Dead Beat (The Dresden Files, Book 7) by Jim Butcher

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There are seven laws of magic in the world of wizar more

There are seven laws of magic in the world of wizards -- and one of them is "Thou shalt not reach beyond the borders of life." But of course, Harry Dresden encounters all sorts of evil magic in his job, and most of them break the magic laws anyway. And in Jim Butcher's seventh Dresden Files book, "Dead Beat," the overworked wizard-detective finds himself in the center of a massive magical conflict full of zombies, evil wizards and a vampire, all of whom want a magical book that would unleash a necromantic apocalypse. And how was your weekend? A few days before Halloween, Harry is blackmailed into meeting with the Black Court vampire Mavra -- she wants the "Word of Kemmler" given to her, or she destroys Murphy's career and life. It turns out that Kemmler was a necromancer whom the Wardens killed long ago ("They killed him pretty good. A bunch of times"). He was also Bob's former master. When Harry consults assistant-coroner/one-man-polka-band Waldo Butters abou possible ritual killings, they're attacked by a zombies -- not the "brains!" type, but dangerous superhuman undead. Turns out that there's a bunch of necromancers are running amok in Chicago, and thus far Harry's only clue is an old book called "Die Lied der Erlking." With some intel from the faeries and the local mob boss, Harry begins to piece together just why these necromancers (and Mavra) want to get their hands on the Word. With only one more to go before Halloween -- the Darkhallow -- and enemies of every kind, Harry must locate the Word and somehow keep it out of evil hands. Otherwise, y'know, the world might end. Body-surfing wizards, decaying vampires, Fallen angels, Wardens and ancient Hunts filled with wild Faerie magic -- "Dead Beat" definitely has plenty of problems for Harry Dresden to deal with, and he spends most of it treading a thin line between all the various magical groups and forces at work. There are a dozen different plot threads interwoven here -- from the vampire/wizard war to Harry's Fallen troubles -- and Butcher keeps them moving like a pro jongleur. Butcher fills it with plenty of fiery, whip-fast action and some spectacularly gross action scenes (one involving Thomas with a sawed-off shotgun -- hardcore splattergore!), as well as confrontations with some of the darker forces at work in Chicago (some of whom are truly spine-chilling). And the plot is also haunted by the repercussions of Harry's past actions -- old enemies, old injuries -- and a no-win scenario where no matter what, people will be hurt. All this sounds very grim and violent, so fortunately Butcher leavens all this with a hearty dose of humor, both from the snappy dialogue (" "You intend to murder me in cruor gelidus?" "No, I'll do it right here") and narrator (Thomas pretends to be Harry's gay partner). And the climactic buildup to the Halloween battle is the ultimate example of Butcher Humor: Harry riding a zombie T-rex through the streets of Chicago. I dare you to find any other urban fantasy with so brilliant an idea. Harry has even more problems to deal with than usual, and he handles them as gracefully as he can (especially considering he only had one working hand). But there are some new developments with far-reaching consequences for him -- particularly, a rather chilling death curse and a new position of authority that you NEVER would have thought our lovably lone-wolfy wizard would ever attain. And while Murphy is pretty much absent here, her position is filled by the manly and sexy incubus Thomas Raith, who is struggling to deal with a "normal" life -- all his minimum-wage jobs are disrupted by his oozing supernatural sex appeal. And minor character Waldo Butters serves as the "ordinary" guy who suddenly finds himself up to his ears in zombies, wizards and other weird things. All he wanted was the Quasimodo Polka! "Dead Beat's" tale of undead horrors and fey terrors is kept from being really grim, mainly because Butcher saturates it with loads of tongue-in-cheek humor. Definitely a must-read for fantasy fans.
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