• Storm Front

  • The Dresden Files, Book 1
  • By: Jim Butcher
  • Narrated by: James Marsters
  • Length: 8 hrs and 1 min
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (55,366 ratings)

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Storm Front

By: Jim Butcher
Narrated by: James Marsters
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Publisher's summary

My name is Harry Blackstone Copperfield Dresden. Conjure by it at your own risk. I'm a wizard. I work out of an office in midtown Chicago. As far as I know, I'm the only openly practicing professional wizard in the country. You can find me in the yellow pages, under Wizards. Believe it or not, I'm the only one there.

With rent past due and a decent meal becoming an issue of some importance, Harry needs work, and soon. A call from a distraught wife, and another from Lt. Murphy of the Chicago PD Special Investigation Unit makes Harry believe things are looking up, but they are about to get worse, much worse. Someone is harnessing immense supernatural forces to commit a series of grisly murders. Someone has violated the first law of magic: Thou Shalt Not Kill. Tracking that someone takes Harry into the dangerous underbelly of Chicago, from mobsters to vampires, while he himself is under suspicion of the crimes.

©2000 Jim Butcher (P)2002 Buzzy Multimedia

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I was hooked after the first chapter.

very easy listen that kept me captivated and intrigued all throughout the book. I cannot expressed how good the performance was! he allowed me to close my eyes and really step into Harry shoes, see the world as he saw it and make the choices he made even if I didn't agree with then

excellent book!

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Fun story!

I really enjoyed the story but struggled with the narrator. He could be difficult to hear and understand at times.

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Funny, witty, easy, interesting and engaging

This is not some great epic. It’s an easy listen that’s really interesting. My husband told me about it and after the first 45 mins we were racing to be the first to find out who dun it. The narrator does a great job of bringing that sleazy P. I. atmosphere to the story and really keeps you engaged. It’s funny and well written, and I really want to read more of the series! Would give it a 3.5 if I could.

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excellent

a great story. hard to focus on the story at times while you can hear the narrator moving saliva around.

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good

good story. looking forward to the next. more words because of the ridiculous word limit.

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Be Careful...You will get Hooked

What made the experience of listening to Storm Front the most enjoyable?

Getting to know everyone, the Writer, the characters, and the Narrator. I always either love or hate that about a new series, and this one i loved.

What did you like best about this story?

Learning Butcher's way of interpreting the way magic works and effects it's surroudings.

Have you listened to any of James Marsters’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

This was my first, but i must say he does a great job of keeping you believing, and wanting more.

If you were to make a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?

It will open your SIGHT.

Any additional comments?

At the time of this post, there are 13 more in this series and they just keep getting better.

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Effing loved it.

Well read. Well written. Just downloaded book 2. I gotta a lotta time on my hands. ;)

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An Amazing Start to an Amazing Saga

Butcher paints Harry in vibrant detail in a story that only gets better each book.

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Just as good the second time through.

Heard this a few years back. relistening to the whole series again.. if you like magic and detective stories youll love Harry

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great story worth it

great book story like is great but reader is a little on the bland side

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