Wolfhound Century
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A thousand miles east of Mirgorod, the great capital city of the Vlast, deep in the ancient forest,...
Hounded
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Hounded introduces the character of Atticus O'Sullivan, and his world, an alternate history where...
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Radiant State
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With his loving evocation of a dark and fantastical realm that owes much to the myth and history of...
The Last Family in England
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Meet the Hunter family: Adam, Kate, and their children Hal and Charlotte. And Prince, their black...
David McK (3929 KP) rated Trapped (The Iron Druid Chronicles, #5) in Books
Jan 30, 2019
In this, Atticus's apprentice Granuaille has finally nearly finished her training, with a large part of the story dealing with Atticus's attempts to get some peace in order to do so: a peace that keeps getting interrupted by the gods and goddesses of various pantheons, a lot of whom bear a grudge against him for various reasons (with the end of the novel having Atticus trying to make amends for previous actions - personally, I felt this was a bit 'tacked on' - against the Norse pantheon)
Comic relief, as always, is provided by his Irish Wolfhound Oberon (who Atticus can mentally communicate with), providing a much needed dose of lightening to the proceedings.
Truth and Fear
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A new edition with glorious new cover art. Peter Higgins' Vlast is a superbly imagined 'other'...
Joe Goodhart (27 KP) rated Hounded in Books
Nov 30, 2020
From the first page, there is a playful sense of adventure within, and that is good. Unfortunately, having the lead character "knock boots" with any of the Tuatha Dé Danann who appear in the book left an unpleasant taste in mouth. Further exacerbating the taste was the objectification used in his description of anyone of the opposite sex! Wow! It started to feel like a ride on the Misogynist Express..and that was only the first six Chapters (I couldn't go any further)!
It's a shame, too, because the series has garner a more than fair amount of praise, and with the upcoming Dabel Brothers comic adaptation of the series, I was looking forward to this. Ah well, there's other, less sexist/misogynistic/etc. fantasy/urban fantasy out there. You (and I) can do better to search elsewhere..