β Scribed by Jim Butcher
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
From Jim Butcher comes the newest novel in the #1 New York Times bestselling Dresden Files...
Harry Dresden, Chicagos only professional wizard, is about to have a very bad day. Because as Winter Knight to the Queen of Air and Darkness, Harry never knows what the scheming Mab might want him to do. Usually, its something awful.
Mab has traded Harrys skills to pay off a debt. And now he must help a group of villains led by Harrys most despised enemy, Nicodemus Archleone, to break into a high-security vault so that they can then access a vault in the Nevernever.
Problem is, the vault belongs to Hades, Lord of the freaking Underworld. And Dresden is dead certain that Nicodemus has no intention of allowing any of his crew to survive the experience. Dresdens always been tricky, but hes going to have to up his backstabbing game to survive this mess.
Harry Dresden, having finally succumbed to Mab and become the Winter Knight, is hiding out. The spirit of the island can help keep his debilitating headaches at bay, and keep Mab off his back. She shows up with a job for himhelp Nicodemus Archleone steal the Holy Grail from Hades. As if that wasnt enough, its Mab, so nothing is straightforward. Harry, having a good sense for survival, is quite sure Nicodemus is going to do his best to prevent anyone from surviving the experience and that Mab has motives shes not mentioning. Harry brings in Murphy as backup, Michael Carpenter plays his usual stabilizing role, and the rest of Nicodemus team is, though reprehensible, quite an entertaining bunch of supernatural criminals. Harry is incredibly well suited to the heist, especially the back-stabbing, convoluted, conspiratorial heist that Skin Game turns intoand its clear that all of this plotting is leading to another, even more epic confrontation. To top it off, a few loose endsincluding a surprising solution to Harrys headachesget tied back into the story. This should be just what fans of the Dresden Files series would hope for. HIgh Demand Backstory: Butcher is generally regarded as the reigning king of urban fantasy, so librarians will find it impossible to keep fans away from his latest novel. --Regina Schroeder
Praise for Jim Butcher and the #1 New York Times Bestselling DRESDEN FILES
What would you get if you crossed Spenser with Merlin? Probably you would come up with someone very like Harry Dresden.The Washington Times
Think Buffy the Vampire Slayer starring Philip Marlowe.Entertainment Weekly
Harry Dresden is perhaps the best-written supernatural detective working today.SFRevu
Superlative.Publishers Weekly (Starred Review)
The Dresden Files is still one of the most consistently well-written urban fantasy series in existence.LoveVampires
An edge-of-your-seat thriller.Locus
Butcherspins an excellent noirish detective yarn in a well-crafted, supernaturally charged setting.Booklist (Starred Review)
A great seriesone of the most enjoyable marriages of the fantasy and mystery genres on the shelves.Cinescape
This stunning, exciting series entry with its heart-stopping action will shock and thrill Butcher fans.Library Journal
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Chicago wizard Harry Dresden must help a hated enemy, Nicodemus Archleone, break into a high security vault to steal something belonging to the Lord of the Underworld.
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