Grave Peril

By Jim Butcher,

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Now in hardcover from the New York Times bestselling author of The Dresden Files.Harry Dresden’s 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 Harry’s years of supernatural sleuthing, he’s never…

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The hero of Jim Butcher’s Dresden Files series, Harry Dresden, is a unique protagonist. I consistently find him to be a character that I can relate to.

As a wizard, he taps into unusual powers (do I do that? Hmm), which in itself is intriguing. But most of all he is a guy trying to do the right thing in a world full of wrong things and surrounded by people who consistently misunderstand what he’s doing.

Butcher creates a supernatural world that is both intriguing and scary. There are fairies who will charm you to death. There are sexy vampires…

The Strange Case of Guaritori Diolco

By Bill Hiatt,

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Guaritori awakens from a coma to find that he's lost twenty years--and his entire world.

Fiancée, family, and friends are all missing, perhaps dead. Technology has failed, and magic has risen, leaving society in ruins. Most survivors are at the mercy of anyone who has strong enough magic. Guaritori has none. He finds a protector, but his troubles are far from over.

The new society in which he finds himself is superficially friendly but surrounded by enemies and full of secrets. Guaritori doesn't know it yet, but the biggest secret is his. If his protector knew who he truly was, she would kill him.

The Strange Case of Guaritori Diolco

By Bill Hiatt,

What is this book about?

Coming out of a coma after twenty years, Guaritori--Garth to his friends--discovers that the world he knew no longer exists.

Advanced technology has failed. Magic, which he didn't know even existed, has become much more powerful. Supernatural groups battle for supremacy, forcing human beings to seek shelter wherever they can find it.
Garth's only hope for survival lies with a varied group including a shape-shifter, an alchemist, a tarot card reader, a blacksmith with a flaming sword, and others. But a prophecy foretells that he will bring about the downfall of their leader, the mysterious Ms. M.

Even worse, Garth…


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