• Skin Game

  • A Novel of the Dresden Files, Book 15
  • By: Jim Butcher
  • Narrated by: James Marsters
  • Length: 15 hrs and 49 mins
  • 4.9 out of 5 stars (30,469 ratings)

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Skin Game

By: Jim Butcher
Narrated by: James Marsters
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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

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They just keep getting better

I love this series, and James is Dresden. He reads this series so well.

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Keep's you wanting more.

Love the book. enjoyed the connection to past books with the baby spirit, and the new knight.

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Not much to say - Jim Butcher does it again

Butcher is a superb writer. This series and books are written on so many levels. Yes they are action, yes they are fantasy, and there is morality, life lessons, treachery, politics - everything. Pace is excellent, characters continue to develop and mature. My only complaint is that we have to wait too long between each new book.

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Can't wait for the next

Can't wait for the next one this one had me on the edge of my seat the whole time

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Dresden Rules, Denarians drool.

James Marsters is the only Harry Dresden. Excellent narration. Yet another great book by Jim Butcher. Can't wait for the next one.Harry

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It's Harry Dresdon, being Harry Dresdon

Would you listen to Skin Game again? Why?

Yes, I will be reading Skin Game again. I've gone through the other books several times and have been waiting for this. There is a lot going on in each Dresden book and sometimes you have to go back to pick it all up.

What did you like best about this story?

While this book doesn't seem to really resolve or even update any of the old story lines, by the end there is the feeling that Butcher is really lining up the shots for something over the next book or two. Characters are being moved into place, new allies are being formed. Lives are being shaped and changes as big as in Changes seem to be verging.

Which scene was your favorite?

I think my favorite scene is was probably Harry talking to Michael. Michael is the very definition of a Good Man, and is the stabilizing rudder Harry needs to have contact with to help set his course on where it needs to go.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

I generally read only during my commute, but of course I couldn't stop reading this one.

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Wow! Best one yet!

I've loved the series, but this has been the first one I've immediately wanted to re listen to, just to see what I missed. Definitely the best one so far!

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Fantastic as always

I always love these books and James Marsters always does a fantastic job with the narration.

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James Marsters is great!

James Marsters narration is always killer!! he's full of energy and emotion. couldn't imagine the books without him!

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My new favorite book!

First JM is awesome reader!
Second a Dresden book that is a team up Heist book! That’s pure pleasure in my ears.
Third If you liked Harry riding Sue. You will cry hearing about the Dino riding Cowgirl!!!
Jim Butcher this was a tear jerker and an amazing ride. Thanks

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