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Hounded

The Iron Druid Chronicles, Book 1

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Written by: Kevin Hearne
Narrated by: Luke Daniels
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The first novel in the Iron Druid Chronicles - introducing a cool, new, funny urban fantasy hero

Atticus O’Sullivan, last of the Druids, lives peacefully in Arizona, running an occult bookshop and shape-shifting in his spare time to hunt with his Irish wolfhound. His neighbors and customers think that this handsome, tattooed Irish dude is about twenty-one years old - when in actuality, he’s twenty-one centuries old. Not to mention: He draws his power from the earth, possesses a sharp wit, and wields an even sharper magical sword known as Fragarach, the Answerer.

Unfortunately, a very angry Celtic god wants that sword, and he’s hounded Atticus for centuries. Now the determined deity has tracked him down, and Atticus will need all his power - plus the help of a seductive goddess of death, his vampire and werewolf team of attorneys, a bartender possessed by a Hindu witch, and some good old-fashioned luck of the Irish - to kick some Celtic arse and deliver himself from evil.

Don’t miss any of Kevin Hearne’s phenomenal Iron Druid Chronicles novels:
Hounded | Hexed | Hammered | Tricked | Trapped | Hunted | Shattered | Staked

©2011 by Kevin Hearne. (P)2011 Brilliance Audio, all rights reserved. Classics Fantasy Fiction Magic Users Paranormal Magic Funny Witty Scary Norse Adventure Mythology Ancient History
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What the critics say

"Hearne, a self-professed comic-book nerd, has turned his love of awesome dudes whacking mightily at evil villains into a superb urban fantasy debut.” (Publishers Weekly)

“A page-turning and often laugh-out-loud funny caper through a mix of the modern and the mythic.” (Ari Marmell, author of The Warlord’s Legacy)

“Kevin Hearne breathes new life into old myths, creating a world both eerily familiar and startlingly original.” (Nicole Peeler, author of Tempest Rising)
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Magic, mayhem and mythology in a modern world. If you know Harry Dresden, I feel like you'll enjoy this book.

Update: fair warning, I did not like the ending to this series and fell out of love around book 7. I was on vacation and made it through all 9. Overall I would not put this series anywhere on par with the Dresden Files. Some of the later characters are quite unlikeable and end up acting in a way that does not match their story progression or past experiences.

I would not recommend this series and wish I did not invest the time that spent with it, but that's just my opinion. If you end up enjoying it, I'm glad you had a good time :-)

If you like Jim butcher, you'll enjoy this read!

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Luke Daniels does a good job of sounding like a west Coast college drop out, with centuries of wisdom thrown into the mix when voicing Atticus. His impersonation of Oberon is also excellent. The story is a good mix of contemporary and ancient Druid, with enough historical figures and classic literature thrown in to appeal to intellectuals. The major issue I have with this book is that the language is simplistic, as are many of the jokes. A bit much slapstick there, that, were this a TV show, would be accompanied by canned laughter. It detracts from the otherwise interesting concept and approaches high school level, rather than a more sophisticated enjoyable Neil Stevenson or LOTR level.

Funny and an easy listen

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I love this whole series, re- listening it just as good as the first time

Great Series

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I had been seeing this in my recommendation list for a long time and not I am in love with the all the books

Love it

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As enjoyable as the whole story is with its amalgamation of all the different mythologies it is all about the DOG! #Audible1

Hounded is Right!

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