Storm Front (The Dresden Files)

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Storm Front
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Author Jim Butcher
Cover artist Lee MacLeod
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Series The Dresden Files
Genre Urban Fantasy, mystery
Publisher Penguin Putnam
Publication date
April 1, 2000 [1]
Media typePrint (paperback) & AudioBook (Audio cassette & Audio CD)
Pages322 pp (first edition, paperback)
ISBN 0-451-45781-1 (first edition, paperback)
OCLC 43892393
LC Class CPB Box no. 1853 vol. 11
Followed by Fool Moon  

Storm Front is a 2000 fantasy novel by American writer Jim Butcher. [2] It is the first novel in The Dresden Files , his first published series, and it follows the character of Harry Dresden, professional wizard. [1] The novel was later adapted into a pilot for a SyFy channel television series, [3] though Jim Butcher felt the writers were not attempting to recreate the novel on a "chapter by chapter or even story by story basis". [4]

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Plot summary

Dresden is hired by Monica Sells to find her husband Victor Sells, an amateur occultist who has been acting oddly. Later that day, he gets a call from Lieutenant Karrin Murphy, director of the Special Investigations (SI) Unit of the Chicago Police Department. Murphy's partner shows him the bodies of two people who died by having their hearts ripped out, apparently by magic. Dresden realizes that he would be the chief suspect for these magical murders if news of them reached the White Council.

Eventually, after encounters with vampires, the unknown warlock, and the ever-suspicious Warden Morgan, who does hear of the murders, Dresden learns that the affair centers around the drug "ThreeEye", which allows normal humans to temporarily acquire Wizards Sight, but eventually drives them insane. Victor Sells has been manufacturing ThreeEye to edge out mob boss Johnny Marcone. Sells was once a good man, but became drunk on power when he started practicing magic. Using the energy of thunder storms and the orgies held at his home, Sells powered the spells to remove his enemies, namely Marcone's men and anyone else threatening his operation such as Monica's sister and she worries that he might do something to their children next. His next target becomes Dresden due to Dresden's investigation.

Dresden interrupts Victor's spellcasting and attacks him, eventually burning down Victor's house while Victor is still inside grappling with giant scorpions and a demon he had summoned to kill Dresden. Dresden survives, but is himself trapped on the balcony of the burning house until Morgan steps in to rescue him. Morgan had witnessed the fight with Victor and, knowing now that Dresden is innocent, reluctantly testifies on Dresden's behalf to the White Council, which in turn lifts a prolonged death sentence that had been over Dresden's head since he was a teenager.

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References

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  2. ↑ "Storm Front by Jim Butcher - Penguin Books USA". www.penguin.com. Penguin Group USA. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
  3. ↑ Wolfe, Robert (November 29, 2005). "DF: Our Actual Cast!, Yes, real names and stuff! Plus trivia!". Ex Isle Forums. Retrieved November 29, 2005.
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