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Fantasy. Fiction. Thriller. HTML:Atticus O�??Sullivan is back in an all-new, action-packed, laugh-out-loud novella from the author of The Iron Druid Chronicles. Two-thousand-year-old Atticus may have outwitted and outfought everyone from Odin to Bacchus, but in this eBook original, he�??s about to discover what comes around when you go around messing with gods. Six years into the training of his beautiful apprentice, Granuaile, a large crow swoops down and transforms into none other than the Morrigan, a goddess who insists that Atticus come with her at once. He must leave his apprentice behind, along with his Irish wolfhound, Oberon�??and he must also leave his sword. The Morrigan has always taken extreme pleasure in pronouncing the Druid�??s mortal danger and imminent doom, so the fact that she won�??t reveal the purpose of their journey makes him very nervous. Of course, any time the Celtic Chooser of the Slain drops in unannounced, it�??s never good. When she does let slip that she�??ll be saving his life in the near future, Atticus is left to wonder . . . will he soon be giving his legions of enemies something to crow about? Includes a preview of Kevin Hearne�??s highly anticipated new novel in The Iron Druid Chronicles, Trapped! Praise for Kevin Hearne and The Iron Druid Chronicles �??Celtic mythology and an ancient Druid with modern attitude mix it up in the Arizona desert in this witty new fantasy series.�?��??Kelly Meding, author of Three Days to Dead �??[Atticus is] a strong modern hero with a long history and the wit to survive in the twenty-first century. . . . A snappy narrative voice . . . a savvy urban fantasy adventure.�?��??… (more)
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It makes me all the more eager to read Trapped in a few months.
Atticus is six years into training his apprentice Granuaile
As with all the previous books in this series the humor in this book is awesome and had me laughing a number of times. Oberon and Granuaile aren’t in the story a ton but they are in there enough to get their humor in. Most of the story takes place between Atticus and the Morrigan.
The Morrigan has been a reoccuring theme in these books. In this novella Hearne does something interesting, he actually lets us look into the Morrigan a bit, not as a goddess, but as a person. It was great fun to see a little of what makes the Morrigan tick and to see a little vulnerability in her. Her relationship with Atticus has always been an interesting one.
We also finally get to see Atticus and Odin face off. It is a most excellent conversation to be present for and I enjoyed it a lot.
There is a preview of the next book in the series, Trapped, which I did not read. I am not a big fan of previews and prefer to wait until the book is released to start reading it.
Overall an excellent addition to the Iron Druid Chronicles. If you are a big fan of this series make sure and pick up this novella. If you are a big fan of urban fantasy then you should definitely read this series. If you haven’t read this series than you should. It is a wonderful blend of humor, action, and mythology.
This novella marks a midway point between the fourth book, Hunted, and the fifth, Trapped. It continues the story and continues the steps to what promises to be a battle royale.
This was a nice little piece, which gave the Morrigan some backstory and personality, which was nice. It also made sense of what the Aesir are up to in Trapped - they still hate Atticus's guts, but Thor's death has left them vulnerable, and getting Atticus to fulfill Thor's role in taking out some of their worst enemies is more important than the purely emotional satisfaction of ripping him to little shreds. Freya vehemently disagrees, and this novella begins to bring out her role as a goddess of war, not just a pretty face. (Major complaint - every time Freya is described, Atticus says he doesn't see the attraction, her face is just "too manly," she isn't all that... She's the goddess of beauty! I'm not sure what's going on here, but there's a subtext I don't like.)
Finally, I still can't stand the way Granuaille is used in this series. She is just so sexy! She doesn't realize the effect that her skimpy outfits have on Atticus! He must run away to avoid overstepping his bounds! I think, from the presentation, that this is supposed to be funny. It wasn't, although I suppose that milages vary on this topic.
The first time I read this book, I really didn't understand its significance. Now that I'm further along in the series, The Morrigan's behavior makes much more sense. She's still all kinds of creepy though.
Atticus wreaked serious havoc during his quest into Asgard. Many gods that were to take part in Ragnarok were killed, and Atticus knows that he has wronged those who remain. So, when Odin arranges a meeting between him via the Morrigan, he learns what the One-Eyed god demands in restitution. And he intends to fulfill the bargain.
An excellent story that has some surprises and a bit of action. Highly recommended, and absolutely necessary to fans of the series.
Action packed and it has answers to some questions in the series. Read only after you have read Tricked and before Trapped, which time line starts 12 years after Tricked.
Atticus has to pay the piper for events that took place in Hammered and the Morrigan acts as a mediator and facilitator when it comes times to face down Odin himself and answer for his actions. But things are interrupted when someone tries to assassinate Atticus and the mortal enemies must work together to chase down the assassin.
After a rather exciting chase, the action ends rather abruptly, but it is an excellent novella. I listened to this one on audio and once again was stuck with Christopher Raglan as the narrator; fortunately I didn't have to listen to his bad Clint Eastwood impersonation since the story didn't involve Leif, but I was stuck with his idea of Oberon, which I've realised sounds like an impersonation of Peter Faulk playing Columbo with partial facial paralysis.
Curses to publishing houses everywhere that restrict audiobook editions by country. Seriously... a pox on your ledger books.
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