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-deprecating tone fits the character perfectly; he reads with a dry, ironic humor that doesn't mask Harry's genuine concern for the lives of innocents. Marsters also displays a remarkable skill for lending even the strangest characters and creatures voices-including gentleman gangster Johnny Marconi, his henchmen, a sexy female werewolf and Bob, the British-accented talking skull. 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. Are the killings the work of a local motorcycle gang? Or a werewolf-and if so, which werewolf? Mac Finn, the werewolf environmentalist? The group of idealistic college kids who voluntarily become werewolves by night? Or the trigger-happy group of FBI agents turned werewolf vigilantes? Though the price of this audio package may put off some listeners, Marsters's lively telling makes it worth every penny. Based on the Roc paperback. (Sept.) Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.
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Book Description:
Harry Dresden is the best at what he does. Well, technically, he's the only at what he does. So when the Chicago P.D. has a case that transcends mortal creativity or capability, they come to him for answers. For the "everyday" world is actually full of strange and magical things -- and most of them don't play well with humans. That's where Harry comes in. Takes a wizard to catch a -- well, whatever.
There's just one problem. Business, to put it mildly, stinks. So when the police bring him in to consult on a grisly double murder 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. And that's when things start to get... interesting.
Magic. It can get a guy killed.
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This is the first book in the Dresden files series and although it was written a lot earlier than the other books in the series it is still a good read. The book is written so that the story moves at a good pace with great humor. If you like this book then you are going to love the rest of the series, it only gets better from here.
I came to the Dresden Files books after seeing the TV series of the same name, which I found diverting. As a sci-fi and (less so) fantasy reader, and a detective story reader (my favourites in the latter genre are Robert Parker's Spencer, Sara Paretsky's V I Warshawski, authors Joseph Wambaugh and Ed McBain), it was good to see a success made of combining fantasy/horror and the modern hard-boiled private investigator, as Jim Butcher has done with Harry Dresden.
There is more meat in Storm Front than in the TV series, unsurprisingly, but it is a relatively light read that charges through the story with few distractions -- similar in that respect to the Spencer stories, for instance. Like Spencer, there is always something happening that makes me want to read the next page.
The Dresden stories that I've read so far are bit lighter to read than the Warshawski novels, which are also set in Chicago. Both are fairly dark in their subject matter. Although Warshawski's problems tend to be with evil corporations and politicians rather than the out-and-out EVIL that Dresden encounters, the two characters have some similarities as both struggle with internal demons -- as well as the external ones that Dresden confronts.
Overall, the Dresden books are a good read. I'm currently reading them interspersed between other novels and non-fiction works that are tougher and more challenging, which is working very nicely. I'll be buying more.
Harry Dresden is a low rent wizard. So much so, that he is listed in the phone book. He has as much money as Spider-Man doesn't. A dodgy car, apartment, and talking skull.
As such, when the desperate ordinary people need someone, they often call him.
No-one loves Harry, at this point, and he gets involved in some serious weather magic, demon style.
This is my new favourite series! Harry Dresden is totallt captivating, in a bumbling mad professor kind of way with his quick witted retorts and snappy one liners made this book hard to put down. It is light reading but I loved every second of it.
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