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Storm Front (The Dresden Files Book One) [Kindle Edition]

Jim Butcher (Author)
4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (118 customer reviews)
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An unusually well-crafted first novel (Locus )

One of the most reliable post-'Buffy (supernatural thriller series on offer’ )

Time Out (‘Some of the best urban fantasy to be found on the bookshelves today’ )

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The first case file from Harry Dresden, a modern-day wizard and P.I.
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  • Format: Kindle Edition
  • File Size: 502 KB
  • Print Length: 336 pages
  • Publisher: Orbit (4 Mar 2010)
  • Sold by: Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
  • Language: English
  • ASIN: B003AT112O
  • Text-to-Speech: Enabled
  • X-Ray: Not Enabled
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (118 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #7,091 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

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52 of 53 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars The perfect mix of hardboiled and fantasy fiction 1 Jun 2000
By MARTINA E BALINT
Format:Mass Market Paperback
Take traditional hardboiled fiction, give it a mind bending preternatural twist and you have Storm Front, the first book in a new series with the potential to send author Jim Butcher to the top of the gumshoe sub-genre of horror/fantasy fiction.

Harry Dresden, the series' protagonist, is everything that's great about the hardboiled anti-hero, with a twist: He's a wizard trying to make a living working practical magic in a modern world that's foolishly rejected the supernatural in favor of science and technology. Part average guy, part renaissance man, Harry's got a dark side, a wicked sense of humor and a deeply rooted, personal code of honor that drives him to risk everything to fight the supernatural forces preying on his clients, an attitude that puts him at constant, dangerous odds with both the bad guys and the authorities alike.

In Storm Front, when a routine murder investigation turns out to be anything but routine, the police reluctantly turn to Harry for help. But a case that started as a way to pay the rent soon gets complicated for Harry when he's forced to cross paths with the Chicago mob and a mysterious figure known as the Shadowman, drawing Harry into a web of black magic and danger.

Already under the Doom of Damocles (a form of probation placed on him by the White Council who oversee the ethical use of magic in the world of the mundane) Harry himself falls under suspicion and is forced to risk execution to solve the mystery and stop the Shadowman, before the killer takes another victim.

Storm Front is a riveting, action packed roller coaster ride of a novel, a damn good mystery with compelling characters set in a rich alternate reality universe where anything can happen. There's a little something for just about everyone here from black magic and the Chicago mob to vampire madams, demons and the fey.

I enjoyed this novel immensely and am looking forward to the next in the series.

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173 of 181 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars First Dresden episode with new cover 8 May 2007
By Martin Harris
Format:Paperback
As always, Jim Butcher grabs you and holds you until the last page. Storm Front is the first book about Harry Dresden, a wizard and private detective. This is a recovered paperback of the original. To get the most out of this series you have to read them in order. Hope this helps you:

1--Storm Front

2--Fool Moon

3--Grave Peril

4--Summer Knight

5--Death Masks

6--Blood Rights

7--Dead Beat

8--Proven Guilty

9--White Night

by Martin Harris
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Storm Front 9 Sep 2011
By S Riaz HALL OF FAME TOP 10 REVIEWER VINE™ VOICE
Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase
Harry Dresden is the only openly practicising professional wizard in the country, with an office in midtown Chicago. He relies on the police department, in the form of Lieutenant Karrin Murphy, for work as a paid consultant. Usually, the money is welcome, but at the beginning of this book she calls him to look at a crime scene when he is waiting for a rare, private client. Rushing to the scene of the crime, he is faced with the sight of two people in a hotel room whose hearts have literally exploded from their chests. On the way back to this office to meet his private client, he is threatened by mobsters. Still, he manages to meet Monica Sells and hear about her missing husband who had recently lost his job and became 'interested' in magic. Through these manic events, we are introduced to Harry's world and the chaos surrounding it.

This is a good introduction to the cast of characters and places in the series which follows this first book. Harry is a typical, wise-cracking PI, with the added interest of being a wizard. The book is an easy read, enjoyable and fun. Harry is a likeable character and the book romps along with great pace. It would be easy to become fond of Harry and I look forward to following his career as both a wizard and a PI with great enjoyment.
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