Hammered: The Iron Druid Chronicles, Book 3 Audible Audiobook – Unabridged

Kevin Hearne (Author), Christopher Ragland (Narrator), Hachette Audio UK (Publisher)

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Thor, the Norse god of thunder, is worse than a blowhard and a bully - he's ruined countless lives and killed scores of innocents. 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. One survival strategy has worked for Atticus for more than two thousand years: stay away from the guy with the lightning bolts. But things are heating up in Atticus's home base of Tempe, Arizona. There's a vampire turf war brewing, and Russian demon hunters who call themselves the Hammers of God are running rampant. Despite multiple warnings and portents of dire consequences, Atticus and Leif journey to the Norse plain 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.

This is book three of the Iron Druid Chronicles series. If you would like to hear more, you will find the first chapter of book four at the end of this recording.

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10 hours and 26 minutes
Author

Kevin Hearne
Narrator

Christopher Ragland
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29 May 2013
Language

English
Publisher

Hachette Audio UK
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B00NX6616K
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Unabridged
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Listening Length	10 hours and 26 minutes
Author	Kevin Hearne
Narrator	Christopher Ragland
Whispersync for Voice	Ready
Audible.com.au Release Date	29 May 2013
Publisher	Hachette Audio UK
Program Type	Audiobook
Version	Unabridged
Language	English
ASIN	B00NX6616K
Best Sellers Rank	34,013 in Audible Books & Originals (See Top 100 in Audible Books & Originals) 2,746 in Science Fiction (Audible Books & Originals) 4,206 in Fantasy (Audible Books & Originals) 5,124 in Military Fantasy (Books)

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Raf Rooseleers

Picking up the pace as I hoped for.

Reviewed in Australia on 9 November 2016

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Now this is a good thing. Coming to the end of this book and longing for the next one. That good a series. Sorry, but I have to go and read the next one...

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... Star Couldn't finish the book 2 Stars Didn't really like the book

Reviewed in Australia on 1 April 2018

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4 1/2 Stars Loved the book, will immediately check out others by author, if asked will recommend book
5 Stars LOVED the book, will immediately check out all others by author, will pre-emptively recommend book to ALL my book friends

This book earned it's five stars, I look forward to recommending it to all my friends and I expect to reread it several times over the years.

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Randal

Iron Druid

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 21 November 2020

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I really like the Iron Druid books, featuring Atticus, an ancient druid who looks about nineteen and runs a bookstore in Tempe Arizona. He has a quirky Irish Wolfhound called Oberon, with whom he has a telepathic link, and an apprentice Druid called Granuaile.

Anyhow, this time Atticus is in trouble after making a couple of promises in exchange for help in the previous book. Both involve trips to Asgard. The first, to retrieve a golden apple, is bad enough, and leads to unintended fatalities. The second promise, to his vampire lawyer friend, Leif, is a game changer. He's promised that he will help Leif kill the Norse god Thor. Thor, apparently is a dangerous and destructive arse, and could do with a good killing, so Atticus Leif and Gunnar the werewolf end up with a team, a Russian thunder god, a Finnish magician and a Chinese immortal, all with good reasons to want Thor dead. But you can't go up against one Norse god without going up against the whole pantheon. There's a lot of collateral damage to the denizens of Asgard and Atticus is warned twice that killing Thor will have extremely bad repercussions, but unfortunately the team members are determined to finish the job

I confess I didn't enjoy this book as much as the first two, and I was trying to work out why. Less Oberon, maybe? In places the pacing seems a little slow, and I didn't particularly connect with the new characters in the god-killing team, especially when there's a long break while everyone tells their own story. In previous books Atticus has been defending himself against beings who want him dead, maybe that's why it didn't feel quite right that this time he was going after someone (a god, no less) without a personal grudge. He knows it's not right, but he's made a promise to a friend and he's going to keep it. I presume the next book will deal with the fallout from Atticus and company's trip to Asgard.

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JoycetheVoice

Looking for a great reading series? Look no further!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 23 June 2021

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Kevin Hearne is a brilliant story teller. I read the series a few years ago and have bought the first three for my youngest 30yr old son to read. I loved the ongoing magical saga based loosely on Norse mythology. Great entertainment with loads of humour interspersed too. Highly recommended.

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Meh.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 1 April 2016

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Bit of a dogs breakfast of a story this one. The author seems determined to have every possible god appear in this tale and so you end up with a mish-mash of the numerous superstitions available. Once again we get the ideology of the American Irish being displayed with all its lack of cultural awareness. Try asking for an Irish Car Bomb in the Falls Road and see how amused the natives are at your wit. While Oberon the dog continues to work well as comic relief this is not enough to make me want to continue with the series.

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Nick Brett

Another good one

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 17 November 2011

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The third in Mr Hearne's enjoyable druid series. Atticus is the last remaining druid, 2000 years old and he looks like he is in his twenties. In an urban fantasy scenario, he deals with Gods of various types and religions and traditional creatures of the night such as witches, vampires and werewolves.

You should read the series in order (and it's worth it) but here Atticus fulfils a promise to help his vampire and Werewolf chums kill the legendary Thor. The author has a light and entertaining touch with many modern references (including Star Trek and Neil Gaiman) but the research and thought is also obvious here. Those with strong religious beliefs may be offended (Atticus has lunch with Jesus) but Hearne is very careful not to mock with his take on a world where religions and Gods co-exist and their strength is based on the level of worship (building on Gaiman's American Gods theme).

There are things unresolved here which will make you eagerly anticipate the next in the series.

Mr N J Skoyles

Just keeps getting better and better!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 26 September 2016

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I am absolutely loving this series. Loaded with surprises and you never quite know what's going to happen next. The main characters are continuing to develop really well and there were some great new characters in this book (Russian thunder God - awesome!). The story was bold and well written. The humour of the previous novels is still very much there despite some more serious undertones. Can't wait to read the next one.

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