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  • 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 (55,876 ratings)

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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.

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Great series!

If you could sum up Storm Front in three words, what would they be?

I started with book 6 and have gone back to the beginning. Butcher keeps you involved from the beginning to the end. There isn't a dull moment. One of Butcher's great qualities is that he always gives you background on the characters so if you forget or start reading one of his other novels you are not left behind.

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

The performance is excellent... no complaints.

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Different kind of "Detective Novel"

Very enjoyable read...something different for me. It was not at all gratuitous, but very well written; good character development and descriptions.

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Excellent!

Jim Butcher is a good author and the Dresden Files is a fun series. The audio version did not disappoint. interesting take on magic in a modern setting. I highly recommend the read/listen.

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Enough that I will keep listening

I like it not amazing fun It is enough to keep me listening. Silly But fun

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The first installmen of the Dresden Files series.

I highly recommend this series. This book lays the groundwork that the series keeps building on. The stories only get better from here.

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great book

this book is the classic detective story with a twist that keeps the reader interested until the end.

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Butcher Is Bank

Couldn't put it down...A modern day wizard in a whacky world just trying to pay his rent and finding himself dealing with trying to clear his name from bizzare supernatural murders that places him in a defensive mode from the police, a mobster and the High Council Of Wizards and a need to seek justice for those whom he cared for. The lead character, Harry Copperfeid Dresden comes across like a pulp dectective who has many magic tricks up his sleeve and a chalant attitude, yet not so apparent to others. I think to follow Jim Butcher's series and other books are probably worth the while for entertainment and interesting plots and characters. Bravo!!!

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Loved it!

Absolutely fun to listen to! The dry wit and humor by Dresden is wonderful. Would recommend to anyone interested in something a bit more adult than Harry Potter.

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Gunslinger Wizard Detective

this book came highly recommended to me buy a friend. I had listened to somebody reading this on a YouTube video and this was a much better experience for the obvious audible reasons of the player but more so because of the narrator. The narration in this was unique and quite good. the World building in this is pretty great. it feels like a gumshoe detective story with heavy overtones of Arcane Magic and good guy protagonist all the way to the Bone. I absolutely love Harry Dresden as a character

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Great fantasy noir fusion

Loved the hardboiled detective narrative with the frank discussion of demons. It's just the perfect mix of fantasy elements without all the pain of having to remember the names of a bunch of fictional nations and kings and crap.

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