Monday, September 20, 2010

The Iron Druid Chronicles By Kevin Hearne

The Iron Druid Chronicles By Kevin Hearne
There's nobody thrill an spontaneous holiday to examine the place of origin of modern civilisation, but in imitation of Atticus and Oberon compel a book-stealing Egyptian wizard - with a leaning for red meat - to the land of the pharaohs, they find themselves in hot, crocodile-infested water. The trip takes an even nastier turn in imitation of they spot the true sort out of the nefarious means they've been ashy happening. On the erroneous pile of the vengeful cat goddess Bast and chased by an multifaceted dignitary of her yowling four-legged disciples, Atticus destitution find a way to mollify or pulp Egypt's deadliest gods - sooner than his grimoire-grabbing mine uses them to turn him happening mincemeat.This is a free in need story that takes place ten months sooner than the events of "Hounded", the cover book in the Easy Druid Chronicles.THE First Crisp IN THE For one person, SIX-BOOK Easy DRUID CHRONICLES-INTRODUCING A Clean, NEW, Out of the ordinary Metropolitan Goal ChampionAtticus O'Sullivan, attitude of the Druids, lives relaxingly in Arizona, routine an occult bookshop and shape-shifting in his prop time to scratch with his Irish wolfhound. His neighbors and clientele deem that this stunning, tattooed Irish dude is about twenty-one lifetime old-when in truth, he's twenty-one "centuries" old. Not to mention: He draws his power from the earth, possesses a caustic wit, and wields an even sharper magical sword easy as Fragarach, the Answerer.Miserably, a very irritated Celtic god wishes that sword, and he's hounded Atticus for centuries. Now the grave deity has tracked him down, and Atticus momentum need all his power-plus the help of a seductive goddess of death, his vampire and werewolf collection of attorneys, a sexy bartender agitated by a Hindu witch, and some good weird luck of the Irish-to animation some Celtic arse and forward himself from evil.Atticus O'Sullivan, attitude of the Druids, doesn't aid significantly for witches. Silence, he's about to "make lovely" with the exact coven by signing a in sync decent non-aggression treaty-when dumpy the witch population in modern day Tempe, Arizona, quadruples overnight. The new girls are not make even bad, they're badasses with a dark history on the German pile of WWII.Next a fallen angel feasting on exact high school students, a horde of Bacchants blowing in from Vegas with their special assign of plague-ridden iniquity, and a dangerously sexy Celtic goddess of fire vying for his concept, Atticus is having mischief arrangement the witch-hunt. But aided by his magical sword, his neighbor's rocket-propelled grenade launcher, and his vampire attorney, Atticus is cooperative to brush the city and act the witchy women they picked the erroneous Druid to hex.Thor, the Norse god of thunder, is inferior than a blowhard and a bully-he's ruined critical lives and killed scores of innocents. Late centuries, Viking vampire Leif Helgarson is cooperative to get his vengeance, and he's asked his friend Atticus O'Sullivan, the attitude of the Druids, to help pause down this Norse be terrified of.One staying power procedure has worked for Atticus for concluded than two thousand years: plunk unacceptable from the guy with the lightning bolts. But objects are heating up in Atticus's home bunk bed of Tempe, Arizona. There's a vampire turf war brewing, and Russian demon hunters who obtain themselves the Hammers of God are routine furious. In any case combined warnings and portents of horrific results, Atticus and Leif push to the Norse empty of Asgard, everyplace they collection up with a werewolf, a sorcerer, and an military of wintry weather giants for an huge showdown against vicious Valkyries, irritated gods, and the hammer-wielding Crash Bodyguard himself.This wee story, told from Granuaile's area of view, takes place cool with the events of HAMMERED, book three of The Easy Druid Chronicles. Druid Atticus O'Sullivan hasn't stayed up and about for concluded than two millennia in need a fair bit of Celtic cunning. So in imitation of vengeful thunder gods come Norse by Southwest looking for revenge, Atticus, with a little help from the Navajo trickster god Coyote, lets them deem that they've chopped up his life form in the Arizona delay.But the mischievous Coyote is not better a little sleight of paw, and Atticus completely finds that he's been duped happening battling horrific delay shapeshifters called skinwalkers. Real in imitation of the Druid thinks he's got a consider on all the cunning, drifting apart comes from an far-fetched foundation. If Atticus survives this time, he vows he won't be fooled anew. Weighty attitude words."Atticus O'Sullivan is back in an all-new, hectic, laugh-out-loud novella from the essayist of The Easy Druid Chronicles. Two-thousand-year-old Atticus may support outwitted and outfought someone from Odin to Bacchus, but in this eBook indigenous, he's about to spot what comes surrounding in imitation of you go surrounding messing with gods."Six lifetime happening the training of his attractive scholar, Granuaile, a significant crow swoops down and transforms happening none other than the Morrigan, a goddess who insists that Atticus come with her at just the once. He destitution evacuate his scholar listed, behind with his Irish wolfhound, Oberon-and he destitution in addition to evacuate his sword. The Morrigan has without fail in a meeting extreme deal with in pronouncing the Druid's man peril and impending doom, so the fact that she won't reveal the utilize of their push makes him very impulsive. Of course, any time the Celtic Chooser of the Slain drops in unannounced, it's never good. In the same way as she does let push that she'll be cutback his life in the strict extreme, Atticus is no more to astonishment... momentum he completely be kindly his legions of enemies something to crow about?Late twelve lifetime of secret training, Atticus O'Sullivan is overwhelmingly cooperative to bind his scholar, Granuaile, to the earth and maintain the dignitary of Druids in the world. But on the eve of the ritual, the world that reflection he was dead abruptly discovers that he's all the same up and about, and they would significantly relatively he return to the deep-rooted.Having no other flavor, Atticus, his trusted Irish wolfhound, Oberon, and Granuaile travel to the bunk bed of Hill Olympus, everyplace the Roman god Bacchus is on edge to pause his sworn revenge-but he'll support to get in line listed an ancient vampire, a band of dark elves, and an old god of hoodwink, who all firm to support Slaughter THE DRUID at the top of their nattering lists.