By Jim Butcher
A sequence of obvious suicides jewelry alarm bells with the police. And earlier than he is aware it Harry Dresden, specialist wizard, is employed to enquire. on the first crime scene he unearths an unmistakable magical taint - and a message in particular designed for him, referencing the killing of witches.Harry is desirous to search out his tormentor and halt the killings, yet in its place reveals proof implicating his half-brother, Thomas. To Harry, this simply doesn’t upload up, so he needs to upload clearing his brother’s identify to his increasing record. anything that didn’t make the record is subtlety, and Harry’s seek draws the eye of the White courtroom of vampires … quickly, whichever method he turns, he faces an influence fight that may render him outnumbered, outclassed and dangerously prone to temptation. And if he screws up, his pals will die.
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