Carniepunk: The Demon Barker of Wheat Street

By: Kevin Hearne

Narrated by: Kirby Heyborne

From the New York Times bestselling author of Hounded—“a superb urban fantasy debut” (Publishers Weekly, starred review)—comes an Iron Druid Chronicles short story in the captivating Carniepunk anthology.

The ancient Druid Atticus O’Sullivan gets more than greasy corn dogs and flat soda when he visits a carnival in Kansas to which his apprentice, Granuaile, drags him. He runs across a barker with a strange power over the crowd: attractive women leave their men and disappear into an unmarked tent, never to be seen again, and the men wander away, forgetting that they ever had girlfriends or wives. When Granuaile falls under the barker’s influence and enters the tent, Atticus isn’t about to forget it and move on. He and his Irish wolfhound, Oberon, pursue her and discover the horrifying secret to the carnival’s success.

Narration

I'm a big Iron Druid fan. The story was on par for a short story. But the narration wasn't just different it lacked emotion. It was read not expressed.

Wrong narrator

The story was interesting but I could not get past the wrong voice and he completely ignored Oberon. Very disappointing. Mispronounced words also.

Scary!

Great short story in the Iron Druid series. Well done - thanks Kev. Loved it

Bad narrator

My opinion is that Luke Daniels should be the only narrator for Kevin Hearne's Iron Druid. Other than that I absolutely love the series!

Good story...

While the performance wasn't bad, it wasn't Luke Daniels. When you spend so much time listening to one narrator for a series, it really takes away from the experience when they send in a substitute.