Dead Beat

Jim Butcher

May 2006 · Dresden Files Book 7 · Sold by Penguin

About this ebook

“The wildest, strangest, best Dresden adventure to date...Butcher’s blending of modern fantasy with classic noir sensibilities ensures that there’s never a dull moment.”—SF Site
 
Paranormal investigations are Harry Dresden’s business and Chicago is his beat, as he tries to bring law and order to a world of wizards and monsters that exists alongside everyday life. And though most inhabitants of the Windy City don’t believe in magic, the Special Investigations Department of the Chicago PD knows better.
 
Karrin Murphy is the head of S. I. and Harry’s good friend. So when a killer vampire threatens to destroy Murphy’s reputation unless Harry does her bidding, he has no choice. The vampire wants the Word of Kemmler (whatever that is) and all the power that comes with it. Now, Harry is in a race against time—and six merciless necromancers—to find the Word before Chicago experiences a Halloween night to wake the dead...

Ratings and reviews

This is the book that establishes the baseline for all other heroes in it's genre. Harry Dresden once agains proves that it is not power that is your greatest weapon but courage in the face of terror and sometimes the best solution is the most craziest one.

Dead Beat is filled with intense, over-the-top action. As new characters come into their own, powerful magic sends Chicago into chaos, causing the dead to rise, and ancient, god-like forces threaten the world. Plus there's polka. And a Tyrannosaurus Rex. Terrific fun!

I won't say anything about the plot except that it was exciting and fun. I don't want to spoil the goings on. Oh my! the action was amazing and unpredictable, even with the foreshadowing. We see old friends and an old ... frenemy, as well as new faces.

About the author

Jim Butcher is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Dresden Files, the Codex Alera, and the Cinder Spires novels. He lives in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado.