Trapped

The Iron Druid Chronicles, Book 5

By: Kevin Hearne

Narrated by: Christopher Ragland

After 12 years of secret training, Atticus O'Sullivan is finally ready to bind his apprentice, Granuaile, to the earth and double the number of Druids in the world. But on the eve of the ritual, the world that thought he was dead abruptly discovers that he's still alive, and they would much rather he return to the grave.

Having no other choice, Atticus, his trusted Irish wolfhound, Oberon, and Granuaile travel to the base of Mount Olympus, where the Roman god Bacchus is anxious to take his sworn revenge - but he'll have to get in line behind an ancient vampire, a band of dark elves, and an old god of mischief, who all seem to have ‘Kill the Druid’ at the top of their to-do lists.

This is audiobook five of the Iron Druid Chronicles series. If you would like to hear more, you will find the first chapter of book six - Hunted - at the end of this recording.

©2012 Kevin Hearne (P)2013 Hachette Audio

Mary Sue fanfic

Let me outline the scene loop for every chapter:
- Our protagonist gets in some sort of trouble
- He is unable to use his druidly badassery to extricate himself
- His moody and unpleasant apprentice extricates him with little difficulty
- We are treated to several minutes of the author slobbing said apprentice's knob over how much better she is at everything.

This downgrading of everyone else's competency so that the author's pet can shine all the brighter is the signal feature of Mary Sue fanfic. It's not what I bought into at the start of the series, and I'm not going to bother buying any more of it.