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Atticus O’Sullivan has had cause to mistrust witches in his storied past, but he’s willing to live and let live with the Sisters of the Three Auroras, a legendary local coven, even going so far as to sign a non-aggression treaty with them. But that treaty is tested immediately when a deadly new coven sweeps into town seeking to take over, along with some Bacchants from Las Vegas and a fallen angel who’s decided to snack on high school students like they were trail mix.
It’s more than Atticus can handle alone and he must enlist the trickster Coyote, the headhopping abilities of the witch Laksha Kulesekaran, and his neighbor’s illegal arsenal if he wants to keep the city safe from diabolical takeover. He must also exchange favors with his vampire attorney, Leif Helgarson, in a deal that might prove to be the worst of his long life—for Leif doesn’t want to be paid by the hour.
To defeat the mortal hexes of this new coven and keep his apprentice—and his city—safe, Atticus must think fast, make promises, keep his sword handy, and hope he’ll survive to fight another day.
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9 primary books18 released books#2 in The Iron Druid Chronicles
The Iron Druid Chronicles is a 18-book series with 9 released primary works first released in 2010 with contributions by Kevin Hearne.
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Usually, after a hero slays the bad guy in his first book, he gets a break. But not Atticus O???Sullivan. He knew this would happen, too, which is part of the reason he would have preferred to leave Aenghus ??g alone, if he could have. But now he???s done it and, sure enough, there are consequences ??? everyone knows where he is and everyone wants a piece of him. Suddenly, Tempe Arizona is full of paranormals, most notably a coven of East European witches who fought with Hitler back in WWII, and a group of Bacchants from Las Vegas (where else?) who plan to do more than party.
Like its predecessor, Hexed is chock full of exciting action and tons of laughs. Oberon is in full form here, providing lots of truly funny comic relief (best sidekick ever!), and Atticus himself is hilarious, especially when he???s trying to evade the cops by pretending to be just a doped up occult bookshop owner. The vampire and werewolf lawyers are further developed and Atticus also brings on a bright and perky apprentice ??? the Irish girl who???s been waiting tables at R??la B??la.
The Iron Druid Chronicles continues to be excellent urban paranormal fantasy that you won???t want to miss if you love that genre and that you should try if you don???t. I highly recommend Brilliance Audio???s version read by Luke Daniels ??? he is superb.
Atticus the badass druid and Oberon the funniest Irish Wolfhound you'd ever want to meet return in another fantastic novel revolving around keeping their little part of AZ protected and safe for their magical community. Of course their community consists of witches, druids, vamps, and weres.
But not everyone wants to play nice so Atticus and the local lightly dom coven merge forces to kick some evil demon and wicked witches of the west butt.
Did I mention that Atticus promises to help kill Thor...ah but that's the next installment of this thoroughly worthwhile series.
Sexy, action-packed, well researched, and hilarious this ones a winner!
