![]() ![]() There are guys in Gitmo who haven't been beaten up this badly! The fearlessness with which Butcher is willing to abuse his hero, and the bullet-train momentum of the narrative, always keep the story's dramatic tension ramped right up where it should be. It's a staple of noir that your hero has to get roughed up a little, but Dresden ought to earn a Purple Heart or something for the endless abuse he takes in the service of entertaining you. Is someone building an elaborate frame-up, and why? ![]() But Dresden is convinced there's much more going on below the surface. Everything points to a rivalry between the Windy City's top underworld kingpin, Marcone, and environmental activist/tycoon Harley MacFinn. From non-shape-changing human lycanthropes, to Hexenwulves who transform with the aid of a charm, to a full-blown ravenous loup-garou - all manner of lupine lunacy is to blame for a horrific series of murders. In the series' second outing, Chicago's only full-time professional police-advising wizard must square off against just about every species of werewolf under the moon. It's great escapism, a pure roller coaster ride. This is some sick, adrenaline-charged action storytelling, spun with a Hollywood sensibility for maximum endorphin rush. But none of that would take away from the series' off-the-charts entertainment value. There are any number of ways you could label Jim Butcher's Harry Dresden novels as gimmicky, starting with the cute stunt of giving each volume a two-word title, each word having the same number of letters. ![]()
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