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 sexy 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.
This book was positively a good read. Its mix of ancient northern myth with new world chaos was great. I only put the book down when I had no choice.
Kevin Hearne did a bang up job of keeping the plot witty, fun and intriguing. The characters where both familiar and unique, from the lawyer vampire to the body snatching witch. And Atticus O'Sullivan won't be a character you'll soon forget or want to for that matter.
This is the first of the Iron Druid Chronicles and This Reader will most certainly be reading the next book of this series. So if you're a fan of myth and legends this book will not disappoint.
