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Hounded

The Iron Druid Chronicles, Book 1

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Hounded

By: Kevin Hearne
Narrated by: Christopher Ragland
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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 sexy 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.

This is book one of the Iron Druid Chronicles series. If you would like to hear more, you will find the first chapter of book two – Hexed – at the end of this recording.

©2011 Kevin Hearne (P)2013 Hachette Audio Classics Fantasy Funny Scary
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The story was interesting however the execution was a little clunky with a few conveniences. The cast and setting was cool but I didn't like the main character who came off as a bit of an ass hole and not the lovable kind. The narration was good the man is clearly talented but some of his pronunciations made me cringe

it's got problems but is meh over all

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It is funny, well told and well narrated. The characters are well rounded and interesting, and I now feel very attached to a certain Irish Wolfhound! I look forward to the next one in the series.

Great story

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It's a fun story in the style of The Dresden Files. The narrator is fine until he tries to do voices. If you're ok with weird, screechy, cartoonish-voiced godessess and dogs with dopey, cartoonish speech impediments, go for it. If not, buy an ebook or hard copy.

Narrator lets it down

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loved the back story that really let tou get to know the characters, this was my first audio book and im so happy i chose this. would highly recommend

grrat book...

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I really enjoyed this book, I was worried that the American teenager / young adult play on this book would make it a bit too cheesy to be able to stand, but as the story went on, it has grown into the character of the book. I'm hooked. So pleased that this is a 9 book series!

Fantastic Fantasy

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