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Summer Knight

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2002
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 The Dresden Files*
#4 of 18
The Dresden Files*     See series as if on a bookshelf
A supernatural fantasy series written by Jim Butcher based around the main character Harry Dresden.

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My Desden Files books

1) Storm Front
2) Fool Moon
3) Grave Peril
4) Summer Knight
5) Death Masks
6) Blood Rites
7) Dead Beat
8) Proven Guilty
9) White Night
10) Small Favor
11) Turn Coat
12) Changes
13) Ghost Story
14) Cold Days
15) Skin Game
16) Peace Talks
17) Battle Ground
Copyright © Jim Butcher, 2002
This book is for big sisters everywhere who have enough patience not to strangle their little brothers - and particulary for my own sisters, who had more than most.  I owe you both so much.

And for mom, for reasons that are so obvious that they really don't need to be said - but I thought I would make special mention of candy cane cookies and that rocking chair that creaked me to sleep.
It rained toads the day the White Council came to town.
May contain spoilers
Lord, what fools these mortals be.
Comments may contain spoilers
Started this after I finished Darkly Dreaming Dexter.
Extract not on file

 

Added: 05-Apr-2015
Last Updated: 04-Oct-2024

Publications

 03-Sep-2002
Roc
Mass Market Paperback
In my libraryI read this editionOrder from amazon.comHas a cover imageBook Edition Cover
Date Issued:
03-Sep-2002
Format:
Mass Market Paperback
Cover Price:
$6.99
Pages*:
371
Read:
Once
Reading(s):
1)   4 May 2015 - 12 May 2015
Internal ID:
1489
Publisher:
ISBN:
0-451-45892-3
ISBN-13:
978-0-451-45892-6
Printing:
7
Country:
United States
Language:
English
Credits:
Ray Lundgren - Cover Design
Lee McLeod  - Cover Artist
HARRY DRESDEN - WIZARD
Lost items found.  Paranormal Investigations.
Consulting. Advice. Reasonable Rates.
No Love Potions, Endless Purses, or
Other Entertainment.


Ever since his girlfriend left town to deal with her newly acquired taste for blood, Harry Dresden has been down and out in Chicago.  He can't pay his rent.  He's alienating his friends.  He can't even recall the last time he took a shower.

The onlt professional wizard in the phone book has become a desperate man.

And just when it seems things can't get any worse, in saunters the Winter Queen of Faerie.  She has an offer Harry can't refuse if he wants to free himself of the supernatural hold his faerie dogmother has over him - and hopefully end his run of bad luck.  All he has to do is find out who murdered the Summer Queen's right hand man, the Summer Knight, and clear the Winter Queen's name.

It seems simple enough, but Harry knows better than to get caught in the middle of faerie politics.  Until he finds out that the fate of the entire world rests on his solving this case.  No pressure or anyting.

"Buthcer successfully lends human dimensions to vampires and spirits."
- Publishers Weekly

A fun occult mystery series.
- Locus
Cover:
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Notes and Comments:
First Printing, September 2002
Seventh printing based on the number line

Canada: $9.99

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 31-Mar-2007
Buzzy Multimedia Publishing
Book on CD
Order from amazon.comHas a cover imageBook Edition Cover
Date Issued:
31-Mar-2007
Format:
Book on CD
Length:
11 hrs 13 min (379 pages)
Cover Link(s):
Internal ID:
12792
ISBN:
0-979-07492-4
ISBN-13:
978-0-979-07492-9
Country:
United States
Language:
English
Credits:
James Marsters  - Narration
From amazon.com:

HARRY DRESDEN WIZARD Lost items found. Paranormal Investigations. Consulting. Advice. Reasonable Rates. No Love Potions, Endless Purses, or Other Entertainment
Harry Blackstone Copperfield Dresden is a very powerful wizard and a dedicated private eye. He is also a wise cracking trouble magnet.
Fueled by a tempest of guilt, sleep deprivation, malnutrition, bad temper and frankly awful personal grooming. Harry is hurtling toward oblivion. According to Harry that is nobody's business but his own.
The Winter Queen of Faerie manipulates him into accepting a case to solve a murder and stop a war between the courts of Summer and Winter that could have literally earth shattering consequences. His own soul is up for grabs. Dresden must dig deep to discover that at time a willingness to accept a little help from your friends, be they a cub pack of werewolves, old loves in sheep's clothing, or a battalion of pizza loving dewdrop fairies, is a very good thing.
Buzzy Multimedia - Excellence in Science Ficiton and Fantasy Audiobooks
Cover:
Book Cover
Notes and Comments:
 05-May-2011
Orbit
Paperback
In my libraryOrder from amazon.comHas a cover imageBook Edition Cover
Date Issued:
Cir 05-May-2011
Format:
Paperback
Cover Price:
£9.99
Pages*:
413
Internal ID:
2090
Publisher:
ISBN:
0-356-50030-6
ISBN-13:
978-0-356-50030-0
Printing:
9
Country:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
Credits:
Chris McGrath  - Cover Artist
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 were 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 of Faerie saunters in with an offer Harry can't refuse.  All he has to do is find out who murdered the Summer Knight, the Summer Queen's right-hand man, and clear the Winter Queen's name.

It seems simple, but Faerie politics seldom work out that way.  Then Harry discovers the fate of the entire world rests on this case.  So no pressure...

MAGIC - IT CAN GET A GUY KILLED

'Fast paced and tightly plotted, Summer Knight delivers the kind of action-packed adventure Jim Butcher's fans have come to expect.'
SFSite.com

'Arguably the finiest urban fantasy series being written at the moment.'
Bookgeeks.co.uk
Cover:
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Notes and Comments:
First published in Great Britain in 2005 by Orbit
This paperback edition published in 2011 by Orbit
9th printing based on number line
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03-Sep-2002
Roc
Mass Market Paperback

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31-Mar-2007
Buzzy Multimedia Publishing
Book on CD

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05-May-2011
Orbit
Paperback

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Author(s)

 Jim Butcher
Birth: 26 Oct 1971 Independence, Missouri, USA

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