

As the last druid in the world, Atticus O’Sullivan can draw upon the strength of the earth to fuel his magic. Atticus made numerous enemies over his long life and some of them have come to collect.įortunately for the Irishman, he isn’t without power.

It isn’t until an ancient god comes knocking on his door that Atticus realizes the truth: the past can never stay buried. And while his handsome visage does attract the odd look, Atticus has succeeded in keeping his head down. The proprietor of an occult bookshop and master to an Irish wolfhound, the tattooed Irishman easily passes for a 21-year-old.

And after centuries of turmoil, Atticus would like to think that he has finally found peace. The primary protagonist of the series, Atticus is over two thousand years old when readers meet him in Hounded, the first novel in the Iron Druid Chronicles. The books are narrated from the first person perspective of Atticus O’Sullivan. 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.Written by Kevin Hearne, the Iron Druid Chronicles play out over a series of full-length novels and short stories. Unfortunately, a very angry Celtic god wants that sword, and he's hounded Atticus for centuries. 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. 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. The first novel in the Iron Druid Chronicles-introducing a cool, new, funny urban fantasy heroĪtticus 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.
