Hounded

The Iron Druid Chronicles, Book 1

De: Kevin Hearne

Narrado por: Luke Daniels

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.

Reseñas de la Crítica

"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)

Pleasantly surprised

I really enjoyed this book. The narrator was excellent, the book interesting and well put together. I didn't really enjoy the voice used for Oberon, but understand the direction they were trying to go. A few folks have complained he doesn't sound like a 2000 year old druid, but if they'd been listening intently they'd know why. Besides, I would choose the distinction between characters that this narrator was able to produce over one that sounded like an ancient druid.
There was a surprisingly wide range of characters and the asides to explain the workings of the beyond-mortal were surprisingly unobtrusive and usually flowed with the story. I think that anyone who enjoyed American Gods might enjoy this.

Hounded: The Iron Druid Chronicles, Book 1

Excellent listen! I couldn't stop listening and awaiting the time I could get back into the book.

Funny and entertaining.

I've struggled through several audiobooks with terrible narrators because the story was very good. This book was just the opposite. While the story is good, it was not exactly great. The narrator Luke Daniels however, made this audiobook a entertaining listen throughout. At times I thought to myself that for a story that only lasts 8 hours, the main character didn't seem to do much. But the reading of Mr. Daniels kept the story funny and kept me listening. His reading reminded me a lot of David Aaron Baker's reading of the Odd Thomas books from Dean Koontz, and the first person narrative of the two stories is similar as well. If you liked those books, you will like this one. If you haven't read the Odd Thomas books, you might want to try them after these. They are different than anything else from Koontz.

Overall I enjoyed this book, and will probably listen to the next two books of the series as well.

A nice surprise. Will be getting the next book.

Being a Harry Dresden fan I really enjoyed "Hounded" and found the similarities and differences in the worlds of these two series to be interesting. I love the characters, especially that of Oberon which had me chuckling aloud every now and then. Like others have commented, my only reservation was that I wish the book had been longer because it's one of those where you're not ready for it to end. I'm off to get the next in the series and will hope to see more.

Stunning

I enjoyed this story so much I bought Hexed and Hounded before I even finished Hounded. Unexpected twists, turns and the very interesting perspective of a 21-hundred year old Druid combined to tell an intriguing tale of revenge and the lengths people (and deities) will go to get what they want. Truly entertaining from start to finish. I loved the relationship between Atticus and Oberon. Luke Daniels was spot on with the characters; he has a way of voicing novels that emphasizes the immediacy of the story making it doubly hard to pause the story before it's ended.