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Author
Series
Dresden files volume 11
Publisher
Roc
Pub. Date
c2009
Physical Desc
420 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Harry must uncover a traitor within the Wizards of the White Council, keep a less-than-agreeable warden under wraps, and avoid coming under scrutiny himself. And a single mistake may cost someone his head--someone like Harry.
Author
Series
Dresden files volume 5.5
Publisher
Roc
Pub. Date
[2009], c2003
Physical Desc
341 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Harry Dresden is not having a good day. A vampire named Ortega is hunting the beleaguered wizard, intending to challenge him to a duel that, Ortega claims, will end the war between the vampires and the wizards. Harry has almost no hope of winning the duel, but soon he is preoccupied by another problem: Father Vincent, a priest, needs Harry's help in finding the Shroud of Turin, stolen by a trio of thieves. Harry traces two of the thieves to his hometown,...
Author
Series
Dresden files volume 1
Publisher
ROC
Pub. Date
2007, 2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 14
Physical Desc
311 p. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Readers meet Harry Dresden, Wizard for Hire. He finds lost items, conducts paranormal investigations, does consulting work, gives advice and charges reasonable rates. Harry Dresden is the best at what he does. Well, technically, he's the only at what he does. So when the Chicago P.D. has a case that transcends mortal creativity or capability, they come to him for answers. For the "everyday" world is actually full of strange and magical things--and...
Author
Series
Dresden files volume 15
Publisher
Roc
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
454 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Harry Dresden, Chicago's only professional wizard, is about to have a very bad day… Because as Winter Knight to the Queen of Air and Darkness, Harry never knows what the scheming Mab might want him to do. Usually, it’s something awful. He doesn’t know the half of it… Mab has just traded Harry’s skills to pay off one of her debts. And now he must help a group of supernatural villains — led by one of Harry’s most dreaded and despised enemies,...
Author
Series
Dresden files volume 2
Publisher
Roc
Pub. Date
2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 16
Physical Desc
311 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Business has been slow. Okay, business has been dead. And not even of the undead variety. You would think Chicago would have a little more action for the only professional wizard in the phone book. But lately, Harry Dresden hasn't been able to dredge up any kind of work -- magical or mundane. But just when it looks like he can't afford his next meal, a murder comes along that requires his particular brand of supernatural expertise. A brutally mutilated...
Author
Series
Dresden files volume 4
Publisher
Roc
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
320 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Meet Harry Dresden, Chicago's first (and only) Wizard P.I. Turns out the "everyday" world is full of strange and magical things — and most of them don't play well with humans. That's where Harry comes in. Since his girlfriend left town to deal with her newly acquired taste for blood, Harry's been down and out. He can't pay his rent. He's alienating his friends. He can't recall his last shower. Then when things are at their worst, the Winter Queen...
Author
Series
Dresden files volume 3
Publisher
Roc
Pub. Date
2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 17
Physical Desc
378 p.
Language
English
Description
Harry Dresdenś faced some pretty terrifying foes during his career. Giant scorpions. Oversexed vampires. Psychotic werewolves. All par for the course for Chicago's only professional wizard. But in all of Harryś years of supernatural sleuthing, he's never faced anything like this: the spirit world's gone postal. All over Chicago, ghosts are causing trouble -- and not just of the door-slamming, b̥oo-́ shouting variety. These ghosts are tormented,...
Author
Series
Dresden files volume 12
Publisher
Roc/New American Library
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
441 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Long ago, Susan Rodriguez was Harry Dresden's lover-until she was attacked by his enemies, leaving her torn between her own humanity and the bloodlust of the vampiric Red Court. Susan then disappeared to South America, where she could fight both her savage gift and those who cursed her with it. Now Arianna Ortega, Duchess of the Red Court, has discovered a secret Susan has long kept, and she plans to use it-against Harry. To prevail this time, he...
Author
Series
Dresden files volume 13
Publisher
Roc
Pub. Date
c2011
Physical Desc
481 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
When we last left the mighty wizard detective Harry Dresden, he wasn't doing well. In fact, he had been murdered by an unknown assassin. But being dead doesn't stop him when his friends are in danger. Except now he has nobody, and no magic to help him. And there are also several dark spirits roaming the Chicago shadows who owe Harry some payback of their own. To save his friends -- and his own soul -- Harry will have to pull off the ultimate trick...
Author
Series
Dresden files volume 14
Publisher
Roc
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
515 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
After being murdered by a mystery assailant, navigating his way through the realm between life and death, and being brought back to the mortal world, Harry realizes that maybe death wasn't all that bad. Because he is no longer Harry Dresden, Chicago's only professional wizard. He is now Harry Dresden, Winter Knight to Mab, the Queen of Air and Darkness. After Harry had no choice but to swear his fealty, Mab wasn't about to let something as petty as...
Author
Series
Dresden files volume 10
Publisher
Roc
Pub. Date
[2009], c2008
Physical Desc
545 p. ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
No one's tried to kill Harry Dresden for almost an entire year, and his life finally seems to be calming down. For once, the future looks fairly bright. But the past casts one hell of a long shadow. An old bargain has placed Harry in debt to Mab, monarch of the Winter Court of the Sidhe, the Queen of Air and Darkness-and she's calling in her marker. It's a small favor he can't refuse...one that will trap Harry Dresden between a nightmarish foe and...
Author
Series
Dresden files volume 8
Publisher
ROC
Pub. Date
[2007], c2006
Physical Desc
489 p. ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
Elevated "into the front rank of urban fantasy heroes" (SF Site), professional wizard Harry Dresden is pledged to fight crime, banish evil, and outwit the masters of dark arts in the shadowy corners of Chicago. Harry, the only wizard in the Chicago phone book, is drafted to look into rumors of black magic in the Windy City. And if that wasn't enough, he must help the daughter of an old friend, whose boyfriend was the only one in a room where an old...
Author
Series
Codex Alera volume 2
Publisher
Ace Books
Pub. Date
2006, c2005
Physical Desc
704 p. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
For one thousand years, the people of Alera have united against the aggressive and threatening races that inhabit the world, using their unique bond with the Furies--elementals of Earth, Air, Fire, Water, and Metal. But now, the unity of the Alerians hangs in precarious balance. The First Lord of Alera has fallen in his efforts to protect his people from the vicious attacks of their enemies. Now, the fate of the Alerians lies in the hands of Tavi,...
Author
Series
Publisher
Ace
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
437 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"The world of Harry Dresden, Chicago's only professional wizard, is rife with intrigue--and creatures of all supernatural stripes. And you'll make their intimate acquaintance as Harry delves into the dark side of truth, justice, and the American way in this ... short story collection. From the Wild West to the bleachers at Wrigley Field, humans, zombies, incubi, and even fey royalty appear, ready to blur the line between friend and foe"--
Author
Series
Dresden files volume 9
Publisher
Roc
Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
467 p. ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
Professional wizard Harry Dresden is investigating a series of deaths in Chicago. Someone is killing practitioners of magic, those incapable of becoming full-fledged wizards. Shockingly, all the evidence points to Harry's half-brother, Thomas, as the murderer. Determined to clear his sibling's name, Harry uncovers a conspiracy within the White Council of Wizards that threatens not only him, but his nearest and dearest, too...
Author
Series
Codex Alera volume 4
Publisher
Ace Books
Pub. Date
2010, c2007
Physical Desc
512 p. ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
After two years of bitter conflict with the hordes of invading Canim, Tavi of Calderon, now Captain of the First Aleran Legion, realizes that a peril far greater than the Canim exists -- the terrifying Vord, who drove the savage Canim from their homeland. Now, Tavi must find a way to overcome the centuries-old animosities between Aleran and Cane if an alliance is to be forged against their mutual enemy. And he must lead his legion in defiance of the...
Author
Series
Codex Alera volume 3
Publisher
Ace Books
Pub. Date
2007, c2006
Physical Desc
536 p. ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
The power-hungry High Lord of Kalare has launched a rebellion against the aging First Lord, Gaius Sextus, who with the loyal forces of Alera must fight beside the unlikeliest of allies-the equally contentious High Lord of Aquitaine. Meanwhile, young Tavi of Calderon joins a newly formed legion under an assumed name even as the ruthless Kalare unites with the Canim, bestial enemies of the realm whose vast numbers spell certain doom for Alera. When...
Author
Series
Codex Alera volume 5
Publisher
Ace Books
Pub. Date
2009, c2008
Physical Desc
627 p. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Tavi of Calderon, now recognized as Princeps Gaius Octavian and heir to the crown, has achieved a fragile alliance with Alera's oldest foes, the savage Canim. But when Tavi and his legions guide the Canim safely to their lands, his worst fears are realized. The dreaded Vord -- the enemy of Aleran and Cane alike -- have spent the last three years laying waste to the Canim homeland. And when the Alerans are cut off from their ships, they find themselves...
Author
Series
Codex Alera volume 6
Publisher
Berkley Pub. Group
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
465 p. : map ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
For years he has endured the endless trials and triumphs of a man whose skill and power could not be restrained. Battling ancient enemies, forging new alliances, and confronting the corruption within his own land, Gaius Octavian became a legendary man of war -- and the rightful First Lord of Alera. But now, the savage Vord are on the march, and Gaius must lead his legions to the Calderon Valley to stand against them -- using all of his intelligence,...
Author
Series
Dresden files volume 16
Publisher
Ace
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
340 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Harry Dresden is back and ready for action ... When the supernatural nations of the world meet up to negotiate an end to ongoing hostilities, Harry Dresden, Chicago's only professional wizard, joins the White Council's security team to make sure the talks stay civil. But can he succeed, when dark political manipulations threaten the very existence of Chicago--and all he holds dear?"--
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