Storm Front: The Dresden Files, Book 1
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| Rating | : | 4.90 (882 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B002CSL0BQ |
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| Number of Pages | : | 492 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-02-19 |
| Language | : | English |
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So when the police bring him in to consult on a grisly double murder committed with black magic, Harry's seeing dollar signs. THE FIRST DRESDEN FILES NOVEL FROM #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR JIM BUTCHERFor Harry Dresden—Chicago's only professional wizard—business, to put it mildly, stinks. But where there's black magic, there's a black mage behind it. And now that mage knows Harry's name“A great series—fast-paced, vividly realized and with a hero/narrator who’s excellent company.”—Cinescape
Ailith said The books get a helluva lot better as the series goes. The books get a helluva lot better as the series goes. It was just barely good enough to keep me in until book 5 really hooked me. But the only reasons I made it thru the first two was how much I like Harry himself, and I figured it would get better.. A great work of modern fantasy Helen E. Paus This is the first book in the Dresden Files series. At present (2017), the series has 15 books, with the 16th book due sometime in 2018. Storm Front is an excellent introduction to Harry Dresden, a young wizard in modern Chicago, as he takes on his first major enemy and begins to hone his talent. Fans of the series who have read all 15 books, will often point to this book as being less refined piece of literature compared to later books in the series. Even the author himself sees the first couple of books as openers, with the series hitting its stride in the 3rd book. Some argue that this is cause to skip this book and the second.DO. NOT. series is off to a good start Sneaky Burrito I've previously read and enjoyed Jim Butcher's "Codex Alera" series, and the Dresden Files came highly recommended from some online acquaintances (whose opinions I trust in such matters), so when I saw the Kindle deal for the first seven Dresden books, I took the bait. I'm glad I did.I've read a number of hardboiled detective novels (from back in the day) and I could see some of that influence here. Actually, that influence was stronger in "Storm Front" than it was in some of the later Dresden books (I'm up through #4 right now). I think Butcher was still trying to find his voice in this book. He's decent at the detective novel thing (cl
In this outing, Harry is again out of cash, and police detective Karrin Murphy, who's still angry at him over the events of the first book, isn't inclined to throw work his way. But soon a series of mysterious, violent murders sends her to Harry for help. . From Publishers Weekly As in the audio adaptation of Butcher's first Dresden Files novel, Storm Front, Marsters (who played Spike on Buffy the Vampire Slayer) slips easily into the role of down-on-his-luck wizard Harry Dresden. Marsters's self-deprecat