A friend of
mine gave me digital copy of Jim Butcher’s Storm
front, the first novel in The Dresden
Files. The series is about a world, similar to our own, but where wizards
and magic are very normal. Harry Dresden is a wizard for hire. He finds lost
things, is terrible with anything electronic (and that includes his VW Beetle
car), has an awful track record concerning women, has trouble paying his bills
(don’t we all) and he consults for the police. He lives in a basement along
with his cat and has a dungeon for making spells. All in all a nice guy.
In this
first book Harry receives the request from a lady to find her lost husband.
Later, the police asks for his assistance in a very brutal murders: the hearts
of two lovers were ripped out during the act. Ai. The Wizard Council suspects
Harry of these murders, due to something that happened in Harry’s past. The
precise nature of what is hinted at. Harry has some difficulty proving his
innocence, maintaining his health – being attack by some other worldly troll
isn’t very good for your physical and mental health – and in the meantime don’t
get himself killed. Of course, in the end all ends well (otherwise, there
wouldn’t be a series).
The book is
fun and has a good pace. Harry is a nice enough guy to get interested in. Magic
in our world is highly underrated. The idea of magic and how this will affect
our world and those who live in it, is well figured out. Not only can magic be
off assistance to Harry (but not in the Potter way of things, here magic has a
price), it can also be a hindrance. His magic is not always the easy escape you
might think. All in all fun/light enough for a bed time snack and I don’t mind
reading another one of the series.
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