From the New York Times best-selling author of The Iron Druid Chronicles comes book two of an “action-packed, enchantingly fun” (Booklist) spin-off series, as an eccentric master of rare magic solves a supernatural mystery Down Under!

There’s only one Al MacBharrais: Though other Scotsmen may have dramatic mustaches and a taste for fancy cocktails, Al also has a unique talent. He’s a master of ink and sigil magic. In his gifted hands, paper and pen can work wondrous spells.

But Al isn’t quite alone: He is part of a global network of sigil agents who use their powers to protect the world from mischievous gods and strange monsters. So when a fellow agent disappears under sinister circumstances in Australia, Al leaves behind the cozy pubs and cafes of Glasgow and travels to the Dandenong Ranges in Victoria to solve the mystery.

The trail to his colleague begins to pile up with bodies at alarming speed, so Al is grateful his friends have come to help - especially Nadia, his accountant who moonlights as a pit fighter. Together with a whisky-loving hobgoblin known as Buck Foi and the ancient Druid Atticus O’Sullivan, along with his dogs, Oberon and Starbuck, Al and Nadia will face down the wildest wonders Australia - and the supernatural world - can throw at them, and confront a legendary monster not seen in centuries.

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Kevin Hearne
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Listening Length	10 hours and 6 minutes
Author	Kevin Hearne
Narrator	Luke Daniels
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Audible.com Release Date	August 10, 2021
Publisher	Random House Audio
Program Type	Audiobook
Version	Unabridged
Language	English
ASIN	B08R94YX6K
Best Sellers Rank	#13,435 in Audible Books & Originals (See Top 100 in Audible Books & Originals) #179 in Contemporary Fantasy #407 in Paranormal Fantasy #3,518 in Paranormal & Urban Fantasy (Books)

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GreasyLittleDog

Great story, but stop the woke hypocritical lecturing

Reviewed in the United States on August 22, 2021

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This series is good, this story is good, the writing is good, the world building is good. I would give this 5 stars if not for the woke liberal lecturing this author does in this book. It is totally hypocritical of a white male author whose main heroes are white men to lecture on the inane ideas of inherent white privilege and systemic racism. Also he actually lectures about the evils of capitalism while at the same time selling his novels on a corporate giant like Amazon (love Amazon, but clearly he is confused about who is helping him sell his books like a good capitalist). I still like the book, but wish he'd shut up on the woke stuff.

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More Iron Druid than Al and Buck, but in a heavy-handed lecturing manner

Reviewed in the United States on August 27, 2021

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The book barely linked to the previous book. The writing appeared rushed and not well developed, as if Hearne was trying to meet a deadline or just does not like the new characters very much. Also, there is a clear political message that is new to his writing.

I was expecting more world building and some interesting new characters. I really enjoyed the Iron Druid series so it was good to see the Iron Druid and his dogs again. But, it was done clearly at the expense of the other characters. I was also expecting typical humor of the Iron Druid series, but the book was very preachy about woke topics. If I wanted to be lectured to, I could find many other ways to have that done. I enjoy reading fiction books for creativity and escapism/change of scenery, not lectures. I only finished the book due to the Iron Druid. Otherwise, I would have stopped reading about a quarter of the way into the book.

I am afraid that Hearne keeps up with this style, this will be the last one of his books I purchase.

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David

Great read if you think pandering social justice and wokism belongs in your favorite literature

Reviewed in the United States on August 18, 2021

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What a total disappointment after a patient wait since the last one of his i read, i am starting to wonder if i missed certain ingredients from his previous books because i never noticed the liberal wokeist social justice warrior propaganda be so lavishly spewed forth instead of actual plot twists and charchter development in other words i didnt appreciate being pandered to when i go to read a book i want to be entertained and intrigued not indoctrinated into the brave new left wing radical agenda thank you very much. I dont believe that crap has anything to do with fairy tales or mythology or druidry. If i need a dose of that i will watch msnbc or cnn or tune into anything produced in hollywood post 2017. Leave it out of story time, eh dude?

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Alix

Excellent Read- Mild Possible Spoilers

Reviewed in the United States on August 29, 2021

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This was a great continuation of the series and we saw some old friends as well. Al is a great narrator, and the growing warmth between he, Nadia and Buck is not only well-written, but wonderful to read. I actually started the first book of this series over again to be able to reread this book again. I like that the sigil agents are humans with a human time span to work things out, but also get to interact with magic. Hearne’s world is immersive and reaching the end of this one was a bit jarring. I cannot wait to see what is next!

SPOILERS SORT OF

To those who are complaining about the “wokeness” of this book, Al works at a job where an understanding of power systems and power is necessary for his survival. Most of the entities he drafts contracts for could squish him like a bug. The fact that he would notice power systems wherever they exist is probably an occupational hazard. Pointing them out isn’t being “woke” whatever that means. It is being observant.

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From Long Island

Good story; prefer NOT to be lectured to though

Reviewed in the United States on August 13, 2021

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I enjoyed the story and characters but too much not so subtle editorializing about social mores that seem out of character for a 60 something yr old Glaswegian Maybe a college professor of that age would have those thoughts but I don’t think Al’s history would lead to the positions the author places in his head. I recommend it but could see some bothered by it similar to how some resent Bruce Springsteen’s politics and avoid his music. I’m NOT capable of that either, I love me some Bruce.

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Mr. Inflexible

Big drop from the first one.

Reviewed in the United States on August 28, 2021

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I really liked the first one. Enough so that I bought this one at full price rather than wait for a deal of some sort. Overall, I was disappointed in the book. Another of the author's characters, the Iron Druid, is involved. With the way the plot develops, it's hard to tell if he really wanted the druid in the book and then came up with a reason for him to be there, or if he had some cool things he wanted in the book and then realized the only way for the characters to get past those things was to add in his own deus ex machina. At some points I wondered if someone else had written sections of the book because it was so poor compared to the first one. The book did pick up towards the end. I am unlikely to buy the next book unless it is on sale or I find a paperback at one of those used bookstores.

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Anon

Reads like a mediocre fan fiction of Iron Druid

Reviewed in the United States on January 9, 2022

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I loved the Iron Druid series of books by the author, but this one is just painful to get through. I bought the first book of the series but despite repeated attempts, could never finish it. Reading that this book brings our favorite druid back, I was excited to start reading it (I even used the search feature on my kindle ebook to search for Atticus and start reading from that point).
It adds our favorite Druid back to action, but never gives us his perspective even though he clearly is the most powerful member of the heroic party (at least the most powerful one doing something on their own initiative.).
the MC is just not interesting or snarky enough. Everything seems like a pale copy of the OG series and IMO does not work that well.
There are multiple moments which could benefit from the readers (or at least this reader) knowing what other characters are thinking but we never get that and it just leaves an underwhelming taste in the mouth.
Even one of the mysterious characters introduced (to me since I did not read the first book) seems like a gag character by their name, but everyone defers to them. At least in Iron Druid series if a character was genuinely powerful, they did not have a gag name.
Overall it felt like a mediocre fan fiction of the Iron Druid chronicles.

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KGBeast

Druiden-Siegelmeister-Crossover: doppelter Spaß

Reviewed in Germany on November 6, 2021

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Al MacBharrais ist weiter in seiner Werkstatt in Glasgow tätig, während er sich den Kopf darüber zerbricht, wer ihm die beiden lebensverändernden Flüche angehängt hat, die zum Einen Hörer seiner Stimme extrem wütend machen, weswegen er mit einer Sprachausgabe-App auf seinem Smartphone kommunizieren muss, und zum anderen bewirkt, dass seine Lehrlinge nach etwa einem Jahr durch Unfälle das Zeitliche segnen.

Da erreicht ihn ein Notruf eines Lehrlings einer Siegelagentin aus Australien, deren Meisterin und Mitschülerin verschwunden sind. Zusammen mit dem Kobold Buck Foi begibt er sich über einen 'alten Weg' nach Melbourne, wo er die angehende Kollegin trifft.

Die Ermittlungen zum Verschwinden der beiden Siegelagentinnen führen das Trio an den Rand eines Naturschutzgebietes, in dem fürchterliche schimärenartige Monster aufgetaucht sind - und auf dem Weg gabeln sie auch noch Als neue Mitarbeiterin Nadia auf, die ihrem Chef auf eigene Faust nachgereist ist.

Trotz dieser Verstärkung - und dem Auffinden eines Australischen Polizisten, der als einziger einen Angriff der Schimären auf seine Einheit überlebt hat - erscheint das Problem für die Gruppe unüberwindbar zu sein - bis Atticus, der Eiserne Druide mit seinen beiden treuen Begleitern Oberon und Starbuck auftaucht. Und eine scheinbar Verstorbene aufsteht und ihre Hilfe anbietet. Und wo kommt eigentlich Als Rezeptionistin auf einmal her?

Dieser Roman ist ein hundertprozentiges Crossover mit der 'Eisernen-Druiden' -Reihe und gerade in der zweiten Hälfte voller großer Überraschungen. Und nebenher ein paar netten Informationen über Nessie.

Ein schöner zweiter Teil, der auch Hoffnungen auf zumindest einen weiteren 'Eiserner-Druiden' -Roman macht. Allerdings sollte man die anderen Romane und den ersten 'Tinte-und-Siegel' - Roman schon kennen, um diesen richtig genießen zu können.

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Amusing and Action Packed

Reviewed in Canada on September 5, 2021

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Another great book. Lots of good jokes, and some interesting twists. I love that this book is a part of the Iron Druid universe where we can hear how he and the dogs are doing. Love the quirky characters and random references to pop culture and history.

Gord Msomething

Good story, annoying politics

Reviewed in Canada on August 18, 2021

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The Ink and Sigil premise is quite an interesting approach to the magic in the modern world scenario, and I respect Kevin Hearne's story telling. The story gets sidetracked at times though, with the pointless politically correct lecturing the main characters keep spouting. The unfortunate effect on the story of this sanctimoniousness is, a good interesting start ends up becoming boring. I finished the second book more out habit then any real interest in the characters, and have no real interest if there's a third coming.

DLacey

Great Read

Reviewed in Canada on September 1, 2021

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The Iron Druid Universe continues to delight with interesting characters that have real emotions and some darn snappy jokes. Will continue to read any more that come. I like them almost as much as dogs like sausages.

Gill

Excellent

Reviewed in Canada on January 14, 2022

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Loved the quality of writing , content and cover. . Also how fast it arrived.

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