The gods of antiquity are alive, and the modern world is their playground. At the center of it all is Atticus O'Sullivan, the two-thousand-year-old druid. Nine captivating tales that not only serve to illustrate the druid's apprentice Granuaille but also teach the reader both laughter and fear. In ancient Egypt, Atticus participates in a raid on the secret chamber beneath the Library of Alexandria. But who would have thought that two Egyptian gods would be working on the security team? In England, the last druid meets the great William Shakespeare – and soon finds himself alongside a trio of witches in a cauldron of boiling water. During the Gold Rush in San Francisco, Atticus personally faces off against the avatar of greed, supported by Sheriff Jack Coffee Hays. Dark men, nasty witches, angry spirits, vampire hordes – Kevin Hearne, the master of urban fantasy with a mythological background, serves up the complete menu in these nine stories.