Jim Butcher's Dresden Files: War Cry

Jim Butcher's Dresden Files: War Cry

Hardcover
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Beschreibung

“To say I loved this book would be such an understatement. It's a great, intensely fun, quick read that satisfied my Dresden Files itch in a year during which I'm not sure we'll get a new novel in the series.” - Kirkus

A war is raging between the vampire forces of the Red Court and the White Council - a war that the wizards are losing. So desperate are the Council that they've dragooned the experienced and the outcast to reinforce their thinning ranks of Wardens. One of these draftees is one Harry Dresden, Chicago's only wizard-for-hire and a guy who's long been looked upon with suspicion by the supernatural authorities. Now, he's one of them, and his first big mission as a Warden is a doozy: take a small team of greenhorns to a frigid town in the middle of nowhere to rescue a handful of mortals who've been targeted by the Red Court. The question is, why exactly are these particular mortals so crucial to the outcome of the war? The answer will come only if Harry can keep them, and his team, alive for one very long night.

This graphic novel collects the critically acclaimed, five-issue series in one volume, and features a bonus section with Jim Butcher's original story outline, sketchbook artwork from Carlos Gomez, cover gallery with roughs from Stjepan Sejic, and more!
Creator Commentary from Jim Butcher: "The greatest frustration about writing the Dresden Files is all the stories I come up with that are too small or too straightforward to write into a novel. One of the great pleasures I've had as a writer is getting the opportunity to tell some of those stories in a short-story format, and in graphic novels like this one! War Cry is one of the stories I always wanted to tell but never got the chance to in the context of the novels, and I'm extremely pleased with how well it's coming out."
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Hardcover
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136
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22.77 €

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ARC received from NetGalley I must admit I gave up on the Dresden Files after I read book two in the series. Urban noir fantasy and first person narration is just not to my liking. But I was willing to give this graphic novel a shot and was pleasantly surprised. Chronologically it's set after the 8th book, but a lot of previews knowledge is not needed and it's even very viable for newcomers to the series. It had a lot of spoilers of the previous books, but it was ok for me since I didn't plan to read them in the first place. So be aware! The story itself is very entertaining and well paced. The single issues have good endings and are worth to buy. For example the single Saga issues, another graphic novel I read over the last months, are absolutely not worth it's money, because the story arc is so short and incoherent. The artwork is well done, but of course tastes will differ here, especially the appearance of Dresden, but I think it's well made.

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