The Recurring Cast
Character guide · 14 books · 2011 to 2022 · Mostly set in Tempe, Arizona

Kevin Hearne

FantasyEpic and high fantasyUrban fantasyComic fantasyCosy fantasy

Atticus O'Sullivan, a two-thousand-year-old Irish druid running a bookshop in Arizona, fights gods from many mythologies with his wisecracking wolfhound Oberon. Hearne's Ink and Sigil books follow a Scottish sign-writer who keeps the fae in line.

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Kevin Hearne books in order

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Iron Druid Chronicles

9 books · Set in Tempe, ArizonaUrban fantasyComic fantasy
  1. 1Hounded2011With Atticus O'SullivanBuy on Amazon
  2. 2Hexed2011With Atticus O'SullivanBuy on Amazon
  3. 3Hammered2011With Atticus O'SullivanBuy on Amazon
  4. 4Tricked2012With Atticus O'SullivanBuy on Amazon
  5. 5Trapped2012With Atticus O'SullivanBuy on Amazon
  6. 6Hunted2013With Atticus O'SullivanBuy on Amazon
  7. 7Shattered2014With Atticus O'Sullivan and Granuaile MacTiernanBuy on Amazon
  8. 8Staked2016With Atticus O'SullivanBuy on Amazon
  9. 9Scourged2018With Atticus O'SullivanBuy on Amazon

Ink and Sigil

3 books · Set in GlasgowUrban fantasyCosy fantasy
  1. 1Ink and Sigil2020With Al MacBharraisBuy on Amazon
  2. 2Paper and Blood2021With Al MacBharraisBuy on Amazon
  3. 3Candle and Crow2022With Al MacBharraisBuy on Amazon

Seven Kennings

2 books · Set in an invented worldEpic and high fantasy
  1. 1A Plague of Giants2017Buy on Amazon
  2. 2A Blight of Blackwings2020Buy on Amazon

Characters

8 recurring and key characters, with the book each one first appears in.

The druids

Glasgow

Seven Kennings