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  • The Dresden Files, Book 7
  • By: Jim Butcher
  • Narrated by: James Marsters
  • Length: 15 hrs and 7 mins
  • 4.8 out of 5 stars (2,169 ratings)
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By: Jim Butcher
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Summary

When a killer vampire threatens to destroy head of Special Investigations Karrin Murphy's reputation, unless Harry delivers the powerful Word of Kemmler to her, he has no choice. Now Harry is in a race against time to find the Word before Chicago experiences a Halloween night to wake the dead.

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©2006 Jim Butcher (P)2010 Penguin

Critic reviews

"Butcher's latest maintains the momentum of previous Dresden outings and builds the suspense right up to a rousing conclusion." ( Booklist)

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best audio book, and best narrator

Dresden files is the best series of books made for audio out there that I have found so far, and as I drive for a living and music puts me to sleep I have a huge library to chose from.

Mr Marsters unlike many narrators obviously has read the books before narrating them and enjoyed them, and this comes through as energy and emotion. Mr Marsters doesn't read these books, he performs them with great skill.

in short Dresden files rocks
Jim butcher rocks
and James marsters kicks backside.

more please.

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The one with the dinosaur...

I have been partial to Dead Beat since I first read it. Jim Butcher is a terrific writer (duh!), and before I tried Audible I thought that was, you should pardon me, the end of the story. Nope. James Marsters adds so many dimensions with his excellent narration. I only knew his acting from Buffy and Angel. He is SO much better than that! Thanks, Audible, for this superb pairing.

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James Marsters is a freaking genius!

I love the stories and I love the voices that James does. Excellent work yet again!

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Amazing!

I love all the dresden files books, but this one is definitely my favourite!

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Brilliantly read

Another great story, I’m really enjoying this series & im loving the narrator, thank you very much

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Another great instalment

Polka never dies! Another great book, made perfect by the narrator. Looking forward to the next one.

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Best of Dresden so Far

Best book in the series so far! We’ll performed as always. Zombie everything’s abound.

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Best Dresden book so far!

If you like Dresden books you're really going to love this one!

These books just keep getting better and better and James Marsters was brilliant as usual!

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What a thrill ride!

Another crazy Dresden adventure, this one has Evil wizards, zombies, angels, fairies…
…and polka?!
what more could you want?

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Best book in the series so far

Both James Marsters and the story are fantastic in this book! James's narrative skills in the first book of the series were ok at best, but have improved with every book until, with this book, I now rank him as one of the best narrators around!

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