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The Chapel Perilous by Kevin Hearne

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bambithebarbarian's review against another edition

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adventurous dark fast-paced

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vikingwolf's review

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3.0

Atticus tells the story of a quest he made to recover a stolen item which turned into the legend of The Holy Grail. His sidekick in this story is a scared horse called Apple Jack. It is a decent enough story, told to amuse Oberon and Granuaile but it isn't necessary to read for the ongoing plot so you can skip it without missing anything if you want to.

ericbuscemi's review

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4.0

This was an interesting short story about Atticus's quest for the holy grail in 537 AD, before it was either holy or a grail -- it was "Dagda’s Cauldron, one of the Four Treasures of the Tuatha Dé Danann, which could feed an army and never empty" in the story -- as told by Atticus around a campfire to Granuaile and Oberon.

Also interesting, to me at least, was the author's motivation to write the story, which can be found on his blog here, and his results of self publishing it, which can also be found on his blog here.

philibin's review

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4.0

(4.0 Stars)

This was a very fun short story that combined the world of the Iron Druid and some real world mythology.

reasonpassion's review

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4.0

It's a short story about Atticus and the origins of the grail mythology. There is a perfect nerdy glee with which Hearne writes that is both endearing and inspiring. This is most certainly a great example of that. That it helps explain why Atticus decided to become "the iron druid" is simply icing.