Hammered has a much different tone, and there was a strong sense throughout the story that however things ended, life was never going back to what passed for “business as usual” for Atticus, his Irish wolfhound Oberon, and his apprentice Granuaile, no matter how things turned out. Although Atticus faced a certain amount of trouble in the first two books, Hounded and Hexed, at the end of each book Atticus was able to settle down after a job well done and live what counts as his normal life while waiting for the next crisis to jump up and bite him in the ass.

Hammered feels like the “turning point” book in the Iron Druid Chronicles. The book ends with a lot of loose ends still jangling. But I finished up reading the ebook, because my workout ended in the middle of the climactic battle, and I just couldn’t wait to see how issues resolved. I mostly listened to this, and usually while working out.

“Kevin Hearne breathes new life into old myths, creating a world both eerily familiar and startlingly original.” -NICOLE PEELER, author of Tempest Rising_Unabridged, 8 audio discs, 9 hours 43 minutes Despite multiple warnings and portents of dire consequences, Atticus and Leif journey to the Norse plane of Asgard, where they team up with a werewolf, a sorcerer, and an army of frost giants for an epic showdown against vicious Valkyries, angry gods, and the hammer-wielding Thunder Thug himself. There’s a vampire turf war brewing, and Russian demon hunters who call themselves the Hammers of God are running rampant. But things are heating up in Atticus’s home base of Tempe, Arizona. One survival strategy has worked for Atticus for more than two thousand years: stay away from the guy with the lightning bolts. After centuries, Viking vampire Leif Helgarson is ready to get his vengeance, and he’s asked his friend Atticus O’Sullivan, the last of the Druids, to help take down this Norse nightmare. Thor, the Norse god of thunder, is worse than a blowhard and a bully - he’s ruined countless lives and killed scores of innocents. Purchasing Info: Author's Website, Publisher's Website, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Kobo, Published by Brilliance Audio on July 5, 2011 Hammered (The Iron Druid Chronicles, #3) by Kevin Hearne, Luke Danielsįormats available: paperback, ebook, audiobook

Hammered by Kevin Hearne