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So, I evidently picked up C. E. Murphy's Urban Shaman at one book sale or another, and wound up reading it this past week.

We're following Joanne Walker (AKA Sibohan Walkingstick) as she's flying back to Seattle from her Irish mother's funeral. The oddness gets going on page 1 as Jo sees a woman being chased across northeast Seattle from the plane. After convincing absolutely no one of what she saw from 10000 feet, She hires an older cab driver, Gary, who manages to get her to a church, where she finds the woman who was being chased, who also claims to be a banshee. Then Cernunnos shows up, and everything gets weird.

Well, ok, we're dealing with Herne the Hunter and Cernunnos, as well as a certain coyote who shows up to try to get Jo through shaman training. Seems Jo was a brand new soul built to tie together Irish and Native blood. Which is nice when one is being chased by the Wild Hunt.

Normally in this trope, the main character is either disbelieving for a while or has already been in the life for a while before the narrative starts. In this, she starts off as a non believer, but quickly shatters that after the weird starts.

Really, this mixing of world mythos reminded me quite a bit of Iron Druid. Other than the rush to get the character moving, it's actually a fun romp. I'll have to look to see if there's more.