Tricked
core novel 2012 The Iron Druid Chronicles
Record
| First published | 2012 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.25 (51,257 ratings, collected 2026-08-27) |
| Page count | 341 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780345533623 |
| Internal chronology | 4 |
Synopsis
The fourth book in the Iron Druid Chronicles opens with Atticus O'Sullivan striking a bargain with the trickster god Coyote to help him fake his own death. The staged demise is meant to give Atticus and his apprentice Granuaile room to train without interference from a Norse pantheon still angry over his previous exploits. The plan quickly proves more complicated than expected: Atticus has to contend with dangerous supernatural threats lurking in the Arizona desert, including Garm, the persistent hound of the underworld goddess Hel, and he discovers that faking his death has not made him safe from those who wish him harm, forcing him to navigate the fallout of his own disappearance while protecting the people closest to him.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Iron Druid Chronicles
- Series: The Iron Druid Chronicles core; position 4 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, but they resolve to the exact same sequence for this book, so one combined line is shown instead of two identical ones.
- Reading order, within the series The Iron Druid Chronicles: position 4 of 10: previous Hammered (2011) · next Trapped (2012)
Sources
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