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Skin Game

#15 in series

by Jim Butcher
James Marsters
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"Butcher is the dean of contemporary urban fantasy."-Booklist Harry Dresden, Chicago's only professional wizard, is about to have a very bad day . Because as Winter Knight to the Queen of Air and Darkness, Harry never knows what the scheming Mab might want him to do. Usually, it's something awful. He doesn't know the half of it . Mab has just traded Harry's skills to pay off one of her debts. And now he must help a group of supernatural villains-led by one of Harry's most dreaded and despised enemies, Nicodemus Archleone-to break into the highest-security vault in town, so that they can then access the highest-security vault in the Nevernever. It's a smash and grab job to recover the literal Holy Grail from the vaults of the greatest treasure hoard in the supernatural world-which belongs to the one and only Hades, Lord of the freaking Underworld and generally unpleasant character. Worse, Dresden suspects that there is another game afoot that no one is talking about. And he's dead certain that Nicodemus has no intention of allowing any of his crew to survive the experience. Especially Harry. Dresden's always been tricky, but he's going to have to up his backstabbing game to survive this mess-assuming his own allies don't end up killing him before his enemies get the chance .

  • Creators

  • Series

    The Dresden Files

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    March 3, 2016

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781490630427
      • File size: 455062 KB
      • Duration: 15:48:02

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      This is James Marsters's fourteenth narration of the Harry Dresden series. He still sounds fully engaged with the Chicago wizard and his magical world. In this installment, Marsters embodies the world-weariness of Dresden as he deals with the latest schemes of the queens of fairy and the monsters, who are fighting for power in the mortal world. Marsters effectively manipulates his voice, filling it with with emotion when Dresden speaks to his young daughter, deepening it to the lower reaches of his natural baritone as he depicts a seven-foot monster, and lightening it as he portrays a supernatural fairy queen. One could say that Marsters gives a master class in audiobook narration while delighting fans of the series. G.D. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award © AudioFile 2014, Portland, Maine
    • Publisher's Weekly

      April 7, 2014
      Even fans of Butcher’s long-running urban fantasy series may find this 15th outing (after Cold Days) does little to advance the overall story. The setup is different, but, once again, wizard turned Winter Knight Harry Dresden must team up with some brave friends and unexpected allies to combat the forces of evil while undertaking an impossible quest. Dresden is forced by his boss, Mab, the Queen of Air and Darkness, to partner with longtime foe Nicodemus Archleone and break into the vault of Hades. An almost literal deus ex machina saves the duo, and a surprising revelation about the parasite that Dresden has inside him, rather than inspiring awe, feels like a gimmick aimed at altering the series’ status quo without significantly changing the essence of the lead’s character or personality. Series admirers can only hope for a shot of adrenaline next time out to restore the wonder and imagination of the first Dresden books.

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  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

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  • English

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