The tally continues – so far Dresden has help his own against demons, sorcerers, mobsters, vampires, fairies, ghouls, ghosts, and werewolves (not necessarily in that order). For Jim Butcher’s next trick, he will take on angels (fallen angels to be specific) … while still occasionally dealing with the usual vampires and mobsters, etc. In Death Masks, Harry finds himself re-teamed up with Michael Carpenter – one of the three Knights of the cross. And once he has a couple run-ins with some Denarians (fallen angels who partner with human hosts for a corporial form), he finds himself playing backup to all three of the Knights. Read more “Death Masks”
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Summer Knight
I have to give Jim Butcher credit for his punny titles – I almost wonder if he starts with the title and develops a story to fit it. In this fourth volume of The Dresden Files, Harry finds himself getting perhaps more deeply involved than he would prefer with the realm of the fairies. While most of the books in this series so far have featured fairies to some extent and certainly set the baseline definition of what these creatures are in the Dresden-verse, Summer Knight puts Harry right in the middle of a fairy-realm power struggle. Read more “Summer Knight”
Grave Peril
Demons and sorcerers? No problem. Werewolves of several varieties? Piece of cake. Now how about some ghosts, a conniving fairy godmother, and a den of vampires – maybe a little more challenging than usual. But at least this time Harry gets a little help from some friends (which seem to include a reporter/girlfriend, a holy knight, and an incubus). In Jim Butcher’s third installment of The Dresden Files – Grave Peril – Harry once again starts off in the heat of the action. And as usual Harry’s luck tends to carry him from one frying pan into yet another inferno. Read more “Grave Peril”
Fool Moon
After defeating a demon and a powerful sorcerer in the process of investigating some bizarre murders in Storm Front, Jim Butcher charges into book 2 at full throttle. In Fool Moon, Dresden finds himself up against another type of supernatural creature – this time it is werewolves. And where the first book saw a slow schism forming between Dresden and his friend in the police force, this book slowly brings them back together. Read more “Fool Moon”
Storm Front
As I previously stated, I plan to review all of the books that I have read in The Dresden Files series and will add more reviews as I continue to read the series. The first book in this series by Jim Butcher is entitled Storm Front. In Storm Front, we are introduced to Harry Dresden. Harry is a fairly normal guy – slightly above average intelligence, generally self-confident and self-made – living in modern-day Chicago. He lives in a modest apartment, works out of a small, rented office space where he does business in private investigation as well as police consultation. Only, Harry isn’t a normal P.I. – he’s a wizard. Read more “Storm Front”