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Dead Beat :Dresden Files #07by Jim Butcher
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:Jim Butcher's Dresden Files novels have been compared to Harry Potter with an adult tone and attitude. Now, in his first hardcover adventure, Harry Dresden must save Chicago from black magic and necromancy — all in a day's work for the city's only professional wizard. Review:"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." Publishers Weekly (Copyright Reed Business Information, Inc.) Review:"Mixing offbeat humor, a hard-boiled style, and rich detail, Butcher's first hardcover...deserves a spot in every library's fantasy or dark fantasy collection." Library Journal Review:"A fun-loaded series." Kirkus Reviews Review:"Butcher's latest maintains the momentum of previous Dresden outings and builds the suspense right up to a rousing conclusion." Booklist About the AuthorA martial arts enthusiast whose résumé includes a long list of skills rendered obsolete at least two hundred years ago, Jim Butcher turned to writing as a career because anything else probably would have driven him insane. He lives with his wife, son, and ferocious guard dog. What Our Readers Are SayingAdd a comment for a chance to win!
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