each time he walked away scarred but unbroken. Now the battle comes to his own doorstep.
Scipio Dante, the brilliant, ruthless mind behind the experiments that created those monsters, has perfected a serum that transforms men into savage, unstoppable predators. Backed by limitless wealth and a private army, he will stop at nothing to rid the world of its greatest the hunter who has foiled him twice before.
From his remote mountain cabin, Hunter must prepare for the ultimate confrontation. The wilderness he calls home bristles with danger; the predators he respects may soon turn against him. To survive, he’ll need every weapon at his disposal, every ally he can trust, and every ounce of his primal fury.
The world’s last true hunter is about to face his final, most terrifying prey.
Nathaniel Hunter has faced nightmares most men can’t imagine. In Alaska’s frozen wilderness he confronted a primordial killer. On England’s haunted moors he fought a beast born of legend. Each time he walked away scarred but unbroken. Now the battle comes to his own doorstep.
Scipio Dante, the brilliant, ruthless mind behind the experiments that created those monsters, has perfected a serum that transforms men into savage, unstoppable predators. Backed by limitless wealth and a private army, he will stop at nothing to rid the world of its greatest the hunter who has foiled him twice before.
From his remote mountain cabin, Hunter must prepare for the ultimate confrontation. The wilderness he calls home bristles with danger; the predators he respects may soon turn against him. To survive, he’ll need every weapon at his disposal, every ally he can trust, and every ounce of his primal fury.
The world’s last true hunter is about to face his final, most terrifying prey.
326 pages, Hardcover
Published October 28, 2025
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About the author
James Byron Huggins
24 books222 followersA veteran novelist and best-selling author, James Byron Huggins' life story reads more like fiction than fact. His career as a writer began normally enough. He received a bachelor's degree in journalism and English from Troy State University, and then worked as a reporter for the Hartselle Enquirer in Hartselle, Alabama.
Huggins won seven awards while with the newspaper before leaving journalism in 1985. With a desire to help persecuted Christians in eastern Europe, Huggins moved to Texas to work in conjunction with members of the Christian underground in that region.
From the Texas base, Huggins helped set up a system used to smuggle information in and out of Iron Curtain countries.
In 1987, Huggins was finally able to leave the United States to offer hands-on assistance in Romania. As a jack of all trades, Huggins photographed a secret police installation, took photos of people active in the Christian underground, and also continued his work as an orchestrator of smuggling routes.
Huggins was instrumental in smuggling out film and documentation that showed the plight of Christians in Romania. He even found time to create a code that allowed communication with the United States. As in Texas, Huggins' life had few creature comforts. To survive, he would often remain hidden in the woods or in secure basements for days at a time.
After his time in Romania, Huggins returned to the United States and took up journalism once more. He again worked for a small newspaper and won several awards as a reporter. Later on, he worked at a nonprofit Christian magazine before becoming a patrolman with the Huntsville Police Department in Huntsville, Alabama.
After distinguished service as a decorated field officer, Huggins left the force to pursue writing novels. His first three novels--A Wolf Story, The Reckoning, and Leviathan--achieved best-seller status in the Christian marketplace.
From there, Huggins broke into mainstream science fiction with Cain and Hunter, both of which were optioned for film rights. Huggins then released Rora, a historical novel depicting the harrowing life of a European martyr. His following book, Nightbringer, was met with critical acclaim and is in production for a movie.
Huggins won seven awards while with the newspaper before leaving journalism in 1985. With a desire to help persecuted Christians in eastern Europe, Huggins moved to Texas to work in conjunction with members of the Christian underground in that region.
From the Texas base, Huggins helped set up a system used to smuggle information in and out of Iron Curtain countries.
In 1987, Huggins was finally able to leave the United States to offer hands-on assistance in Romania. As a jack of all trades, Huggins photographed a secret police installation, took photos of people active in the Christian underground, and also continued his work as an orchestrator of smuggling routes.
Huggins was instrumental in smuggling out film and documentation that showed the plight of Christians in Romania. He even found time to create a code that allowed communication with the United States. As in Texas, Huggins' life had few creature comforts. To survive, he would often remain hidden in the woods or in secure basements for days at a time.
After his time in Romania, Huggins returned to the United States and took up journalism once more. He again worked for a small newspaper and won several awards as a reporter. Later on, he worked at a nonprofit Christian magazine before becoming a patrolman with the Huntsville Police Department in Huntsville, Alabama.
After distinguished service as a decorated field officer, Huggins left the force to pursue writing novels. His first three novels--A Wolf Story, The Reckoning, and Leviathan--achieved best-seller status in the Christian marketplace.
From there, Huggins broke into mainstream science fiction with Cain and Hunter, both of which were optioned for film rights. Huggins then released Rora, a historical novel depicting the harrowing life of a European martyr. His following book, Nightbringer, was met with critical acclaim and is in production for a movie.
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December 6, 2025
Oh how the mighty have fallen. Was this written by AI? Like the previous book, this one was full of typos: “liar” instead of “lair”, misspelling “Bobbi” as “Bobby”, just two of probably a couple dozen such errors. Proofreading is a lost art.
So much of this book is just ham-fisted. So many scenes of Chaney and Mack asking Hunter about this or that so he can explain all about how various animals hunt or survive or whatever. Also, at one point about 75% of the way thru the book, during one of these many chats, Hunter suddenly brings up this Russian tracker — the Wario to his Mario, if you will. By the next chapter, the villain says he’s recruited someone special to help with his plan. Oh gee, I wonder who it could be? And I’m sure, since he’s the “bad” analog to our hero, this is gonna be a very intense, riveting, on-going battle Hunter will have to contend with. Oh wait, it’s literally like one chapter.
The first book was a fun Predator knock-off with some good action and thrills and it wasn’t great but it was fun and did what it set out to do. Then Huggins tried to do that again and the second one was diminishing returns, but it had its moments. This third one tho…it’s like he didn’t even try. What happened to hired henchman Colonel Blakely, and what was his whole deal with getting his own country? What about Vernon and Gantry — Tweedledee and Tweedledum, the Keystone Cops of the story? They’re barely characters, more plot devices that show up to allow things to happen and then just sort of fade away.
(Side note: their entire plan to hack an NSA-encrypted email for a guy who knows a guy who’s working for the villain, all while on a laptop in the mountains of Montana, just so they could find out where Dante and his crew were hiding out — it reminded me of Garth talking about bouncing signals around via satellites to broadcast Crucial Taunt into the back of Mr. Big’s limo. And it all amounted to a very lackluster “climax” at the hospital.)
And jeezus, all the times things conveniently work out… You can only go so big before it really starts to push the limits of your suspension of disbelief. Speaking of: there’s actual supernatural elements now? Ghost (the wolf) is now a [checks notes] ghost?
Read the first book, skip the rest unless you’re a completionist.
So much of this book is just ham-fisted. So many scenes of Chaney and Mack asking Hunter about this or that so he can explain all about how various animals hunt or survive or whatever. Also, at one point about 75% of the way thru the book, during one of these many chats, Hunter suddenly brings up this Russian tracker — the Wario to his Mario, if you will. By the next chapter, the villain says he’s recruited someone special to help with his plan. Oh gee, I wonder who it could be? And I’m sure, since he’s the “bad” analog to our hero, this is gonna be a very intense, riveting, on-going battle Hunter will have to contend with. Oh wait, it’s literally like one chapter.
The first book was a fun Predator knock-off with some good action and thrills and it wasn’t great but it was fun and did what it set out to do. Then Huggins tried to do that again and the second one was diminishing returns, but it had its moments. This third one tho…it’s like he didn’t even try. What happened to hired henchman Colonel Blakely, and what was his whole deal with getting his own country? What about Vernon and Gantry — Tweedledee and Tweedledum, the Keystone Cops of the story? They’re barely characters, more plot devices that show up to allow things to happen and then just sort of fade away.
(Side note: their entire plan to hack an NSA-encrypted email for a guy who knows a guy who’s working for the villain, all while on a laptop in the mountains of Montana, just so they could find out where Dante and his crew were hiding out — it reminded me of Garth talking about bouncing signals around via satellites to broadcast Crucial Taunt into the back of Mr. Big’s limo. And it all amounted to a very lackluster “climax” at the hospital.)
And jeezus, all the times things conveniently work out… You can only go so big before it really starts to push the limits of your suspension of disbelief. Speaking of: there’s actual supernatural elements now? Ghost (the wolf) is now a [checks notes] ghost?
Read the first book, skip the rest unless you’re a completionist.
December 4, 2025
I'm not sure what happened here, but there were tons of inconsistencies from the other two books; everyone speaks in a monologue, and the whole thing at times just felt extremely preachy.
December 14, 2025
Exposition: The Novel
Timeline between the three books feels off. Book 2 makes it seem like there's only been a few years since Book 1. But Book 3 says that it was 15 years. The dialogue between Hunter and Chaney is over the top exposition. No normal people would have such a detailed conversation. It was very clearly meant to be read not spoken. There's an overly detailed religious conversation that felt extremely forced, followed by another conversation about Native American women being ignored that is so blatantly forced in, it's like getting smacked in the head by a chunk of wood. Hunter seems like a completely different person compared to the previous book. He seems completely oblivious to the conspiracy against him, and can't believe it's possible. He also talks in a completely different way. At one point the author forgot what he had already written, so Hunter straight up says "I can't remember if I told you.. ". This feels like a first draft that was put straight to print. Another character asks "Why are you telling me all this? We both know it!" The villian has monologue after monologue and it's boring. There's massive sections of the book where nothing happens aside from two people talking about nothing. It's just a huge waste of time and space.
There's a lot of editing mistakes, extra letters, misspelled or missing words, etc, that are really distracting. The author has no idea how long a football field is, saying thats its 370 yards. Even if it was a mistake and should have said feet, it's still wrong. Towards the end of the book Hunter takes on all three monsters and the book finally gets good. He goes after an evil version of him then on to the monsters. But the author decides to cut away from the action constantly to cover an FBI team trying to take down a team of mercenaries. What could have been a big secondary action sequence is a blink and you'll miss it scene. All the mercenaries decide to flee like cowards, and the leader just disappears. No resolution there at all. This was an absolute garbage book and one of the worst I've ever read. It could've easily but cut down by 75% and been a tight action thriller. Instead it's filled with insane amounts of exposition and Bond villian level monolgues that are tedious and annoying to get through. Stick with the first novel and skip the other two. It's super disappointing because the original novel and many of the authors early works are really really good. But in this case, age does not make him better. He's only gotten worse.
Timeline between the three books feels off. Book 2 makes it seem like there's only been a few years since Book 1. But Book 3 says that it was 15 years. The dialogue between Hunter and Chaney is over the top exposition. No normal people would have such a detailed conversation. It was very clearly meant to be read not spoken. There's an overly detailed religious conversation that felt extremely forced, followed by another conversation about Native American women being ignored that is so blatantly forced in, it's like getting smacked in the head by a chunk of wood. Hunter seems like a completely different person compared to the previous book. He seems completely oblivious to the conspiracy against him, and can't believe it's possible. He also talks in a completely different way. At one point the author forgot what he had already written, so Hunter straight up says "I can't remember if I told you.. ". This feels like a first draft that was put straight to print. Another character asks "Why are you telling me all this? We both know it!" The villian has monologue after monologue and it's boring. There's massive sections of the book where nothing happens aside from two people talking about nothing. It's just a huge waste of time and space.
There's a lot of editing mistakes, extra letters, misspelled or missing words, etc, that are really distracting. The author has no idea how long a football field is, saying thats its 370 yards. Even if it was a mistake and should have said feet, it's still wrong. Towards the end of the book Hunter takes on all three monsters and the book finally gets good. He goes after an evil version of him then on to the monsters. But the author decides to cut away from the action constantly to cover an FBI team trying to take down a team of mercenaries. What could have been a big secondary action sequence is a blink and you'll miss it scene. All the mercenaries decide to flee like cowards, and the leader just disappears. No resolution there at all. This was an absolute garbage book and one of the worst I've ever read. It could've easily but cut down by 75% and been a tight action thriller. Instead it's filled with insane amounts of exposition and Bond villian level monolgues that are tedious and annoying to get through. Stick with the first novel and skip the other two. It's super disappointing because the original novel and many of the authors early works are really really good. But in this case, age does not make him better. He's only gotten worse.
January 7, 2026
5+Stars
James Byron Huggins writes a tantalizing, intriguing and thrilling story.
In Last Hunt, the reader is brought into the life of Nathanial Hunt. The only thing that disappoints me, even though I believe this is the best story of the series, and that's saying something, is that this is the third and final book in the series. I am a complete fan girl of James Byron Huggins and want to read whatever this author writes. I know I have a lot more of his work to read, which I will do. This author has a grand imagination, and talent for showing the story. The Last Hunt is a thrilling and poetic conclusion to its Hunter Saga. Hunter is now in the Montana wilderness, which brings puts him knee deep in an action packed, suspenseful, and gripping thriller. This time, Hunter has a rival hunter, Roska, which brings extra drama and turmoil to an already stressful and life or death situation. It's a battle of man versus man, and versus nature, as Hunter tries to find the Scimitar creatures. As usual, this is a five plus star review, as James Byron Huggins takes this story to a whole new level, between humanity, mortality and survival of the fittest. This is one of those stories that you have to sometimes, take a deep breath, and continue on with the thought-provoking thrilling story, that lends redemption, and life and death reflections. What a alluring story. A reader can get lost in the story, just like being lost in the wilderness, wondering how to escape, but this story makes you keep reading until the last page. It is always an honor to read James Byron Huggins books. I read the print book, and listened to the audiobook. Last Hunt is a definite recommendation by Amy's Bookshelf Reviews. I read this book to give my unbiased and honest review. Amy's Bookshelf Reviews recommends that anyone who reads this book also write a review.
James Byron Huggins writes a tantalizing, intriguing and thrilling story.
In Last Hunt, the reader is brought into the life of Nathanial Hunt. The only thing that disappoints me, even though I believe this is the best story of the series, and that's saying something, is that this is the third and final book in the series. I am a complete fan girl of James Byron Huggins and want to read whatever this author writes. I know I have a lot more of his work to read, which I will do. This author has a grand imagination, and talent for showing the story. The Last Hunt is a thrilling and poetic conclusion to its Hunter Saga. Hunter is now in the Montana wilderness, which brings puts him knee deep in an action packed, suspenseful, and gripping thriller. This time, Hunter has a rival hunter, Roska, which brings extra drama and turmoil to an already stressful and life or death situation. It's a battle of man versus man, and versus nature, as Hunter tries to find the Scimitar creatures. As usual, this is a five plus star review, as James Byron Huggins takes this story to a whole new level, between humanity, mortality and survival of the fittest. This is one of those stories that you have to sometimes, take a deep breath, and continue on with the thought-provoking thrilling story, that lends redemption, and life and death reflections. What a alluring story. A reader can get lost in the story, just like being lost in the wilderness, wondering how to escape, but this story makes you keep reading until the last page. It is always an honor to read James Byron Huggins books. I read the print book, and listened to the audiobook. Last Hunt is a definite recommendation by Amy's Bookshelf Reviews. I read this book to give my unbiased and honest review. Amy's Bookshelf Reviews recommends that anyone who reads this book also write a review.
December 23, 2025
The Last Hunt is the final book in the trilogy that follows Nathaniel Hunter the infamous tracker on his mission to hunt down the scimitar hybrids that scientists created. This time the scimitar attack him on his own turf. It’s with the help of his friends that he is able to take on this beast. This book was captivating and kept me on my toes. I really got into the action scenes and kept wanting more. Thank you to WildBlue Press and Goodreads for the giveaway. All thoughts and feelings are my own.
January 12, 2026
This was the last book in a triliogy . The first book "Hunter" was fantastic . One of the best books I read this year. Then the 2nd book wasn't as great , maybe because the first book was so good , the 2nd book didn't even compare to it .. Then this book , I don't know what happened but it was awful ... I found myself skipping alot of paragraphs to just get to the best parts and even then it wasn't written well .. Maybe I should have stopped reading after the first book .. Maybe you should too ...
January 10, 2026
A great book to enjoy and keep you wondering.
There were these scientists who thought they could create a version of humans and be untouchable . But they had a problem with a hunter that protects animals , he somehow killed a monster in Alaska almost killed him . But this upset this scientist , this wear the author ties on trip that will not stop you for wanting more. The author did a great job with the book.
There were these scientists who thought they could create a version of humans and be untouchable . But they had a problem with a hunter that protects animals , he somehow killed a monster in Alaska almost killed him . But this upset this scientist , this wear the author ties on trip that will not stop you for wanting more. The author did a great job with the book.
October 29, 2025
A great ending
Well Hunter finally did it,killed all the monsters. What a great ending Dante was a horrible person who thought he could play God. Well he got what he deserved in the end. Only thing I didn't care for was the animals getting hurt and killed.
Well Hunter finally did it,killed all the monsters. What a great ending Dante was a horrible person who thought he could play God. Well he got what he deserved in the end. Only thing I didn't care for was the animals getting hurt and killed.
November 25, 2025
Just okay
When I saw that Mr Huggins had not one but two books out that followed one of my favorite books “Hunter” I was thrilled. Now that I’ve read them, not so much. They’re okay but not up to par with Hunter.
When I saw that Mr Huggins had not one but two books out that followed one of my favorite books “Hunter” I was thrilled. Now that I’ve read them, not so much. They’re okay but not up to par with Hunter.
October 31, 2025
Pure entertainment!!
Last Hunt drew me in and captured me and didn't let me go until the end. I love the Hunter saga and all of James Byron Huggins novels.
Last Hunt drew me in and captured me and didn't let me go until the end. I love the Hunter saga and all of James Byron Huggins novels.
January 3, 2026
🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯
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