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  • Summer Knight

  • The Dresden Files, Book 4
  • By: Jim Butcher
  • Narrated by: James Marsters
  • Length: 11 hrs and 13 mins
  • 4.8 out of 5 stars (30,116 ratings)

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Harry Blackstone Copperfield Dresden is a very powerful wizard and a dedicated private eye. He is also a wise cracking trouble magnet. Fueled by a tempest of guilt, sleep deprivation, malnutrition, bad temper and frankly awful personal grooming. Harry is hurtling toward oblivion. According to Harry that is nobody's business but his own.

The Winter Queen of Faerie manipulates him into accepting a case to solve a murder and stop a war between the courts of Summer and Winter that could have literally earth shattering consequences. His own soul is up for grabs. Dresden must dig deep to discover that at time a willingness to accept a little help from your friends, be they a cub pack of werewolves, old loves in sheep's clothing, or a battalion of pizza loving dewdrop fairies, is a very good thing.

©2002 Jim Butcher (P)2006 Buzzy Multimedia

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Just as good as the first two!

I don't know why so many other reviewers said they hated it, or that it wasn't as good. Every book in this series has been better than the last, including this one. I love this reader, too. He always sounds so natural and authentic. 1000 stars!!!

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Great story just one problem

my wife and I love the Dresden files series and summer knight is no exception. The guy reading does a great job but the audio doesn't seem to be leveled and this means we are constantly adjusting and then getting murdered when it comes back.

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Harry Out On Loan

Love the Dresden Files. James Masters brings the characters to life like no one else.

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Wild Ride

small people take down a big person with cutlery from walmart. Coca Cola is mentioned several times. A wizard learns to feel again. Jim Butcher is a madman and its fantastic.

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Funny, dark and witty

Overall I love this series more and more with every story and James Marsters seems a great fit for the voice of the character.

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Outstanding story and narration!

Excellent story full of action, twists and turns. Jim Butcher creates an exciting series of events that leaves you eager with anticipation from chapter to chapter.

I also wanted to grandly compliment the narration of James Marsters.
Young, old, male, female, accents, emotions.. Marsters is a master of vocal range and drama! His narrative performance immerses you into the world of Harry Dresden and all of it’s characters.
I am exceedingly happy that James Marsters lent his voice and talent to the narration of Jim Butcher’s Dresden Files series. Thank you both for your contributions and exceptional works.

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Great, but too many characters

Great story and great performance as usual, but this book in participating had too many characters to keep track of.

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SO much better than the first three books!

This is the book I was waiting for from this series. I read that the fifth book is where it starts to get really good but I think this one was great.

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James Marsters is Harry Dresden!

Jim Butcher has a way of making the fantastic sound very plausible. The stories have mysteries always looming in the background. James Marsters narration is perfect for the Dresden Files. He is Harry Dresden. He also does the perfect impression of all of the other characters in the book. Nothing to over-the-top. This book was excellent in story and character development.

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Stong 4+ Stars

Jim & James are consistently enjoyable.
I'm sure one day soon I will find an episode that is weak. But not so far.

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