Changes, Jim Butcher
Changes, Jim Butcher
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Changes

Author: Jim Butcher

Narrator: James Marsters

Unabridged: 15 hr 27 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Penguin Audio

Published: 04/15/2010


Synopsis

“A can’t-miss entry in one of the best urban-fantasy series currently being published.”—Booklist (starred review)

As Chicago’s only professional wizard, Harry Dresden has faced demons, vampires, werewolves, dark sorcerers, and hosts of horrors from beyond the mortal realm. But nothing could have prepared him for this…
 
Long ago, Susan Rodriguez was Harry's Dresden’s lover—until she was attacked by his enemies, leaving her caught between humanity and the relentless bloodlust of the vampiric Red Court. She disappeared to South America, where she could fight both her savage gift and those who cursed her with it. Now, she needs Harry’s help more than ever.
 
For the vengeful Duchess of the Red Court has discovered a secret Susan has long kept from everyone—including Harry—and she plans to use it. To prevail, Harry may have to unleash the full fury of his untapped power—and he may have no choice but to embrace the darkness within himself.
 
Because this time, he’s fighting to save his child.

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.


Reviews

AudiobooksNow review by Laurie on 2012-11-21 19:43:20

Im a Harry Dresden fan and a James Marsters fan, forget the guy who read Ghost Story pale and forgettable imitation honestly, it BOTHERED me that Harry didnt sound like himself. But truth is, I kinda eased into the series, finding a book here, a book there, that were intriguing enough to get me started. Now Im hooked, of course, and sometime in the recent past I added all the earlier volumes to my queue.Consequently, due to lack of attention on my part, I ended up with Ghost Story in my queue ahead of Changes. Bummer. So how good was Changes? Well, good enough that I didnt even THINK about not listening to it, even though I already knew what was going to happen in it. And altho I confess to being an ingrained readaheader I did not skip a word. It was THAT good.I totally understand how Jim Butcher could have 7 years of titles on his website. Hes already written the entire tenthousand page opus. Hes just releasing them to us a book at a time. Its what you do when you have a character who just keeps living you keep writing about him/her. In this case, its not just a character its a whole world, with one foot in reality that makes it almost mundane. An excellent series, and Changes is an important pivot point in it.

Goodreads review by Petrik on December 09, 2022

Changes was insane, a true Game-Changer for the series. If you’ve been paying attention to the title of each volume in The Dresden Files series, you’ll notice that every one of them is made up of two words. There’s, however, an exception for one title, it’s this book. Changes, the twelfth installmen......more

Goodreads review by Mike (the Paladin) on August 17, 2010

Okay, full disclosure I love the Dresden books. If you have read my reviews of them you know this. This one is no exception and is possibly the best so far. I can't say much about the book's storyline without spoilers, but there are parts of the story...threads if you will, that have been running th......more

Goodreads review by J.L. on August 01, 2018

In Changes (The Dresden Files #12), Jim Butcher provides strong motivation and plenty of fast-paced action on the way to a satisfying vampire and magic-filled conclusion! Harry Dresden, against all odds, must rescue a daughter he never knew existed from enemies at the Red Court. The personae of Dres......more

Goodreads review by Heather K (dentist in my spare time) on September 01, 2016

Holy F- balls, this book just made my all-time favorites list. My heart? Through the ringer. My nerves? Shot. My mind? Blown. This was me through the entire beautiful, horrible, intense, emotional, perfectly narrated audiobook: Twists and turns like never before. Get ready for the ride of your life. A......more

Goodreads review by Mike's Book Reviews on June 13, 2020

Full Video Review Here: [URL not allowed] What can be said about Changes that you haven't already heard by any Dresden Fan out there? I mean, they can't help but tell anyone starting this series that they're going to have their socks knocked off by Changes. Well, I guess what I can say is,......more


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Praise for the Dresden Files

“Think Buffy the Vampire Slayer starring Philip Marlowe.”—Entertainment Weekly

“Fans of Laurell  K. Hamilton and Tanya Huff will love this series.”—Midwest Book Review
 
“Superlative.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review)
 
“One of the most enjoyable marriages of the fantasy and mystery genres on the shelves.”—Cinescape
 
“Butcher...spins an excellent noirish detective yarn in a well-crafted, supernaturally-charged setting. The supporting cast is again fantastic, and Harry’s wit continues to fly in the face of a peril-fraught plot.”—Booklist (starred review)
 
“What’s not to like about this series?...It takes the best elements of urban fantasy, mixes it with some good old-fashioned noir mystery, tosses in a dash of romance and a lot of high-octane action, shakes, stirs, and serves.”—SF Site
 
“A tricky plot complete with against-the-clock pacing, firefights, explosions, and plenty of magic. Longtime series fans as well as newcomers drawn by the SciFi Channel’s TV series based on the novels should find this supernatural mystery a real winner.”—Library Journal
 
“What would you get if you crossed Spenser with Merlin? Probably you would come up with someone very like Harry Dresden, wizard, tough guy and star of [the Dresden Files].”—The Washington Times