Fülszöveg
"What would you get if you crossed Spenser with Merlin? Probably you would corne up with someone very like Harry Dresden." —THE WASHINGTON TIMES
As Chicago's only professional wizard, Harry Dresden has faced démons, vampires, werewolves, dark sorcerers, and hosts of horrors from beyond the mortai realm.
But nothing could have prepared him for this
/ answered the phone and Susan Rodríguez said, "They've ta ken our daughter. "
Long ago, Susan was Harry's lover—until she was attacked by his enemies, leaving her body and soul torn between her own humanity and the bloodlust of the vampiric Red Court. For both her sake and Harry's, Susan disappeared to South America, where she could fight both her savage gift and those who cursed her with it.
Now Arianna Ortega, Duchess of the Red Court, has discovered the secret Susan has long kept, and she plans to use it—against Harry. The Duchess blames Harry for the death of her hus-band, and she has desired revenge ever since. Susan's secret...
Tovább
Fülszöveg
"What would you get if you crossed Spenser with Merlin? Probably you would corne up with someone very like Harry Dresden." —THE WASHINGTON TIMES
As Chicago's only professional wizard, Harry Dresden has faced démons, vampires, werewolves, dark sorcerers, and hosts of horrors from beyond the mortai realm.
But nothing could have prepared him for this
/ answered the phone and Susan Rodríguez said, "They've ta ken our daughter. "
Long ago, Susan was Harry's lover—until she was attacked by his enemies, leaving her body and soul torn between her own humanity and the bloodlust of the vampiric Red Court. For both her sake and Harry's, Susan disappeared to South America, where she could fight both her savage gift and those who cursed her with it.
Now Arianna Ortega, Duchess of the Red Court, has discovered the secret Susan has long kept, and she plans to use it—against Harry. The Duchess blames Harry for the death of her hus-band, and she has desired revenge ever since. Susan's secret is the key that will force Harry to take th e battle to her, on her own ground, where the might of the Red Court holds sway.
[continued on back flap]
[continuad from front flapJ
To prevail, he may have to do the unthinkable. For the raging fury of Harry's untapped power has always proved to be his greatest tempta-tion. And now he may have no choice but to embrace the darkness within himself.
Because this time, Harry's not fighting to save a cliënt, or the Council, or the world
He's fighting to save his chi/d.
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 J I M B UTC HER turned to writing as a career because anything else probably would have driven him insane. He lives in Independence, Missouri, with his wife, his son, and a»ferocious guard dog. You can visit his Web site at www.Jim-Butcher.com.
Jacket art by Chris McGrath Author photo by Blue Moon Photography Jacket design by Ray Lundgren
fc-j^-j Roc
I fcllW A" imprint of New American Library, a division of Penguin Group (USA) Inc. 375 Hudson Street, New York, NY 10014 Printed in USA www.penguin.com
Vissza