The Chapel Perilous (The Iron Druid Chronicles, #4.8)

by Kevin Hearne

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Once again we find ourselves enjoying a fire in the wilderness with Granuaile, Oberon, and Atticus. Over marshmallows, he shares the story of the holy grail originally known to him as Dagda’s Cauldron. Atticus claims that the story is a Celtic Druid story that was twisted through time. I enjoyed Hearne's tale about the grail but loved the tidbits about the elemental, the iron around Atticus's neck and his inspiration for his charms and future companions.

This tale may only be thirty-three pages long, but boy did it pack a wallop. The year is 537AD, and Atticus calls himself Gawain. Dagda’s Cauldron is one of the Four Treasures of the Tuatha Dé Danann and reported to feed an Army and never empty.

Gawain (Atticus) travels with a horse named Apple Jack to retrieve the "holy grail" Apple Jack could use speech like Oberon would decades later and their conversations were hilarious. I would love to have spent more time with this horse. The tale that unfolds has them traveling in rain, being attacked by an evil force at an old church and meeting the Fish King before he faces off with an evil entity. This review was originally posted at Caffeinated Reviewer