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Storm Front: Book One of the Dresden Files (Dresden Files #1)

by Jim Butcher

Storm Front: Book One of the Dresden Files (Dresden Files #1) Cover

ISBN13: 9780451457813
ISBN10: 0451457811
Condition: Standard
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Publisher Comments:

Readers meet Harry Dresden, Wizard for Hire. He finds lost items, conducts paranormal investigations, does consulting work, gives advice and charges reasonable rates. This is the first book in the Dresden Chronicles, with two more to come.

Review:

"An amazingly good first novel." Chris Bunch, author of The Warrior King

Synopsis:

In this first book in the offbeat Dresden Files, readers are introduced to Harry Dresden, a wizard with a consulting practice in modern-day Chicago. Dresdens profession offers him little money, lots of mockery, the suspicion of his magical colleagues, and plenty of danger.
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faedemere, July 10, 2007 (view all comments by faedemere)
Jim Butcher is a witty and talented writer! I love his allusions to popular culture that he sprinkles through out this and all of the following Dresden novels. I am anxiously awaiting the release of "Small Favors" next spring.
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Ealasaid, June 7, 2007 (view all comments by Ealasaid)
This is a surprisingly good debut novel. It's a real page-turner, and lays down the exposition and introductions without being too heavyhanded doing so. Harry Dresden, wizard, is more Sam Spade than Gandalf. He's chiefly a gumshoe who happens to have magical powers. When the Chicago Police come to him to help with a strange case, Harry finds himself facing down both an incredibly powerful magician and the incredibly powerful mob boss in town. It's a cross between hardboiled detective fiction and classic high-magic fantasy that works surprisingly well. Butcher has a great authorial tone and has created a terrific reluctant hero in Harry.
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Joyce Gravino, October 12, 2006 (view all comments by Joyce Gravino)
This first book in the Dresden series is really great. Dresden is different kind of wizard, he really does try to stay within the White Counsel's laws but when things are trying to kill you, what's a wizard to do? This is a very different take on wizard and PI's. I am looking forward to reading the next book in the series.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780451457813
Author:
Butcher, Jim
Publisher:
Roc
Location:
New York :
Subject:
Fiction
Subject:
Fantastic fiction
Subject:
Detective and mystery stories
Subject:
Mystery fiction
Subject:
Fantasy
Subject:
Fantasy fiction
Subject:
Fantasy - Series
Subject:
Fantasy - Contemporary
Subject:
Illinois
Subject:
Wizards
Subject:
Chicago (Ill.)
Copyright:
2000
Edition Description:
Paperback
Series:
Dresden Files
Series Volume:
00-12
Publication Date:
April 2000
Binding:
Mass Market Paperbound
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Pages:
322
Dimensions:
672x426x90 35
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