This is the first book in the Harry Dresden series. Harry is a wizard for hire. The only one in the Chicago Yellow Pages. That does provide context for when the first book was published. I seldom reread books, not because I didn't enjoy them but because there are so many books in my TBR pile that I want to get to. However, I made an exception and I am glad I did. Harry finds himself in hot water with the Wizard Council and Morgan their implacable enforcer. Harry successfully alienates the newest most powerful gangster in town, his friend the cop and the local high vampire. Diplomacy will never be Harry's forte. I like the fact that Butcher has a wizard who demonstrates the strength of core needed to resist temptation and to strive for good. Today we find too many people who covet with no limits, they never curb their greed or their ignorance. Harry demonstrates nobility and strength in the teeth of adversity.
I STRONGLY recommend the entire series and anything Jim Butcher decides to write.
This book may have been received free of charge from a publisher or a publicist. That will NEVER have a bearing on my recommendations.
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