Storm Front

Jim Butcher

Apr 2000 · Dresden Files Book 1 · Sold by Penguin Group

About this ebook

In the first novel in the #1 New York Times bestselling Dresden Files series, Harry Dresden’s investigation of a grisly double murder pulls him into the darkest depths of magical Chicago…

As a professional wizard, Harry Dresden knows firsthand that the “everyday” world is actually full of strange and magical things—and most of them don’t play well with humans. And those that do enjoy playing with humans far too much. He also knows he’s the best at what he does. Technically, he’s the only at what he does. But even though Harry is the only game in town, business—to put it mildly—stinks.

So when the Chicago P.D. bring him in to consult on a double homicide committed with black magic, Harry's seeing dollar signs. But where there's black magic, there's a black mage behind it. And now that mage knows Harry's name...

“A great series—fast-paced, vividly realized and with a hero/narrator who’s excellent company.”—Cinescape
 

Ratings and reviews

I started off listening to The Dresden Files at home on AudioBooks. But I would always get distracted so I started checking them out from the library, but I would never finish the book before it was do, and that was even after renewing it to the max.. so I download the EBOOKS. And I finished this one in about 2 weeks.. I LOVE THE CHARACTERS THE PLOTS THE ALLIES THE BAD GUYS THE JOKES DRESDEN MAKES IN EVERY CHAPTER, he makes me smile. I'm reading every book starting with the first. Keep writing Dresden Jim!!

I read this book for the first time at 14 years old. The series helped me, an extraordinarily shy and awkward twig of a kid, embrace my nature and my love of sci-fi and fantasy. I sought to emulate the characters I met in the Dresden Files and 10 years later, re-reading Storm Front at 24, I realized just how impactful Jim Butcher and Harry Dresden have been to shaping me into who I am. I can't recommend this book series enough.

I read through to the end because I had purchased, not entirely for the plot. The book can be entertaining, but I had to skim through several parts, especially those where the author tried to go "deep", the writing just felt childish and simple too often. Same for the plot itself - a neat concept, but far too often deus ex machina-ed and I never felt honestly in touch with any of the characters. An okay book, with a fun concept, in need of better writing and less super-stereoryped characters.

About the author

A martial arts enthusiast whose résumé includes a long list of skills rendered obsolete at least two hundred years ago, #1 New York Times bestselling author Jim Butcher turned to writing as a career because anything else probably would have driven him insane. He lives mostly inside his own head so that he can write down the conversation of his imaginary friends, but his head can generally be found in Independence, Missouri. Jim is the author of the Dresden Files, the Codex Alera novels, and the Cinder Spires series, which began with The Aeronaut’s Windlass.