Since the dawn of time, monsters have plagued mankind, slaying the unwary and terrorizing helpless villages. But, thanks to an extraordinary group of heroic men who have valiantly battled the vile beasts that threaten us, humanity has survived relatively unscathed.
Here, in this incomparable and fully illustrated compendium, classicist Ibrahim S. Amin reintroduces the ancient art of monster hunting to a whole new generation of intrepid warriors. From a hellhound's three-headed assault to a brain-eating zombie attack - and complete with an impressive catalogue of' the premodern world's most powerful armaments- The Monster Hunter's Handbook details everything a new generation of intrepid monster hunters needs to know to vanquish antiquity's biggest and baddest -beasts.