- Ghost stories, Harry Dresden (Fictitious character), Wizards, Fiction
Now in hardcover from the New York Times bestselling author of The Dresden Files.Harry Dresden's faced some pretty terrifying foes during his career. Giant scorpions. Oversexed vampires. Psychotic werewolves. All par for the course for Chicago's only professional wizard.But in all of Harry's years of supernatural sleuthing, he's never faced anything like this: the spirit world's gone postal. All over Chicago, ghosts are causing trouble—and not just of the door-slamming, 'boo'- shouting variety. These ghosts are tormented, violent, and deadly.Someone—or something—is stirring them up to wreak unearthly havoc. But why? And why do so many of the victims have ties to Harry? If Harry doesn't figure it out soon, he could wind up a ghost himself.
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Contemporary, classical in form, unpretentious and resolved.
- contemporarynostalgic
- classical in formformally daring
- unpretentiousprestige
- resolvedopen-ended
- character-ledplot-driven
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- Author
- Jim Butcher, James Marsters
- First published
- 2001
- Pages
- 432
- Publisher
- Orbit, Brilliance Audio MP3 CD, ORBIT (LITT)
- Editions
- 17
- Language
- German, French, English
- ISBN
- 9781480581432
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"Jim Butcher is a martial arts enthusiast with fifteen years of experience in various styles including Ryukyu Kempo, Tae Kwon Do, Gojo Shorei Ryu, and a sprinkling of Kung Fu. He is a skilled rider and has worked as a summer camp horse wrangler and performed in front of large audiences in both drill riding and stunt riding exhibitions. Jim enjoys fencing, singing, bad science fiction movies and live-action gaming. He lives in Missouri with his wife, son, and a vicious guard dog. Jim goes by the moniker Longshot in a number of online locales. He came by this name in the early 1990′s when he decided he would become a published author. Usually only 3 in 1000 who make such an attempt actually ma
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