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Jim Butcher

Apr 2010 · Dresden Files Book 7 · Penguin Random House Audio · Narrated by James Marsters

About this audiobook

“The wildest, strangest, best Dresden adventure to date...Butcher’s blending of modern fantasy with classic noir sensibilities ensures that there’s never a dull moment.”—SF Site
 
Paranormal investigations are Harry Dresden’s business and Chicago is his beat, as he tries to bring law and order to a world of wizards and monsters that exists alongside everyday life. And though most inhabitants of the Windy City don’t believe in magic, the Special Investigations Department of the Chicago PD knows better.
 
Karrin Murphy is the head of S. I. and Harry’s good friend. So when a killer vampire threatens to destroy Murphy’s reputation unless Harry does her bidding, he has no choice. The vampire wants the Word of Kemmler (whatever that is) and all the power that comes with it. Now, Harry is in a race against time—and six merciless necromancers—to find the Word before Chicago experiences a Halloween night to wake the dead...

Ratings and reviews

I have listened to all of the books in The Dresden Files multiple times and this book is my favorite one. This one could even be an excellent starter book in the series, if you didn't want to start at the beginning or was worried about not starting with one of the best. I believe this book is one of the best in the whole series. I love the non stop action and surprising turns you didn't even know to expect. You get to truly see Harry Dresdens heart and see what he is willing to do to protect. You will also see through the eyes of someone who isn't a believer of the super natural world, see a coward became so much more. As always I love the narrator and the storys

fantastic series and James Marsters does a great job

one of the best series I've came across.

About the author

Jim Butcher is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Dresden Files, the Codex Alera, and the Cinder Spires novels. He lives in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado.