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
Whispersync for Voice	Ready
Audible.com Release Date	August 10, 2021
Publisher	Random House Audio
Program Type	Audiobook
Version	Unabridged
Language	English
ASIN	B08R94YX6K
Best Sellers Rank	#17,031 in Audible Books & Originals (See Top 100 in Audible Books & Originals) #192 in Contemporary Fantasy #483 in Paranormal Fantasy #3,743 in Paranormal & Urban Fantasy (Books)

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Fun reading

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on October 13, 2022

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It's written by Kevin Hearne. That's good enough reason to read it. The whole concept behind the series is brilliant. For comic relief, we have a pink hobgoblin with a really interesting outlook on life. Somebody should tell Buck about a certain Russian oligarch who is fantastically wealthy and desperately, for the good of the world, needs to be robbed blind.
There is a fantastic mystery to be solved, so I plan on following the series through to the end.

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james a. mercer

Great series and adventure

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on August 10, 2022

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Mr. Hearne never fails to delight in both characters and adventures. I have read almost all of his books and not been disappointed in any of them. Thank you Mr. Hearne for reading enjoyment, can't wait until the next one.

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Christopher J. Boozell

Only one character missing!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on October 6, 2021

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Kevin Hearne remains a good story teller - here, Sigil Agent Al continues a fun romp with a growing cast of characters, and developing the mystery which has caused him so much grief. And seeing the Iron Druid and Oberon again was great!

Honestly, the only character I was really looking for, but who never showed up: 37 year old man, Dennis the Filth Picker, made famous by his performance in Monty Python's Holy Grail. His erudite attacks on Western political structures would have added nicely to the many, many, MANY sermons on the evils of Western/Anglo/Hetero Masculinity and Capitalism; a cultural situation which, while certainly adding to Kevin's personal wealth, apparently gives our talented author the vapors.

But, overlooking that one lapse, this is a fun story, peopled with a number of interesting folks, and exploring a fun magic system. I look forward to the next installment! (But, Kevin . . . PLEASE include Dennis next time!?!?)

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Great read

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on July 7, 2022

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The two books in this series by Kevin Hearne are a good rolling read. The have the added story of the Iron Druid him self and what happened to him . It keep you guessing

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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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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!

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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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Edward Broyles

Small surprise

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 8, 2022

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The side stories that came out in the middle of the book initially were distracting. I kept reading just to get past them. But I was very pleasantly surprised when I saw how they actually augmented the story. To be honest I didn't much like how the Iron Druid series ended. This story provided a very good epilogue to that series and a brilliant segue to a new series. Well done!!!

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RAK

Trinidadian marinade! Yeah man !

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on February 15, 2022

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Again great to meet up with the Iron Druid and the Morrigan. The stories from Oberon, Atticus and Buck were very amusing. Nadia is a very interesting character with her demi goddess powers.

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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.

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Brilliant as always

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on October 24, 2022

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I just love Kevin writing style and sense of humor. His books never disappoint s except when they are over cause you always want more stories and adventure. Can't wait for the next book

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.

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