{"id":4613,"date":"2014-06-17T05:30:00","date_gmt":"2014-06-17T05:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.randomhouse.com\/catalog\/display.pperl?isbn=9780345548481"},"modified":"2014-06-17T05:30:00","modified_gmt":"2014-06-17T05:30:00","slug":"shattered-the-iron-druid-chronicles-by-kevin-hearne","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bookim.org\/index.php\/2014\/06\/17\/shattered-the-iron-druid-chronicles-by-kevin-hearne\/","title":{"rendered":"Shattered: The Iron Druid Chronicles by Kevin Hearne"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.randomhouse.com\/catalog\/display.pperl?isbn=9780345548481\"><img decoding=\"async\" align=\"right\" src=\"http:\/\/www.randomhouse.com\/catalog\/catalog_cover.pperl?9780345548481\" border=\"1\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/www.randomhouse.com\/catalog\/display.pperl?isbn=9780345548481\">Shattered: The Iron Druid Chronicles<\/a> <br \/><b>Written by<\/b> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.randomhouse.com\/author\/results.pperl?authorid=116828\">Kevin Hearne<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><b>Hardcover<\/b>, 352 pages | Del Rey | Fiction &#8211; Fantasy &#8211; Contemporary; Fiction &#8211; Fantasy &#8211; Paranormal; Fiction &#8211; Adventure | <b>$26.00<\/b> | June 17, 2014 | 978-0-345-54848-1 (0-345-54848-5)<\/p>\n<p><b><i>NEW YORK TIMES <\/i>BESTSELLER<\/p>\n<p>Acclaimed author Kevin Hearne makes his hardcover debut with the new novel in his epic urban fantasy series starring the unforgettable Atticus O&rsquo;Sullivan.<\/b><br \/> <b>&nbsp;<\/b><br \/>For nearly two thousand years, only one Druid has walked the Earth&mdash;Atticus O&rsquo;Sullivan, the Iron Druid, whose sharp wit and sharp sword have kept him alive as he&rsquo;s been pursued by a pantheon of hostile deities. Now he&rsquo;s got company.<br \/> &nbsp;<br \/> Atticus&rsquo;s apprentice Granuaile is at last a full Druid herself. What&rsquo;s more, Atticus has defrosted an archdruid long ago frozen in time, a father figure (of sorts) who now goes by the modern equivalent of his old Irish name: Owen Kennedy.<br \/> &nbsp;<br \/> And Owen has some catching up to do.<br \/> &nbsp;<br \/> Atticus takes pleasure in the role reversal, as the student is now the teacher. Between busting Atticus&rsquo;s chops and trying to fathom a cell phone, Owen must also learn English. For Atticus, the jury&rsquo;s still out on whether the wily old coot will be an asset in the epic battle with Norse god Loki&mdash;or merely a pain in the arse.<br \/> &nbsp;<br \/> But Atticus isn&rsquo;t the only one with daddy issues. Granuaile faces a great challenge: to exorcise a sorcerer&rsquo;s spirit that is possessing her father in India. Even with the help of the witch Laksha, Granuaile may be facing a crushing defeat.<br \/> &nbsp;<br \/>As the trio of Druids deals with pestilence-spreading demons, bacon-loving yeti, fierce flying foxes, and frenzied Fae, they&rsquo;re hoping that this time, three&rsquo;s a charm.<\/p>\n<p><b>Praise for <i>Shattered<\/i><\/b><br \/> <b><i>&nbsp;<\/i><\/b><br \/> &ldquo;This series just gets bigger and better, and <i>Shattered<\/i> shows no signs of it slowing down.&rdquo;<b>&mdash;Vampire Book Club<\/b><br \/> <b>&nbsp;<\/b><br \/> &ldquo;Well and truly awesome.&rdquo;<b>&mdash;Fangs for the Fantasy<\/b><br \/> <b>&nbsp;<\/b><br \/> &ldquo;So much fun to read!&rdquo;<b>&mdash;Hidden in Pages<\/b><br \/> <b>&nbsp;<\/b><br \/> &ldquo;[With] clever writing and engrossing story-telling, it&rsquo;s impossible not to get completely absorbed into the world Kevin [Hearne] has created.&rdquo;<b>&mdash;Yummy Men and Kick Ass Chicks<\/b><br \/> &nbsp;<br \/> <b>Praise for Kevin Hearne and The Iron Druid Chronicles<\/b><br \/> <b>&nbsp;<\/b><br \/>&ldquo;Clever, fast paced and a good escape.&rdquo;<b>&mdash;Jason Weisberger, <i>Boing Boing<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;[Kevin] Hearne is a terrific storyteller with a great snarky wit. . . . Neil Gaiman&rsquo;s <i>American Gods<\/i> meets Jim Butcher&rsquo;s Harry Dresden.&rdquo;<b>&mdash;<i>SFFWorld<\/i><\/b><br \/> <b>&nbsp;<\/b><br \/> &ldquo;Celtic mythology and an ancient Druid with modern attitude mix it up in the Arizona desert in this witty new fantasy series.&rdquo;<b>&mdash;Kelly Meding<\/b>, author of <i>Tempest<\/i><br \/> &nbsp;<br \/> &ldquo;[Atticus is] a strong modern hero with a long history and the wit to survive in the twenty-first century. . . . A snappy narrative voice.&rdquo;<b><i>&mdash;Library Journal<\/i><\/b><i>, <\/i>on<i> Hounded<\/i><br \/> <i>&nbsp;<\/i><br \/> &ldquo;Outrageously fun.&rdquo;<b><i>&mdash;The Plain Dealer<\/i><\/b><i>, <\/i>on<i> Hounded<\/i><br \/> <i>&nbsp;<\/i><br \/> &ldquo;Superb . . . plenty of quips and zap-pow-bang fighting.&rdquo;<b>&mdash;<i>Publishers Weekly<\/i> (starred review)<\/b>, on <i>Hounded<\/i><br \/> <b><i>&nbsp;<\/i><\/b><br \/> &ldquo;An exciting mix of comedy, action, and mythology . . . [Atticus] is one of the best main characters currently present in the urban fantasy genre.&rdquo;<b>&mdash;<i>Fantasy Book Critic<\/i><\/b><i>, <\/i>on <i>Tricked<\/i><\/p>\n<p><br clear=\"all\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shattered: The Iron Druid Chronicles Written by Kevin HearneHardcover, 352 pages | Del Rey | Fiction &#8211; Fantasy &#8211; Contemporary; Fiction &#8211; Fantasy &#8211; Paranormal; Fiction &#8211; Adventure | $26.00 | June 17, 2014 | 978-0-345-54848-1 (0-345-54848-5)NEW YORK TIME&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4613","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bookim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4613"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bookim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bookim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bookim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bookim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4613"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bookim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4613\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bookim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4613"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bookim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4613"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bookim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4613"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}