She has an offer Harry can’t refuse if he wants to free himself of the supernatural hold his faerie godmother has over him - and hopefully end his run of bad luck.
The only professional wizard in the phone book has become a desperate man.Īnd just when it seems things can’t get any worse, in saunters the Winter Queen of Faerie. He can’t even recall the last time he took a shower. Someone - or something - is purposely stirring them up to wreak unearthly havoc.īut why? And why do so many of the victims have ties to Harry? If Harry doesn’t figure it out soon, he could wind up a ghost himself….Įver since his girlfriend left town to deal with her newly acquired taste for blood, Harry Dresden has been down and out in Chicago. These ghosts are tormented, violent, and deadly. All over Chicago, ghosts are causing trouble - and not just of the door-slamming, boo-shouting variety. It comes with the territory when you’re the only professional wizard in the Chicago area phone book.īut in all Harry’s years of supernatural sleuthing, he’s never faced anything like this: the spirit world’s gone postal. Harry Dresden’s faced some pretty terrifying foes during his career. Take three guesses-and the first two don’t count. But lately, Harry Dresden hasn’t been able to dredge up any kind of work-magical or mundane.īut just when it looks like he can’t afford his next meal, a murder comes along that requires his particular brand of supernatural expertise.Ī brutally mutilated corpse. You would think Chicago would have a little more action for the only professional wizard in the phone book. And that’s when things start to get… interesting.īusiness has been slow. But where there’s black magic, there’s a black mage behind it.
So when the police bring him in to consult on a grisly double murder committed with black magic, Harry’s seeing dollar signs. Takes a wizard to catch a - well, whatever.
For the “everyday” world is actually full of strange and magical things - and most of them don’t play well with humans. has a case that transcends mortal creativity or capability, they come to him for answers. Well, technically, he’s the only at what he does. Harry Dresden is the best at what he does. The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher – a Synopsis
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