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Summer Knight (The Dresden Files, Book 4)
By: Jim Butcher Publisher: Roc Average Rating: Binding: Mass Market Paperback Label: Roc Number of Items: 1 Number of Pages: 371 Publication Date: September 03, 2002 Release Date: September 03, 2002
Product Description: Private detective/wizard-for-hire Harry Dresden is suckered into tangling in the affairs of Faerie, where the fate of the entire world-and his soul-are at stake.
Download Description: Private detective/wizard-for-hire Harry Dresden is suckered into tangling in the affairs of Faerie, where the fate of the entire world-and his soul-are at stake.
An amazing novel Summer Knight is by far the best novel of the Dresden Files. Not only does it continue the overall plot of the series, but it has a fascinating and interesting plot within the novel. The war between the two fairy realms is interesting. I think this is the most creative work I have read by Jim Butcher. Gone are the hard to believe, out of nowhere scenarios. In this novel the actions are believable within the concepts of the novel. Bravo! I really enjoyed this novel. If you are a fan of the first three novels then I encourage you to read Summer Knight.
There has been a murder and a transfer of power is at hand. Whether the Winter or Summer fairies emerge victorious will determine if there is endless winter or endless summer on earth. It is my favorite novel of the series.
Summer Knight (The Dresden Files Book 4) This book was full of suspense & humorous as well - very hard to put down. This is a modern fantasy for adults with knights, wizards, fairies, trolls, etc.
A series that only gets better With the Dresden Files, Jim Butcher is doing the impossible--writing a series that gets more entertaining with every book. Easily the best fantasy series on the market today, I'd even go so far as to say that the Dresden Files novels are as good as, if not better than another series of books with a guy name Harry in them.
The fourth book in the series "Summer Knight" is one that will not disappoint readers. Picking up a few months after the events of "Grave Peril" in which Harry lost a girlfriend, made a deal with his faerie godmother to save himself and his friend and precipiated a war between the White Council and the Red Council, Harry starts the novel in a bad place. He's obsessed with finding a cure for his lost love Susan, he's barely been in the office in months, he's aliennating his friends and he's got a price on his head by the Red Council. And that's even before he finds out that his faerie godmother sold the favors he owed her to another and the White Council is coming to town.
The story unfolds at a natural but rewarding pace. Butcher has a natural ability to have events build on each other and he pays off hints from previous novels as well as dropping in hints of things to come. And this book feels like just a snapshot of a few of the big events in Harry's life over the course of a couple of days from the grander scheme of things. The strength in these stories is they're rewarding to read just as stand-alone novels, but taken within the greater context of the series, they add even greater layers. And while I will recommend reading them in order, Butcher does enough to bring in new readers that you can drop in on Harry at this point and not feel hopelessly lost. All the while, he doesn't aliennate long-term readers with pages of recap.
A great series of books that only gets better. This is the best I've read in the series and I can't wait to start the next one.
Oh one word of warning: Don't start any of the Dresden books if you've got things to do like sleep, go to work, spend time with the family. These are the types of books that will consume you, demanding your attention to savor every page and anticipating what will come on the next.
Author is a great story teller These books are great! If you love science fiction you will love these books. The author is funny, witty and holds your interest from cover to cover. I ordered the complete set and read through it in a week! I hope they bring the television series back to SciFi. It is more entertaining a series that SciFi brought back, Dr. Who, or as I call it "the doctor's non habit forming sleep remedy"! I'm going to reread them soon since I enjoyed them so much! I'm sure there were things I missed on the first go around. I'm also looking forward to the next book in the series.
Summer Knight I thoroughly enjoyed this novel,Mr Butcher keeps you engrossed through the entire experience. I would like to thank him for a well written book.