An action-packed case file from Harry Dresden, private investigator and wizard, by international bestselling author Jim Butcher
As well as being a bestselling author, Jim Butcher is a martial arts enthusiast with fifteen years of experience in various styles. He's also a skilled rider and enjoys fencing, singing, bad SF movies and live-action gaming. Jim lives in Missouri with his wife, son and a houseful of computers.
The fast-paced and compelling 12th book in Butcher's bestselling series (after 2009's Turn Coat) is aptly titled. Beginning with the revelation that wizard detective Harry Dresden has a daughter, Butcher throws one high-stakes curveball after another at his hero. Harry's ex-girlfriend, Susan Rodriguez, discloses young Maggie's existence after vampire Red Court duchess Arianna Ortega kidnaps the child. Ortega holds Harry responsible for the death of her husband and is planning to offer Maggie as a human sacrifice. With a fragile peace in place between the Red Court and the White Council of wizards, Harry is unable to count on them for support in his rescue mission, and he must compromise almost everything he believes in to save his daughter. Butcher is deft at relieving some of the tension and grimness with bursts of gallows humor that keep readers coming back for more. (Apr.) Copyright 2010 Reed Business Information.
This excellent 12th entry in Butcher's (www.jim-butcher.com) No. 1 New York Times best-selling "Dresden Files" series-following Turn Coat (2009), also available from Recorded Books/Penguin Audio-shows the author's continuing ability to keep readers and listeners up way past midnight. Here, Dresden goes up against the Red Court of Vampires to save a child whom he has never met: his own. Actor/series narrator James Marsters (www.jamesmarsterslive.com) delivers his usual pitch-perfect performance, personifying Dresden and mastering all sorts of creatures with the enthusiasm his listeners have come to expect. Catch up on the latest from Chicago's only consulting wizard; highly recommended.-Theresa Connors, Arkansas Tech Univ. Lib., Russellville Copyright 2010 Reed Business Information.
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