White Night (The Dresden Files, Book 9) |  | Author: Jim Butcher
Publisher: Roc
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The inspiration for the Sci Fi channel television series
In Chicago, someone has been killing practitioners of magic, those incapable of becoming full-fledged wizards. Shockingly, all the evidence points to Harry Dresden's half-brother, Thomas, as the murderer. Determined to clear his sibling's name, Harry uncovers a conspiracy within the White Council of Wizards that threatens not only him, but his nearest and dearest, too...
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Dresen files white night Book 9 by Jim Butcher March 10, 2010
D. R. Roberts (SC)
Delivered quickly and in excellent condition!
Another excellent novel of the tales of white wizard Harry Dresden and his escapades with the supernatural world!.
Great book series a MUST read!!!
Jim Butcher just busted my budget! January 30, 2010
ginnyk (Glenside, PA United States)
I bought White Knight because I had a vague memory of reading one or two other Dresden books from the library. See, I have this rule - if I read more than 3 of an author's books from the free library, I feel I owe the author some royalties and buy a couple of his/her books (paperback, of course, given my budget). Now that I've just finished White Knight, I'm going to have to buy all of the preceding books, and Small Favor, so that I can read them seriatim.
It's odd, really, because while I've loved SF and S&S for more than 55 years, I've never cared much for "blood and gore". And the Dresden Files are very graphically overflowing with both in some intensely horrifying modes. I am much more the Mercedes Lackey kind of S&S reader usually, with side steps into Charlaine Harris and similar writers, but I usually prefer my mayhem off-stage.
I like Dresden. I like the development of the character, that he keeps learning about himself. I like that he cares about people who need help, whether (or perhaps especially not) because they can do anything for him. I like that he keeps fighting a system (the Council) which is, in my opinion, entirely too full of itself and entirely to dedicated to maintaining its members at the top of the hierarchy without respect to justice or fairness. I like that Dresden hurts when he loses because losing means some innocent is hurt or killed. I like his ability to accept the political realities he has to live with and work with, can compromise sometimes, when necessary, but not at his deepest belief levels, and that he finds intriguing work-arounds frequently, both magical and political.
I've appreciated the adding of characters, Murphy, brother Thomas, Molly, Mouse (and yes, I'd like to know a lot more about Mouse), Marcone, and the rest.
I think what intrigues me is that Dresden has a set of values that I can appreciate, that I think are good values; that he is willing to risk his life and sometimes his sanity or his soul because of his values. I like that he can lose, sometimes dreadfully, and get up and try again.
And now I have to go order some books.
Epic Noir January 14, 2010
Kevin L. Nenstiel (Kearney, Nebraska)
Harry Dresden's greatest virtue is that he's a man of principle, rather than a man of honor. He can do the right thing without worrying about his name or stooping to vengeance. Unfortunately, when he's surrounded by vindictive monsters, doing the right thing risks becoming lethal. But that only makes the work he does more important.
On one hand, this book occasionally reads like a clearing house. The Dresden world has become cluttered with characters, and several of them come back in this book to be removed so the series can remain clear and concise. But this isn't a novel of obligation: the excessive characters are removed in a way that moves the story arc forward, opens new possibilities for the future, and draws readers even deeper into the context.
Therefore, this is probably the busiest, most complex Dresden novel yet. On absolutely no account should you start this book without reading the ones which come before. But this Rogue's Gallery and Hall of Fame does what Jim Butcher does so well, and too few other writers nowadays do at all, when it ramps the already intense story up to new and more arresting levels.
And it does all this without moving away from its hard-boiled roots. Too many fantasy mystery series have lost sight of one or the other in recent years, but the Dresden Files keeps a firm hand on both. Lacking any other name for what these novels have become as they have become ever greater and more powerful, I now baptize this genre "epic noir."
Jim Butcher is a relentless writer, Harry Dresden is an unstoppable character, and this series never quits. In a fantasy market that has been overwhelmed with paperback pelf, the Dresden Files remain awesome. This is a bandwagon that's definitely worth joining.
excellent book! January 6, 2010
meggie's momma (idaho)
This is the best book of the Dresden Files yet! Can't wait to read another! Jim Butcher's creativity never ceases! Hells Bells!
And you thought you had problems December 28, 2009
Jeanne Tassotto (Trapped in the Midwest)
Harry Dresden had always had more than his fair share of problems in life, orphaned at an early age, left in the hands of an abusive mentor as a teenager, plagued by Wizards, demons, ghouls and vampires - even his Fairy Godmother was out to get him! As this 9th entry into the the Dresden Files series begins Harry's problems seem to be even more numerous than ever. Due to a severe shortage of powerful trained Wizards caused by the ongoing war between the White Council of Wizards and both the Red and White Courts of Vampires Harry has been pressed into service as a Warden and placed in charge of a large section of the US - an 'honor' Harry never expected nor wanted, and one he can see no way of escaping. His Warden duties have kept him quite busy particularly since he was assigned his friend Michael's daughter Molly as an apprentice. He has plenty of time though for the additional work since he has fallen out of favor with the Chicago Police Department and is not getting much consulting work through them, at least not officially anyway. His friend on the force, Murphy has contacted him on a strictly unofficial basis about a number of minor practitioners of magic who have died recently under what seems to her at least, as unusual circumstances. Harry is horrified to discover that the chief suspect seems to be his brother Thomas. Before Harry is able to sort out the various new problems in his life he will have to do battle on many fronts, even within himself.
This is the ninth in a series of urban fantasy novels centering on Harry Dresden a Wizard/Private Detective working in Chicago. The overall story arc if this series is quite pronounced with a complex mythology and a large cast of recurring characters. Many secondary plots are carried over from novel to novel so, even for those who many be familiar with the overall premise from either early books or the short lived TV series begin at the beginning (STORM FRONT) and proceed in order. This series would appeal to those who are fans of TRUE BLOOD/Southern Vampire series.
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