In the first novel in the #1 New York Times bestselling Dresden Files series, Harry Dresden’s investigation of a grisly double murder pulls him into the darkest depths of magical Chicago…
As a professional wizard, Harry Dresden knows firsthand that the “everyday” world is actually full of strange and magical things—and most of them don’t play well with humans. And those that do enjoy playing with humans far too much. He also knows he’s the best at what he does. Technically, he’s the only at what he does. But even though Harry is the only game in town, business—to put it mildly—stinks.
So when the Chicago P.D. bring him in to consult on a double homicide committed with black magic, Harry's seeing dollar signs. 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
Harry Blackstone Copperfield Dresden is a great character, he is care-free, witty, hard-boiled and he is a wizard. Storm Front is the first book in the Dresden Files series mixes magic and fantasy elements with my favourite genre; Hard-Boiled. Dresden is hired by the police as a consultant trying to figure out who is using magic to kill people in Chicago. Like most hard-boiled novels, there are a few twists and turns, the femme fatal and even a gangster to challenge the wizards morels. While I don’t seem to enjoy many fantasy novels, I really loved the combination of fantasy and hard-boiled to create a new type of genre; I believe it’s probably called Magic-Noir. These crossover have huge potential and with the classic hard-boiled recipe, Jim Butcher is on a winning formula (considering there is 14 books in the series so far). I’m looking forward to what will happen next, Dresden has great potential and I hope Butcher doesn’t let me down.
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