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| Author: Jim Butcher
Publisher: Roc Hardcover
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Media: Hardcover
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Pages: 448
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Dimensions (in): 9.3 x 6.6 x 1.4
ISBN: 045146317X
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.6
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ASIN: 045146317X
Publication Date: April 6, 2010
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Product Description
The new novel in the #1 New York Times bestselling Dresden Files series.
Long ago, Susan Rodriguez was Harry Dresden's lover-until she was attacked by his enemies, leaving her torn between her own humanity and the bloodlust of the vampiric Red Court. Susan then disappeared to South America, where she could fight both her savage gift and those who cursed her with it.
Now Arianna Ortega, Duchess of the Red Court, has discovered a secret Susan has long kept, and she plans to use it-against Harry. To prevail this time, he may have no choice but to embrace the raging fury of his own untapped dark power. Because Harry's not fighting to save the world...
He's fighting to save his child.
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 Changes? Eh...I guess so July 27, 2010
Purple Hazel (Brookeville, MD)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I've read them all and I'll continue reading them until Butcher stops writing them. Harry Dresden is a flawed hero who is easy to like and who surrounds himself with other characters who are difficult to dismiss. As a reader, it's not so easy for me to find truly great writers who are truly great storytellers in this genre. As a writer, Butcher is sometimes one and sometimes the other, but his writing is consistent enough and entertaining enough to keep me buying his books. I find myself most engaged in his Dresden stories when he has Harry dialoguing with his sidekick du jour. I find myself skipping pages when he goes off on one of his neverending action sequences, especially when they seem totally extraneous to the main plot (ie, the fire rescue of the old people in his apartment building). Bottom line: Butcher is a little predictable and a lot hokey, but he's constructed a fairly unique world that I enjoy visiting from time-to-time. This isn't a 5-star book and Jim Butcher isn't a 5-star writer, but he does seem to know his fans and keeps adding worthwhile material to the Harry Dresden catalogue.
 A fun read, as always. July 25, 2010
Gery G. Ruddick
I just wish Jim Butcher would turn out these Dresden Files novels more often. For me, he's up there with Robert Crais and Elizabeth Peters for turning out consistently fun reads. I always enjoy the mixture of inventive plots, humorous asides, and interesting characters, and I found myself reading realllllly slowly to draw out the experience. This in a tiny point, but I think the final scene might have played better if the setting had been an unknown Mayan ruin deep in the jungle (there seem to be plenty of these) instead of the Chichen Itza.
 Wow...Epic! July 23, 2010
Catherine
While reading this series I have seen Harry face a lot. With each book he becomes a little more beaten down, and a little harder. Through it all he's maintained his moral code. He's very firm about how far he is willing to go and what lines he can never cross.
Sometimes, an event will happen that is so viscerally important that you will be willing to do anything to fix it. Nothing matters, not yourself, not the future. Nothing except the person at the center of that event. This book is Harry's crucible. He will run the gauntlet and find out how far he is really willing to go.
This book is...epic for Harry. Everything he knows and depends on for stability seems to crumble around him. The author pulled no punches in this one. The things we have identified with Harry and looked at as part of his identity for this whole series are ruthlessly stripped from him. The author seems to leave Harry naked, with only his wits and a few friends willing to stand by him when it's important to him.
Always before, Harry gets into tough situations for someone else. He may get in a little too deep by himself, but the original situations are usually not of his making. He is always willing to help the underdog out. If it's important, even if he really doesn't like you, he'll be there. That's just the kind of guy he is. In this book it is finally a situation that Harry needs help with for himself. He's asking personal favors because this situation is personal.
As Harry searches for allies, we notice a definite split in the group of people he associates with. This is the book that shows who his real friends are. When your so-called friends turn their back on you, you only have so many options. Harry needs people on his side for this. It will be the biggest, most important fight of his life to date. If he can't find allies through his associates, he'll find them somewhere, one way or another.
It's really hard for me to talk about the sheer awesomeness of this book without giving away spoilers. While reading I was shocked. I never expected the author to do something like this. It's not just the obvious lines that Harry crosses that were so surprising. It was just the whole situation. As I saw person after person refuse to help him I got so pissed off! The people who stuck by him didn't surprise me, they'll die for Harry. It was all the others that made me so mad. They're supposed to be a unit! They're supposed to be there for each other! I hope that bridge is burned.
Even after being finished with the book for a while now, it's still so hard to imagine what's going to come next for Harry. A lot have things changed in this book and he's going to have to deal with the fall out in the next book.
By the way, Murphy really impressed me in this book. She's always been there for Harry, but she really steps up her game here. I was so glad she was there for Harry to lean on when he started to crack. I can't believe that her whole identity is a hairsbreadth from being taken too. So many changes for so many people.
One last point! I'm so impressed that Harry has finally decided that even if the situation is horrifically dangerous he won't hold back someone who wants to help him. He's grown enough to know that they're all adults and he can't shelter them all the time. He has to take help wherever he can find it. Kudos Harry!
I'm so anxious for the next book! That was a horrible cliffhanger at the end! What happened??? I need to know!
 Have scapegoat, will travel July 18, 2010
Julie Dowdy (Westerville, Ohio)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
It's not a surprise that Harry Dresden has been leaning towards The Dark Side. Jim Butcher has done a masterful job through book after book of setting this up. We've all been wondering what, exactly, would cause Harry to do The Bad Thing, who in Harry's life would cause him to make that choice, but when it finally came to Harry making the choices and doing the deeds that cracked his moral compass and obliterated the line between right and wrong, Butcher absolutely punked out by giving Harry a scapegoat in which to do so - he did it for his kid. Aw, see now it makes it okay.
This entire book was one long rambling mess. Anyone and everyone that's been in the series was in it, whether they should have been or not. Everything popped up, whether it made sense or not. Side tangents went nowhere. Open plots from past books remained gaping while brand new ones left me thinking, "Wait, what?" more than once. Harry can still call Lasciel's coin to him whenever he wants? Really? Because....?
I at least now understand why Butcher so coldly and abruptly dismissed the character of Michael. Michael's involvement with this book and with Harry's actions would have proved a significant challenge to write. It's the only reasoning I can come up with as to why he would only devote a total of about six lines to a major character's near death and subsequent vanishing act. Michael's better off not being a part of this mess.
I could have forgiven 90% of the book for the absolutely epic battle at the end if Butcher hadn't then ruined that with the Murphy/Dresden scene at the end. Why is he still flogging that dead horse when both of the characters had moved on from this crap in earlier books?
As for who is responsible for what happened in the last seconds of the book? There's a line forming to the left.
One of the best in the Dresden Files series July 15, 2010
Richard E. Adams (Kent, OH)
First, I'm a really big fan of Harry Dresden. This series is one of the best urban fantasies on the market today. Period. As a number of other reviewers have noted, this book marks several changes in Dresden's life: a child that he never know that he had and the return of Susan Rodriguez. There are other changes, but I don't want to be a spoiler for all of the events that take place. I will say one thing about his book, which is true for most of the later books in the series, and that is Butcher does not ask, but absolutely requires, that you have read the earlier books if you want to fully understand what is going on. Even die hard Dresden fans, like me, will have a hard time in places with this book unless you have read the previous books recently or have an excellent memory. At one point, for example, Harry, Susan and Susan's colleague, Martin, are standing at the edge of cliff about to drink a potion which will allow them to float down and, hopefully, infiltrate a Red Court facility. Susan hesitates to drink the potion and makes a comment about how the last time she drank one of Harry's potions, the situation became embarrassing. That is reference back to the first book in the series. You have to have read it in order to appreciate the remark. This book demands that type of background knowledge. If you have that knowledge, then you love this book. Yes, some of the banter and humor are missing in this book compared to earlier ones, but that has been increasingly true as the series progresses. My one quibble with the book is how it ends. I would have preferred that the last chapter had been moved to the next book in the series, which I am really looking forward to. What better way to end a book than with the statement, "God forgive me." I'd be interested if others feel the same. Whatever you think of the ending, and it is a dozy, get the book, read the series, you won't be disappointed. Highly recommended.
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