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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.
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Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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"Exciting, well-plotted, complex, an excellent read and amazingly good first novel." -- Chris Bunch, author of _The Warrior King_
"Exciting, well-plotted, complex, an excellent read and amazingly good first novel." -- Chris Bunch, author of _The Warrior King_
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Demons and wizards and vampires, oh my,
By E. A Solinas "ea_solinas" (MD USA) - See all my reviews (HALL OF FAME) (TOP 10 REVIEWER) (REAL NAME)
This review is from: Storm Front: Book one of The Dresden Files (Mass Market Paperback)
If Raymond Chandler had written about wizards, vampires and fairies, the result might have been something like the Dresden Files series. And it opens on a high note with the gritty urban fantasy "Storm Front," introducing us to a solid wizard hero and a complex new universe.Business has been slow for Harry Dresden, the wizard PI, so he's eager when two new cases come at once: a missing husband, and a couple slain in the middle of sex -- their hearts exploded from their chests. Talk about a heart attack. As he tries to investigate both cases at once, he finds himself suspended between a vampire madam and a gentlemanly Mafia don. Unfortunately, it seems the White Council of wizards also believes that he did it, and with his proximity to some nasty magics, Harry faces execution in just a few days. And as he unravels an increasingly dark web of drugs, demons and sorcery, Harry discovers that he is the next intended victim... Ever since Laurell K. Hamilton turned to porn, I've been on the lonely long hunt for something similar in theme, but with fewer throbbing body parts. With his wizards, fae, icky vampires and demons, Jim Butcher's series fits the bill -- and exceeds it in every way. He's got the hard-boiled noir thing down, even in modern Chicago -- dark rainy streets, femme fatales (some vampires), and a literally fiery climax. The entire book is an upward spiral of suspense, with the dual threats against Harry's life getting more intense, until it literally seems like there's no way out. His writing strikes a nice balance between stripped-down Chanderlian prose, and detailed horror-fantasy (such as our first look at the grotesque vampire madam Bianca). But Butcher knows how to inject some dark humor and action, such as poor Harry trying to battle a toad-demon with an artificially lustful woman pouncing on him. And some nicely snappy dialogue ("Subtle and quick to anger?" "Not so subtle"). Harry Dresde himself is a great lead character -- he's wry, amusing and a little offbeat, but with some dark personal history that tends to haunt him at the wrong times. The only problem with the characters is that in this particular book, most of the human characters seem rather 2-D, compared to Bob the talking skull or Toot-toot the pizza-loving fairy. "Storm Front" is a solid debut to a solid horror-fantasy-mystery series, with a likable lead and some nicely evocative writing. Definitely a good read, and promises more by the end.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Cocky wizarding ride,
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This review is from: Storm Front: Book one of The Dresden Files (Mass Market Paperback)
A good friend of mine suggested I have a read of the fantasy crime novels of Harry Dresden. It took me only four days to read this book because I loved it so much.This is the first book in the series about a wizard named, Harry Dresden. Thus, the series are called The Dresden Files. As I am new to authour Jim Butcher, I was swept up into his humourously engaging writing about the interesting world of Mr. Dresden. If you're after a book that's gripping, hard to put down, has a good amount of quick witted humour and colourful characters, then this series is for you. I plan to read more of this series and then start another one that Jim Butcher has written, The Codex Alera series. I rate this book 5/5 Priscilla
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Something a little different,
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This review is from: Storm Front: Book one of The Dresden Files (Mass Market Paperback)
This story is unlike anything I've ever read before. It's like an The Maltese Falcon and Storm Born were joined together in unholy matrimony and had a weird kid.Odd though this story may be, I like it. I was thoroughly amused by Harry dealing with mobsters and fingerprinting one moment, and then worrying about voodoo and rogue wizards the next. I don't read a whole lot of urban fantasy that's written by men or that has a male protagonist and I think Butcher and Harry put a refreshing spin on the genre. (I had to laugh though, because only a man would describe a woman his main character finds attractive as "stocky.") Poor Harry is a wizard with a Big Bad Past. He's made some mistakes, and as a result he has the White Council (wizard police) looking over his shoulder constantly. So when magical murders start happening, and Harry is in the vicinity, all of a sudden he finds himself cast as suspect #1. He has to figure out who's really behind the mayhem ASAP, or jail will be the least of his worries. But he's not totally on his own! He has his hilarious sidekick, Bob the Skull (no, really, he's a talking skull) to help him out with magical ingredients. And the enigmatic homicide detective, Karrin Murphy, seems to think he might just be innocent. I really liked the dialogue in this book! This is great escapist reading, especially for those who like urban fantasy but are maybe looking for something a little different within the genre. This is certainly a break from the norm. Final word: (4/5) Fast-paced fun for fantasy fans.
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