Hunted

The Iron Druid Chronicles, Book 6

By: Kevin Hearne

Narrated by: Luke Daniels

Length: 9 hrs and 52 mins

Publisher's summary

In the sixth novel in the New York Times bestselling Iron Druid Chronicles, two-thousand-year-old Druid Atticus O’Sullivan finds himself the target of two goddesses of the hunt and a trickster god determined to unleash the apocalypse.

“[Kevin] Hearne is a terrific storyteller with a great snarky wit. . . . Neil Gaiman’s American Gods meets Jim Butcher’s Harry Dresden.”—SFFWorld

For someone who’s been alive for two thousand years, Atticus O’Sullivan is a pretty fast runner. Good thing, because he’s being chased by not one but two goddesses of the hunt—Artemis and Diana—for messing with one of their own. Dodging their slings and arrows, Atticus, Granuaile, and his wolfhound, Oberon, are making a mad dash across modern-day Europe to seek help from a friend of the Tuatha Dé Danann. His usual magical option of shifting planes is blocked, so instead of playing hide-and-seek, the game plan is . . . run like hell.

Crashing the pantheon marathon is the Norse god Loki. Killing Atticus is the only loose end he needs to tie up before unleashing Ragnarok—AKA the Apocalypse. Atticus and Granuaile have to outfox the Olympians and contain the god of mischief if they want to go on living—and still have a world to live in.

Don’t miss any of The Iron Druid Chronicles:
HOUNDED | HEXED | HAMMERED | TRICKED | TRAPPED | HUNTED | SHATTERED | STAKED | SCOURGED | BESIEGED

©2013 Kevin Hearne (P)2013 Random House Audio

Critic reviews

“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 Chimera)

“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)

Great

I'm man enough to say it... I cried a bit. A damn fine addition to the series. Any book and any series that reaches you that profound fly is worth a read. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

Book 6

Any additional comments?

The main characters are chased across multiple countries and hunted by several gods. One god is no more, but her reason isn't fully revealed. Did she give up or did she put up a good fight.... Recommend the series.

continues to be brilliant.

I have yet to be disappointed in the writer, or the narrator. Great story, told by a very talented voice actor.

Wow excellent series

Again Hearne and Daniels delivers in a big way. I am hooked on them both. I have never found an audio book pairing so perfect. I will be truly sad when I come to the end of this series because it'll be next to impossible to ever find such a treasure again.

Modern day romp with myths and legends

I am enjoying this Iron Druid series. Luke Daniels brings out the humor, sensitivity, adventure, and pathos that Kevin Hearne wrote. What a winning combination!

Delightful

I'm enjoying this series for the 2nd or 3rd time, and it's just as delightful this time around. Hunted is an epic story with plenty of danger and destruction - the Druids are certainly busy trying to stay one step ahead of their foes. Luke Daniels' narration get even better with each book in this series - he does a great job with the women's voices, and his Oberon is brilliant and endearing. This novel is a great example of the synergy created by an excellent, well-crafted story matched with a talented narrator.

This one was too long

While I have enjoyed The Iron Druid Chronicles from the beginning and like this one as well, it is too long

Great book with some awesome references to mytholo

Great book with some awesome references to mythology and how they would look with a modern bent! #FairytaleTwists #Magical #TorturedHero #Tagsgiving #Sweepstakes

Oberon the great!!

Oberon is the best character in this series. I can't help but smile everytime he is in a scene. The performer's voice for him is spot on, can't wait to hear what is chosen for the new hound!!

Good installment, frustrating ending

After struggling a little bit with the constrained feeling of Trapped (which I realize was appropriate, given the title), Hunted sucked me into the story and got me feeling “back to normal” with the series. For most of the book, Atticus, Oberon, and Granuaile are making a mad dash across Europe on foot, Atticus and Granuaile in their hooved shapes. I did wonder, a time or two, what was feeding energy to Oberon. I know Atticus and Granuaile receive energy from Gaia through their tattoos, but was the same happening for Oberon? Can a wolfhound sustain that kind of running for that long? I also panicked thinking that Oberon might be lost in the waters of the Channel. Yep, I am one of those people who are more concerned about the welfare of animals than people most of the time.

I thought my heart was going to break when Oberon and Granuaile thought Atticus was dead. The despondency in Oberon, and then his eulogy to Atticus, about killed me. Thanks for that, Kevin! I don’t think I had cried reading the series until this point, not even at the death of the Morrigan, though that made me very sad.

A couple of things surprised me, though they reveal more about me than the book: first, that big box sporting goods stores are so prevalent in Europe; and second, that Granuaile’s voice would be SO lyrical and poetic. Now that Granuaile is bound to the earth, we get to “hear” things from her point of view.

The snark and jokes, especially from Oberon, are hilarious as always: The “Hump Me Oberon” doll; the Princess Bride reference; the bribing with Girl Scout cookies; the bits about human mating rituals being stupid. The descriptions of the Greek gods and the conversation with Zeus and Jupiter are fantastic and funny. The banter between the characters, especially Oberon, is so entertaining that it alone would keep someone coming back to the series. I’m thankful I’ve listed to all the books rather than read them; Luke Daniels does such a great job with all the voices, but Oberon in particular. It has to be much funnier to hear the banter than to read it.

The ending, though… It frustrated me. Most of the book seemed to be about running from the Olympians (with dark elves and vampires thrown in for good measure). The major encounter with the Olympians ends somewhat early in the book, and then there is this bit where Atticus goes in search of Lord Grundlebeard and Midhir. He find them both dead, but that’s the end of that bit. There were never any answers about who killed them. Then Atticus and co. go off to see who the Morrigan left on the Time Islands, but we don’t learn that person’s identity, either (though I guessed it). The ending didn’t feel like an ending, really. The major story ended, and then a couple more bits were tacked on, but without any resolution. I get that these bits will be important in the overall series arc, but I guess they just seemed oddly placed. Did I not have Book 7, Shattered, to jump right into, I think I would have been highly irritated.

In any case, I still liked the book and thought it was a great adventure. I’m invested in the characters, now and want to see them succeed. They keep getting into deeper and deeper trouble, however; at this point, I’m just hoping they survive!