Jim Butcher

Chicago wizard Harry Dresden must help a hated enemy, Nicodemus Archleone, break into a high security vault to steal something belonging to the Lord of the Underworld.

a novel of the Dresden files

Skin game

Kayla Ndife

Another quick easy read. Scope of the books starting to get a little wack tho

Ben McDonald

Judy Hudgins

I fell for Harry Dresden a few years ago when I stumbled across the TV series, "The Dresden Files". I immediately had the hots for Paul Blackthorne/Harry Dresden. And Bob. Can't forget about Bob. In fact, I have looked at skulls several times with the thought of placing one on my dresser, just in case he dropped by.

Once again, I have fought by Harry's side as he battles the forces of evil, black magic, those who want to hurt others. This time it involves going to hell and back, literally. Mab send Harry on a job to assist the bad guy on a trip to the Underworld to rob Hades. And that's not half the story.

The story is great. The twists and turns are worth biting your nails over. That faith triumphs over evil does something for this lapsed Methodist. And that Butters gets his day, other than just patching up Harry.

So now I'm exhausted after my journey through hell and back. I think I will go watch a few episodes on TV.

Jay Carter

This is a book club selection, for a mini-unit about the recent Hugo Puppies kerfuffle. Would I have championed Skin Game for a Hugo? No. Any 15th book of any series would be a hard sell. I doubt it did anything vastly different from the prior 14. However, the book is an exceptional page-turner, tightly plotted, and comforting in a "isn't it great we could all be here together for the holidays" way. One beef: it's amazing that there are so many questions of "faith" (really about faith in God) when all the evidence you need is readily available in the form of angels and demons and working religious artifacts. A good topic of discussion.

Jeff Borton

Emil Bashyrov

Harry Dresden, Chicago's only professional wizard, is about to have a very bad day. As Winter Knight to the Queen of Air and Darkness, Harry never knows what the scheming Mab might want him to do. Usually, it's something awful. This time, it's worse than that. Mab's involved Harry in a smash-and-grab heist run by one of his most despised enemies to recover the literal Holy Grail from the vaults of the greatest treasure horde in the world - which belongs to the one and only Hades, Lord of the Underworld. Dresden's always been tricky, but he's going to have to up his backstabbing game to survive this mess - assuming his own allies don't end up killing him before his enemies get the chance . . .

Skin game a novel of the Dresden files

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