These get progressively better! ( )

As a preamble, I’ll just say that I generally appreciate when books don’t do a lot of backfill narrative. But I think I’m reading these too slowly because I find I recall very few of the details of previous stories when I start a new one, and I find myself a bit at sea. However, in this outing there is enough going on that I didn’t have to worry too much about that. Harry finds himself blackmailed by a vampire, and in fulfilling the object, attempting to head off a massive supernatural cataclysm. He ends up enlisting, somewhat by accident, a civilian assistant to help him, rather than compromising his morals by accepting the help of a powerful being who claims to want to help him, no strings attached. The macho stuff feels a bit tiresome still, but it seems to work for him, although he has to repeatedly be brought to the brink of destruction in order to prove he is right. Somehow, being rescued at the last minute becomes more noble than risking his independence to be bolstered by a fairy. Anyway, I’m tempted to jump into the next chapter, to try and carry these details in my brain. I’ll see if I can get the ebook from the library! ( )

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Harry Dresden se ocupa de las investigaciones paranormales en la ciudad de Chicago. Trata de mantener la ley y el orden en un mundo de magos, paralelo a la realidad cotidiana. A pesar de que la mayoría de los habitantes de la ciudad no creen en la magia, el departamento de Investigaciones Especiales está acostumbrado a lidiar con lo paranormal. Cuando un vampiro asesino amenaza con destruir la reputación de Murphy, policía de I. E. y gran amiga del mago, este no tiene más remedio que ayudarla. La criatura quiere hacerse con la Palabra de Kemmler y con todo el poder que conlleva. Harry deberá luchar contra seis despiadados nigromantes para encontrar la Palabra antes de que se despierten los muertos durante la noche de Halloween…

Another good one. I think his writing is getting better. It is fun to read how he explains some of our "beliefs" and how the supernatural happenings are "explained" by rational society. Good entertainment. ( )