• Hounded

  • The Iron Druid Chronicles, Book 1
  • By: Kevin Hearne
  • Narrated by: Luke Daniels
  • Length: 8 hrs and 6 mins
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars (30,179 ratings)

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Hounded

By: Kevin Hearne
Narrated by: Luke Daniels
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Publisher's summary

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.

Critic reviews

"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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best series ever

Oberon is my spirit animal.
seriously.
he's laugh out loud funny, and he's absolutely sincere.
if the story wasn't so well done, I'd still listen just for Oberon.

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I loved the storyline I just loved about all of it I don't know how to explain
I just think that all of it is good
i just think that all of it is good
good voice plays through whole story greatly

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Has an Irish Wolfhound!

This book was recommended to me and I am beyond grateful that I decided to read it! I now am obsessed and want to know more. Any book that has a giant Irish Wolfhound and a sword wielding druid is a must read. I enjoyed how the author explained things without sounding like he was dumbing it down. I loved the story and the little twists here and there. The narrator did a great job.

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This book is spellbinding

loved it from front to back and This world is amazing in fact its just outside in tempe

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Great audiobook

Would you listen to Hounded again? Why?

I would listen again. It not for the great story then just to here the voice and toughts of a Irish wolf hound. Love it

What about Luke Daniels’s performance did you like?

The dog voice

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

Yes

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I would buy it again if I had the chance.

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amazing

drawn me in from the very beginning couldn't stop listening, need to finish the series

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Very original!

Great story richly woven in Celtic mythology, 20th century jibes, Shakespearian quotes and a damn fine dog. Big sword, too!

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A Wonderful and Exciting listen

Loved the whole package! The story was so crazy , fanciful and the reader brings it all to life. You will Enjoy

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READ THIS BOOK

I'm not good at finishing books because I get bored easily. This book was so awesome that I finished the series! Luke Daniels does a great job of narrating all the different characters and Kevin Hearne writes you into a world where you can purely enjoy yourself. It also gave me something to talk to my father-in-law about, which is an added bonus!
PS. Slomonomobrodolie is probably my favorite character. Kevin Hearne, if you're reading this, please write more with Slomo in it. :D

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