In the fifth novel in the New York Times bestselling Iron Druid
Chronicles, two-thousand-year-old Druid Atticus O'Sullivan will at last
bind a new Druid to protect the earth--but first he must go
toe-to-toe with the Roman god Bacchus, the Norse pantheon, and an
ancient vampire, all hell-bent on ensuring his demise.
"[Kevin] Hearne is a terrific storyteller with a great snarky wit. .
. . Neil Gaiman's American Gods meets Jim Butcher's Harry
Dresden."--SFFWorld
The downside to faking your own death is that people tend to get upset
when they find out they've been had. In Atticus O'Sullivan's case,
they're upset enough to come after him to make sure he dies for real
this time. Yet he can't remain in hiding anymore: He has to bind his
apprentice, Granuaile, to the earth so that she can become the first new
Druid in centuries.
But the Roman god Bacchus wants mortal revenge for a slight against him,
and he proceeds to act on the principle that Atticus should hate his
life until it can be ended. Members of the Norse pantheon aren't
particularly pleased with Atticus either--especially one who had
languished in darkness, slowly going mad, and is now free to work his
mischief again.
On top of that, an ancient vampire, who'd like to remove Atticus and
Granuaile as threats to his kind, is working on his own plan for their
destruction.
Forced to work at the base of Mount Olympus, Atticus and Granuaile must
survive the three-month process of her binding and escape the many traps
set for them. It's fortunate that they have Oberon the Irish Wolfhound
on their side--but is one good dog going to be enough to see them
through it?
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