Small Favor, Jim Butcher
Small Favor, Jim Butcher
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Small Favor

Author: Jim Butcher

Narrator: James Marsters

Unabridged: 13 hr 58 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Penguin Audio

Published: 04/01/2008

Synopsis

In this novel in Jim Butcher’s #1 New York Times bestselling series, an old debt puts Chicago wizard Harry Dresden in harms way...

Harry’s life finally seems to be calming down. The White Council’s war with the vampiric Red Court is easing up, no one’s tried to kill him lately, and his eager apprentice is starting to learn real magic. For once, the future looks fairly bright. But the past casts one hell of a long shadow.
 
Mab, monarch of the Sidhe Winter Court, calls in an old favor from Harry. Just one small favor he can’t refuse...one that will trap Harry Dresden between a nightmarish foe and an equally deadly ally, and one that will strain his skills—and loyalties—to their very limits.
 
And everything was going so well for once...

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

Goodreads review by Petrik on July 17, 2020

For better or worse, Small Favor is a fully action-packed packed—have I mentioned packed?—volume. To the longtime fans of the series, here’s a brief reminder that Peace talks, the long-awaited sequel in The Dresden Files series, is out now! As for me, I’m still slowly catching up. I actually wish I c......more

Goodreads review by Paul on April 07, 2017

Hell’s bells, this series just keeps on getting better and better!! During a blizzard in Chicago, yellow page advertising wizard Harry Dresden is summoned by the queen of Winter, Mab, who calls in a favour she is owed. The Denarians are back and they are the main foes in this story. The book also fea......more

Goodreads review by Reed on May 19, 2008

As I began reading the 10th Harry Dresden novel, I started ticking off little mental bullet points: Sarcastic dialogue. Harry in more trouble than any 3 urban fantasy characters. The frenzied "first climax" that always happens in the middle of a Dresden novel. Repetitive info-dumping (description of Ha......more

Goodreads review by Jim on August 10, 2024

This book is part of a series which really should be read in order. In this one the Denarians are back and they are not playing nice with Harry. They go after someone that Harry is close to and he is not happy about this. If I had to use a word to describe this novel I would use intense and relentles......more

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

Another solid story with a stellar narration, even if I think James Marsters is sort of backtracking and doing fewer distinct voices. I'm crazy addicted to this story, and I simply don't think it is possible for me to not enjoy one of these books. This plot was, again, sort of all of the place and c......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

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