'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. 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

'A tricky plot complete with against-the-clock pacing, firefights, explosions, and plenty of magic.

'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 The supporting cast is again fantastic, and Harry's wit continues to fly in the face of a peril-fraught plot.'- Booklist (starred review) 'Butcher.spins an excellent noirish detective yarn in a well-crafted, supernaturally-charged setting. 'One of the most enjoyable marriages of the fantasy and mystery genres on the shelves.'- Cinescape 'Superlative.'- Publishers Weekly (starred review) Hamilton and Tanya Huff will love this series.'- Midwest Book Review It can get a guy killed.'Think Buffy the Vampire Slayer starring Philip Marlowe.'- Entertainment Weekly

How messed up is that?Beset by his new enemies and hounded by the old, Dresden has only twenty four hours to reconnect with his old allies, prevent a cataclysm and do the impossible - all while the power he bargained to get - but never meant to keep - lays siege to his very soul.Magic. Even as he grapples with the impossible task, Dresden learns of a looming danger to Demonreach, the living island hidden upon Lake Michigan, a place whose true purpose and dark potential have the potential to destroy billions and to land Dresden in the deepest trouble he has ever known - even deeper than being dead. You can't keep a good wizard down - even when he wants to stay that way.For years, Harry Dresden has been Chicago's only professional wizard, but a bargain made in desperation with the Queen of Air and Darkness has forced him into a new job: professional killer.Mab, the mother of wicked faeries, has restored the mostly-dead wizard to health, and dispatches him upon his first mission - to bring death to an immortal.

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