Besieged
core short fiction 2017 The Iron Druid Chronicles
Record
| First published | 2017 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | short fiction |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.17 (5,798 ratings, collected 2026-08-27) |
| Page count | 235 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780399181733 |
| Internal chronology | 7 |
Synopsis
The eighth entry in the Iron Druid Chronicles is a collection of ten original short stories rather than a single continuous novel, following Atticus O'Sullivan and his companions across a range of eras and settings as ancient gods and other supernatural forces intrude on the modern world. The stories include a heist inside an ancient Egyptian chamber, a dangerous encounter at a traveling carnival, an unlikely friendship with William Shakespeare that draws in a coven of witches, and a Gold Rush-era confrontation in San Francisco with a being embodying pure greed. Other tales bring in bogeymen, a vampire horde, restless wraiths and a trip into the realm of the dead, together sketching in episodes from Atticus's long past alongside more recent adventures.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Iron Druid Chronicles
- Series: The Iron Druid Chronicles core; position 8 of 10 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Kevin Hearne
Notes
- From the series record (The Iron Druid Chronicles): Complete 9-novel urban-fantasy sequence starring the last of the Druids, Atticus O'Sullivan, plus the interstitial short-story collection Besieged.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings and are never conflated: a book's place in one says nothing about its place in the other.
- Publication order, within the series The Iron Druid Chronicles: position 9 of 10: previous Staked (2016) · next Scourged (2018)
- Internal chronology, within The Iron Druid Chronicles: position 8 of 10: previous Shattered (2014) · next Staked (2016)
Sources
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