Jim Butcher is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Dresden Files, the Codex Alera, and the Cinder Spires novels. He lives in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado.
Praise for the Dresden Files
“Think Buffy the Vampire Slayer starring Philip
Marlowe.”—Entertainment Weekly
“Fans of Laurell K. Hamilton and Tanya Huff will love this
series.”—Midwest Book Review
“Superlative.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review)
“One of the most enjoyable marriages of the fantasy and mystery
genres on the shelves.”—Cinescape
“Butcher...spins an excellent noirish detective yarn in a
well-crafted, supernaturally-charged setting. The supporting cast
is again fantastic, and Harry’s wit continues to fly in the face of
a peril-fraught plot.”—Booklist (starred review)
“What’s not to like about this series?...It takes the best elements
of urban fantasy, mixes it with some good old-fashioned noir
mystery, tosses in a dash of romance and a lot of high-octane
action, shakes, stirs, and serves.”—SF Site
“A tricky plot complete with against-the-clock pacing, firefights,
explosions, and plenty of magic. Longtime series fans as well as
newcomers drawn by the SciFi Channel’s TV series based on the
novels should find this supernatural mystery a real
winner.”—Library Journal
“What would you get if you crossed Spenser with Merlin? Probably
you would come up with someone very like Harry Dresden, wizard,
tough guy and star of [the Dresden Files].”—The Washington Times
Butcher's seventh comic supernatural Dresden Files novel makes a welcome leap to hardcover (after 2004's Blood Rites). Harry Dresden, a wizard PI living in Chicago with his half-brother, who's an incubus, and his dog, Mouse, learns that his girlfriend, a Chicago police officer specializing in occult investigations, is being blackmailed by a vampire. Unfortunately, every dark-magic wielder in Chicago apparently wants the same thing as the vampire-the spells of an unpleasant necromancer, Kemmler, whom Dresden's employers, the White Council, eliminated some years earlier. With Kemmler's spells one can summon the Erlking, the leader of the Wild Hunt, and draw on his magic to achieve godlike powers-at the cost of thousands of lives. To thwart the various ghouls, sorcerers and body-stealers in their evil quest, Dresden must turn for help to a reluctantly heroic medical examiner, Waldo Butters; a pack of werewolves, the Alphas; and a fallen angel, disguised as a bookstore clerk. Horror fans with a sense of humor will be pleased. Agent, Jennifer Jackson at DMLA. (May 3) Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.
Praise for the Dresden Files
"Think Buffy the Vampire Slayer starring Philip
Marlowe."-Entertainment Weekly
"Fans of Laurell K. Hamilton and Tanya Huff will love this
series."-Midwest Book Review
"Superlative."-Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"One of the most enjoyable marriages of the fantasy and mystery
genres on the shelves."-Cinescape
"Butcher...spins an excellent noirish detective yarn in a
well-crafted, supernaturally-charged setting. The supporting cast
is again fantastic, and Harry's wit continues to fly in the face of
a peril-fraught plot."-Booklist (starred review)
"What's not to like about this series?...It takes the best elements
of urban fantasy, mixes it with some good old-fashioned noir
mystery, tosses in a dash of romance and a lot of high-octane
action, shakes, stirs, and serves."-SF Site
"A tricky plot complete with against-the-clock pacing, firefights,
explosions, and plenty of magic. Longtime series fans as well as
newcomers drawn by the SciFi Channel's TV series based on the
novels should find this supernatural mystery a real
winner."-Library Journal
"What would you get if you crossed Spenser with Merlin? Probably
you would come up with someone very like Harry Dresden, wizard,
tough guy and star of [the Dresden Files]."-The Washington
Times
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