Mystery · Fantasy · Science fiction
Storm Front
Harry Dresden is a wizard for hire in modern Chicago who consults for the police and lists himself in the phone book. The first Dresden Files book sends him after a magical double murder while he's on shaky terms with the city's magic community.
- First published
- 2000
- Pace
- Fast
- Length
- Medium
- Pages
- 372
- Format
- Book 1 of 18 in The Dresden Files
Read this if you like wisecracking urban fantasy that blends hard-boiled detective plots with magic.
Skip this if you want lyrical prose or a deeply original world, since the pleasure here is voice and pace.
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