One of the most enjoyable marriages of the fantasy and mystery genres on the shelves (Cinescape), The Dresden Files pits Harry Dresden, Chicago's only professional wizard, against the supernatural offenders that plague his world. In this eagerly-awaited stand-alone novel, Harry has an adventure that will strain his skills and his loyaties to their limits.Harry Dresden's life finally seems to be calming down. The war between the White Council of wizards and the vampiric Red Court has reached an uneasy détente. No one has tried to kill him for almost an entire year, and the worst problem he's had lately is trying to figure out how to remove the stains on his carpeting. But just as he's getting used to this pint-measure of peace, the past comes back to take a long, cold draft of it.
An old bargain has put Harry in debt to Mab, the exquisitely beautiful-and exquisitely cruel-queen of the Winter Court of the Sidhe. Harry still owes Mab two favours, and it's time to pay one of them off. Just one small favour he can't refuse-and when he finally gets a job from the Chicago PD, he'll find himself trapped between a nightmarish foe and an equally deadly ally.
It figures. Everything was going too well.