Has anyone else read "The Iron Druid Chronicles?"
Doc. J
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Last year, while still in Europe and friend of mine leant me book one of the Iron Druid Chronicles by Kevin Hearne titled "Hounded."
It tells the story of Atticus O'Sullivan, the last remaining Druid on Earth. Atticus LOOKS like he's your average Irish 20something with a bunch of Celtic tattoos all over him, but he's actually 2,100 years old. He hides out, which is why he's managed to survive so long, in modern dayTempe Az where he runs an herb shop/rare book store. In the reality of the book(s) his life is complicated by all manner of beings. For instance, ALL the gods and goddesses that humans ever worshiped....exist. From Jesus to Thor, to the Greek gods of Olympus, to their Roman counterparts, all living in seperate planes. Because he is a Druid and bonded with the Earth itself (giving him some SERIOUS magical clout), he can travel between these planes and Earth because Earth is bonded to each one of them. This means that there are quite a few gods out there who view him as a threat, and would like to see him dead....When they are not showing up to ask him if he would bump off one of their rivals for them.
And if all that wasn't enough to give an honest Druid a peptic ulcer, he must deal with the magical/supernatural beings that walk the Earth. Everything from witches, to werewolves to vampires (no sparkling I promise) to ghouls. In fact, the law firm that represents him is headed by a werewolf (his "daytime" lawyer) and a vampire (for those legal matters that occour after dark).
His real friends are an old Irish widdow in her 90s who dosnt care what he is as long as he's not British, and his dog "Oberon" an Irish wolfhound that he's magicly bonded to and can speak with telepathicly.....Some of the funniest writing in the books are the conversations between the two of them. I mean laugh out loud funny!
He is also regularly visited by two rival goddesses from the Irish pantheon, The Morrigan (The goddess of battle and the choser of the slain) and Brighid (goddess of the hunt) who seek to each use him for their own ends. These are NOT gushing schoolgirls with a crush he's caught between.
The writing is witty and light even when the subject is serious. Kevin Hearne is a SUPERB storyteller. The character interaction is always fun, the action is great, but not overdone. After reading the first book I ran out and bought the others in the series, and am mentally drooling over the release of more.
If you like a fun story, that brings a new look at some old familiar supernatural creatures WITHOUT making them "sparkly" than don't walk but RUN out and buy the books in this series. They are:
1) Hounded
2) Hexed
3) Hammered
4) Tricked
And a fifth (Trapped) due out in Nov of this year and one (Hunted) in April of next year.
It tells the story of Atticus O'Sullivan, the last remaining Druid on Earth. Atticus LOOKS like he's your average Irish 20something with a bunch of Celtic tattoos all over him, but he's actually 2,100 years old. He hides out, which is why he's managed to survive so long, in modern dayTempe Az where he runs an herb shop/rare book store. In the reality of the book(s) his life is complicated by all manner of beings. For instance, ALL the gods and goddesses that humans ever worshiped....exist. From Jesus to Thor, to the Greek gods of Olympus, to their Roman counterparts, all living in seperate planes. Because he is a Druid and bonded with the Earth itself (giving him some SERIOUS magical clout), he can travel between these planes and Earth because Earth is bonded to each one of them. This means that there are quite a few gods out there who view him as a threat, and would like to see him dead....When they are not showing up to ask him if he would bump off one of their rivals for them.
And if all that wasn't enough to give an honest Druid a peptic ulcer, he must deal with the magical/supernatural beings that walk the Earth. Everything from witches, to werewolves to vampires (no sparkling I promise) to ghouls. In fact, the law firm that represents him is headed by a werewolf (his "daytime" lawyer) and a vampire (for those legal matters that occour after dark).
His real friends are an old Irish widdow in her 90s who dosnt care what he is as long as he's not British, and his dog "Oberon" an Irish wolfhound that he's magicly bonded to and can speak with telepathicly.....Some of the funniest writing in the books are the conversations between the two of them. I mean laugh out loud funny!
He is also regularly visited by two rival goddesses from the Irish pantheon, The Morrigan (The goddess of battle and the choser of the slain) and Brighid (goddess of the hunt) who seek to each use him for their own ends. These are NOT gushing schoolgirls with a crush he's caught between.
The writing is witty and light even when the subject is serious. Kevin Hearne is a SUPERB storyteller. The character interaction is always fun, the action is great, but not overdone. After reading the first book I ran out and bought the others in the series, and am mentally drooling over the release of more.
If you like a fun story, that brings a new look at some old familiar supernatural creatures WITHOUT making them "sparkly" than don't walk but RUN out and buy the books in this series. They are:
1) Hounded
2) Hexed
3) Hammered
4) Tricked
And a fifth (Trapped) due out in Nov of this year and one (Hunted) in April of next year.
These books are good, I think you would enjoy them.
Even though she has said that she will not choose him to die. She is the Celtic equivelant of "Death" or the Valkries to the Norse
When she is first introduced, she shows up in human form in Atticus's book shop.
When in this form, she's nude mostly.
A couple of young males react like young males on finding a beautifull naked woman in a bookstore.....
She does not react well to the disrespect, and dispite Atticus pleading with her and explaining that naked women are not a common sight in town and that she should have manifested some clothes, she won't have it.
She is the goddess of battle and chooser of the slain and she will be feared and respected.
It is not explained in the book what she does, but she does kill both the males.
He gets a set of Arrows blessed by the Virgin Mary so he can fight a demon, and asks her to let Jesus know he'd like to sit and have a beer with him. She does, and Jesus and Atticus sit and have a nice fish and chips lunch that impresses Jesus enough so that he creates a minor miracle that makes a plate of the fish and chips magically appear in front of every patron in the restaraunt. Jesus explains it's why he never has more than one beer while he's down on Earth.