Changes

Jim Butcher

Apr 2010 · Penguin

About this ebook

“A can’t-miss entry in one of the best urban-fantasy series currently being published.”—Booklist (starred review)

As Chicago’s only professional wizard, Harry Dresden has faced demons, vampires, werewolves, dark sorcerers, and hosts of horrors from beyond the mortal realm. But nothing could have prepared him for this…
 
Long ago, Susan Rodriguez was Harry's Dresden’s lover—until she was attacked by his enemies, leaving her caught between humanity and the relentless bloodlust of the vampiric Red Court. She disappeared to South America, where she could fight both her savage gift and those who cursed her with it. Now, she needs Harry’s help more than ever.
 
For the vengeful Duchess of the Red Court has discovered a secret Susan has long kept from everyone—including Harry—and she plans to use it. To prevail, Harry may have to unleash the full fury of his untapped power—and he may have no choice but to embrace the darkness within himself.
 
Because this time, he’s fighting to save his child.

Ratings and reviews

The Dresden Files books are such easy reads. This one is the same. It held my attention by mixing humor, drama, and action all into a terrific story. I could have done without the not often used but still present hard core language. Had the F-bomb and GD not been used, this book would have received 5 stars.

A dramatic change for higher stakes, integrating characters from the entire preceding books. Possibilities that were barely alluded to become reality for Harry, and in more dramatic fashion than the rest of us experience, life will never be the same.

Reading the Dresden files from beginning to end, this one fulfilled all expectations and then some. The premise, the writing, the creativity involved are top-notch! Kudos to Butcher for yet another winner, perhaps even more so than anything that came before. All I can say is wow! 5 stars!

About the author

A martial arts enthusiast whose résumé includes a long list of skills rendered obsolete at least two hundred years ago, #1 New York Times bestselling author Jim Butcher turned to writing as a career because anything else probably would have driven him insane. He lives mostly inside his own head so that he can write down the conversation of his imaginary friends, but his head can generally be found in Independence, Missouri. Jim is the author of the Dresden Files, the Codex Alera novels, and the Cinder Spires series, which began with The Aeronaut’s Windlass.