Maeve turned to her mother and sipped at her blue champagne. Mab studied me and my playmates for a solid minute, saying nothing, and in that silence you could hear the fluid dripping from the rawhead's various bits onto the icy floor. She was sipping something ice blue from a champagne flute, and ignoring her mother's presence entirely-but I could feel her malice, burning toward me even though she wasn't looking directly at me. Maeve was in a perfect position to see the conflict between the Redcap crew and me, and she hadn't bowed either. I spotted Maeve standing only forty or fifty feet away, on an icy deck that had been formed to look like a paperback that had fallen from one of my bookshelves. I took my cue from them, but kept my eyes open. So were the Erlking, Kringle, and Eldest Gruff, though each of them stood with his head bowed in acknowledgment of Winter's ruler. All over the chamber, other beings of the Winter Court did the same, and suddenly only a very few people were standing upright. The Sidhe all around me knelt at once, including the Redcap and his buddies.

“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. 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 “A tricky plot complete with against-the-clock pacing, firefights, explosions, and plenty of magic. “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 The supporting cast is again fantastic, and Harry’s wit continues to fly in the face of a peril-fraught plot.”- Booklist (starred review) “Butcher.spins an excellent noirish detective yarn in a well-crafted, supernaturally-charged setting. “One of the most enjoyable marriages of the fantasy and mystery genres on the shelves.”- Cinescape “Superlative.”- Publishers Weekly (starred review) Hamilton and Tanya Huff will love this series.”- Midwest Book Review

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

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