Harry finds out an earth shattering truth and spends the
book regaining his sanity.
I love Butcher’s work.
He has melded so many genres into his own brand of story. The only other major successes I have seen
in this area are Glen Cook’s Garrett and Alex
Bledsoe’s Eddie LaCrosse. They share
the same flavor without ever being the same.
Harry Dresden struggles with his morals and his ethical backbone in this
book.
We see many of the usual suspects, his psychotic god-mother,
Murphy, Sanya, Mouse, Molly and Thomas.
They join Harry on a suicidal mission against the Red Court
Vampires.
Regardless of the trappings of fantasy and monsters, Butcher
creates characters that move you. The
bad guys are pretty darn bad but Butcher allows sparks of goodness to
occasional flash from them. The good
guys are not clueless pawns to Harry’s will, they do what they do based on
principles and love.
The ineptness of the White Council is once more pointed
out. Obviously Butcher has modeled it on
the U. S. Congress as they are a very real example of well intentioned goals
being usurped by gross ineptitude and towering self interest.
I like Butcher’s books because of the characters. Their strength of friendship and their
astounding loyalty has to be admired.
Butcher gives us very worthy heroes, not perfect but striving for
perfection. Butcher’s books make me
feel good that I have read them. This
book will have you scrambling to Butcher’s web site to see what is on the
horizon.
I highly recommend the book.
Body of work of
<a type="amzn" >Jim Butcher</a>
Web Site: http://www.jim-butcher.com/
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