Skin Game

A Novel of the Dresden Files, Book 15

By: Jim Butcher

Narrated by: James Marsters

Length: 15 hrs and 49 mins

Publisher's summary

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.…

©2014 Jim Butcher (P)2014 Penguin Audio

great book

loved this book. Very Ocean 11. twist and turns all over the place. please get it.

The Dresden series just keeps getting better!

This was one of my favorite Dresden stories so far. So many great past characters coming back in to play! The production and the marathon are among the best of any recorded books I've ever heard. James is truly awesome. I've loved his acting, but his narration is amazing. Please keep them coming !

Get now

Another great one. I really enjoyed this one. And now on to the next one

love this series

once again Jim Butcher knocked it out of the park with this one. Harry finally did a few of the things I've been hoping he would do and loved the ending. I'm looking forward to the next story and I hope he writes a few more.

One of my favorite books in the series

As Winter Knight for Queen Mab, Harry Dresden has been given a new mission. Mab wants him to assist the leader of the Denarians, Nicodemus Archelone, in breaking into the Nevernever and stealing an item from Hades, God of the Underworld. Harry doesn't want to do it, but he can't back out of the mission or Mab will let the parasite growing in his brain kill him. Nicodemus has assembled his band of thieves, each with a specific expertise. Knowing that he can't trust anyone, Harry must carry through with Mab's request while stopping his archenemy, Nicodemus, from possessing a valuable item from Hades' vault.

Harry is worried that being the Winter Knight is changing him. He sometimes doubts himself and worries that he is being turned into one of the monsters he is fighting. Some of his friends are worried about his choices, wondering if Harry can come back from the choices he has made.

Jim Butcher is in top form in this 15th adventure of the Dresden Files. The last few books certainly weren't bad, but they were dark and the pace of the story was sometimes slow. This book had a great story with lots of action, amusing dialogue, and well-drawn characters. Karrin Murphy, Butters, and Michael Carpenter are on hand to help Harry with this adventure. There are also a few new characters introduced in this book, one of which I hope we will see in future books.

The narration was top-notch. James Marsters shows us that he is still one of the best narrators in the business. I highly recommend!

took too long to publish but very rereadable,

Marsters is fantastic and the story excellent, soon we get 2 new episodes, can not wait

Butcher is batting a 1000.

Another outstanding Dresden book from Butcher. Could put it down. Didn't get a minute of sleep the night I bought it.

a beautiful thing

I love where he took this story, and am so excited for the next one

Best Entry Yet.

Masterful storytelling and narration. As a father, it's my favorite thing I've read for many years.

Great progression to the overall story line

Without any spoilers let me just say… Yeah, you get massive progression in this book between Harry and all of his friends. You also get an interesting heist scenario with some baddies. This was a lot of fun and the narrator is simply PERFECT for this role. This is one of Jim’s best, in my opinion.