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Skin Game

71.4% complete
2015
2019
1 time
51 chapters
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 The Dresden Files*
#15 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.

Picture of Desden Files books
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, 2014
For Lori, Julie, and Mom.
You guys really came through for me. Thank you.
There was a ticking time bomb inside my head and the one person I trusted to go in and get it out hadn't shown up or spoken to me for more than a year.
May contain spoilers
Without a word, I took Amoracchius and settled it where I could reach it easily when it was time to stand up.
No comments on file
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Added: 14-Jun-2015
Last Updated: 14-May-2022

Publications

 27-May-2014
Penguin Audio
Book on CD
I read this editionOrder from amazon.comHas a cover imageBook Edition Cover
Date Issued:
27-May-2014
Format:
Book on CD
Cover Price:
$29.95
Length:
15 hrs 49 min
"Read":
Once
Reading(s):
1)   19 Aug 2019 - 13 Sep 2019
Cover Link(s):
Internal ID:
1951
Publisher:
ISBN:
1-611-76294-4
ISBN-13:
978-1-611-76294-5
Country:
United States
Language:
English
Credits:
James Marsters  - Narration
From amazon.com:

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, Nicodemus Archleone - to break into the highest-security vault in town, so that they can then access the highest-security vault in the Nevernever.

It's a smash-and-grab job to recover the literal Holy Grail from the vaults of the greatest treasure hoard in the supernatural world - which belongs to the one and only Hades, Lord of the freaking Underworld and generally unpleasant character. Worse, Dresden suspects that there is another game afoot that no one is talking about. And he's dead certain that Nicodemus has no intention of allowing any of his crew to survive the experience. Especially Harry.

Dresden's always been tricky, but he's going to have to up his backstabbing game to survive this mess - assuming his own allies don't end up killing him before his enemies get the chance....
Cover:
Book Cover
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 05-Mar-2015
Orbit
Paperback
Order from amazon.comHas a cover imageBook Edition Cover
Date Issued:
Cir 05-Mar-2015
Format:
Paperback
Cover Price:
£9.99
Pages*:
566
Internal ID:
2025
Publisher:
ISBN:
0-356-50096-9
ISBN-13:
978-0-356-50096-6
Printing:
5
Country:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
Meet Harry Dresden, Chicago's first (and only) Wizard P.I. Turns out that '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.

Queen Mab has traded on Harry's skills to pay off a debt.  And now he must help a group of villains led by his most despised enemy, Nicodemus Archleone, break into a vault in the Nevernever.

Problem is, the vault belongs to Hades, Lord of the Underworld.  And Dresden is dead certain that Nicodemus has no intention of allowing any of his crew to survive the experience.  Dresden's always been tricky, but he's going to have to up his backstabbing game to survive this particular heist...

MAGIC - IT CAN GET A GUY KILLED.

'Everything I'd hoped for.'
Patrick Rothfuss on Skin Game

'Butcher's storytelling is satisfying on a level that's bone deep.'
io9.com
Cover:
Book CoverBook Back CoverBook Spine
Notes and Comments:
First published in Great Britain in 2014 by Orbit
This paperback edition published in 2015 by Orbit
Fifth printing by the number line

Bought this from bookdepository.com to fill some holes in my Orbit collection.
 05-Mar-2015
Orbit
Paperback
In my libraryOrder from amazon.comHas a cover imageBook Edition Cover
Date Issued:
Cir 05-Mar-2015
Format:
Paperback
Cover Price:
£8.99
Pages*:
566
Internal ID:
13026
Publisher:
ISBN:
0-356-50096-9
ISBN-13:
978-0-356-50096-6
Printing:
2
Country:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
Meet Harry Dresden, Chicago's first (and only) Wizard P.I. Turns out that '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.

Queen Mab has traded on Harry's skills to pay off a debt.  And now he must help a group of villains led by his most despised enemy, Nicodemus Archleone, break into a vault in the Nevernever.

Problem is, the vault belongs to Hades, Lord of the Underworld.  And Dresden is dead certain that Nicodemus has no intention of allowing any of his crew to survive the experience.  Dresden's always been tricky, but he's going to have to up his backstabbing game to survive this particular heist...

MAGIC - IT CAN GET A GUY KILLED.

'Everything I'd hoped for.'
Patrick Rothfuss on Skin Game

'Butcher's storytelling is satisfying on a level that's bone deep.'
io9.com
Cover:
Book CoverBook Back CoverBook Spine
Notes and Comments:
First published in Great Britain in 2014 by Orbit
This paperback edition published in 2015 by Orbit
Second printing by the number line
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27-May-2014
Penguin Audio
Book on CD

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05-Mar-2015
Orbit
Paperback

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05-Mar-2015
Orbit
Paperback

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Author(s)

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

Awards

2014Good ReadsBest Fantasy Nominee
2015World Science Fiction SocietyHugo Award - Best Novel Nominee
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