• 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 (30,176 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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Like a nice glass of lemonade, Refreshing

As usual Luke Daniels rocks the narration, albeit this one is more subdued, and the story is a refreshing take on the supernatural in a modern setting.

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Not my typical read ....

I really enjoyed the story; it was entertaining, interesting along with a sense of humor. I will seek out additional books of this author and genre.

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Great book! Meh reader.

I've read the paperback countless times and got nostalgic, so I picked this up. As always the book itself is a good story well told with good engaging characters. The only problem is the Narrator, good God man there's something called inflection, please try to read different characters as different characters. All the characters sound the same, not the same voice exactly, but everyone talks like a bored teenager reading to their little sibling.
TlDr: You should get it, but don't expect an amazing performance

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Great Druid Story

This is one of the best books I've heard in a long time. Love the intermingling of old world mythos and magic into the modern era. Love the protagonist and his compaion!! Definitely moving on to the next book in the series.

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Great Fun!

Worth the credit! The story is a lot of fun. Be sure to give Oberon a good scratch when (if) you see him!

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very well narrated and characters were given a life of there own. And has emotional story.

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I really liked it

While the narrator is a bit flat, I do really like the story. I like it enough to want to move on to the second book but not just yet. I need a break from the narration. I enjoy these types of stories with ages old magick, witches, faeries, druids, and lore. If that’s your style, you’ll like it, too.

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Excellent book ehhh narrator

I loved the book, flew thru it in just under a day! The narrator I sm nit crazy about, especially in the early chapters, he gets better towards the end of the book, but still has a bit of monotone IMO to his voice, sone characters he does well with others nit as much! The book it’s self is extremely excellent, there is a lot of mythology ti follow, and at times with the way the narrator reads it I had rewind to get the full extent! I did enjoy it even with a ehhhh narrator!

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A fun magical romp

Fairly standard young adult urban fantasy. Enjoyable, but nothing to write home about. Four stars.

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Outstanding!

This book has it all. I cannot wait to start the next in this series!

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