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Iron Druid Chronicles #04: Tricked

by Kevin Hearne

ISBN13: 9780345533623
ISBN10: 0345533623
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Druid Atticus O’Sullivan hasn’t stayed alive for more than two millennia without a fair bit of Celtic cunning. So when vengeful thunder gods come Norse by Southwest looking for payback, Atticus, with a little help from the Navajo trickster god Coyote, lets them think that they’ve chopped up his body in the Arizona desert.

But the mischievous Coyote is not above a little sleight of paw, and Atticus soon finds that he’s been duped into battling bloodthirsty desert shapeshifters called skinwalkers. Just when the Druid thinks he’s got a handle on all the duplicity, betrayal comes from an unlikely source. If Atticus survives this time, he vows he won’t be fooled again. Famous last words.

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Kevin Hearne is a native of Arizona and really appreciates whoever invented air-conditioning. He graduated from Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff and now teaches high school English. When he’s not grading essays or writing novels, he tends to his basil plants and paints landscapes with his daughter. He has been known to obsess over fonts, frolic unreservedly with dogs, and stop whatever he’s doing in the rare event of rain to commune with the precipitation. He enjoys hiking, the guilty pleasure of comic books, and living with his wife and daughter in a wee, snug cottage.

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: nrlymrtl, June 27, 2012 (view all comments by nrlymrtl)
I love that Hearne kept the series based in the desert Southwest. If you think Hammered took on some heavy hitters in the world of the supernatural, wait til you read this addition to the series. Nasty, near-indestructible, pure evil, coming right at you.

Skin walkers.

My advice to our main characters was to flea. But did they listen? No! Not the smartest decision, but it made for a highly entertaining story. On top of these evil entities, Atticus owes Coyote a big favor and pat of that favor is sabotaging a local coal mine. Yet more bare-butt antics ensue. Then there is still tension with the lawyer werewolves and of course the whole void in vampire power for the region is making everyone who knows about it antsy. Atticus has to spread his trust around in this book: his apprentice, Oberon, Coyote, the local Elemental Colorado, his werewolf buddies, the coven, local Medicine Man, etc. But he puts his trust in one wrong person and takes a beating. Ouch. Just thinking about it, even though I read it days ago, still makes me cringe.

While I wouldn’t say this is my favorite in the series, I still enjoyed it from beginning to end and look forward to the next in the series.
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: ShariSez, May 28, 2012 (view all comments by ShariSez)
Excellent! I'm always a bit leery when there is year long break (almost) between books. Will the author be able to keep up the level of quality that intrigued me enough to wait for and remember to pick up the sequel? Mr Hearne has, in fact, he may have set the bar even higher. Tricked was worth waiting for and now I am impatiently awaiting Trapped.
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: Woodchip, May 5, 2012 (view all comments by Woodchip)
Read the first three in the series, easy to read and very entertaining, looking forward to opening Tricked and hoping for more. . .
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ISBN:: 9780345533623
Author:: Hearne, Kevin
Publisher:: Del Rey Books
Subject:: Fantasy - General
Subject:: Science Fiction and Fantasy-Fantasy
Subject:: Fantasy - Contemporary
Edition Description:: Mass market paperback
Publication Date:: 20120431
Binding:: MASS MARKET
Language:: English
Pages:: 368
Dimensions:: 6.9 x 4.2 x 1 in 0.3931 lb

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