Meet Harry Dresden, Chicago's first (and only) Wizard P.I. Turns out the 'everyday' world is full of strange and magical things - and most of them don't play well with humans. That's where Harry comes in. Harry is the best at what he does - and not just because he's the only one who does it. So when the Chicago P.D. has a case that transcends mortal capabilities, they look to him for answers. There's just one problem. Business, to put it mildly, stinks. So when the police bring him in to consult on a grisly double murder committed with black magic, Harry's seeing dollar signs. But where there's black magic, there's a black mage behind it. And now that mage knows Harry's name. And that's when things start to get . . . interesting. Magic - it can get a guy killed.
Meet Harry Dresden, Chicago's first (and only) Wizard P.I. Turns out the 'everyday' world is full of strange and magical things - and most of them don't play well with humans. That's where Harry comes in. Harry is the best at what he does - and not just because he's the only one who does it. So when the Chicago P.D. has a case that transcends mortal capabilities, they look to him for answers. There's just one problem. Business, to put it mildly, stinks. So when the police bring him in to consult on a grisly double murder committed with black magic, Harry's seeing dollar signs. But where there's black magic, there's a black mage behind it. And now that mage knows Harry's name. And that's when things start to get . . . interesting. Magic - it can get a guy killed.
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Long-running urban fantasy and epic fantasy sagas often hinge on distinct magic systems and sharp narrative voices, as demonstrated in the Chicago-set investigative wizard series starting with Storm Front. Author Jim Butcher launched this universe while studying at the University of Oklahoma, blending hardboiled detective tropes with modern supernatural fiction.
Born on October 26, 1971, in Independence, Missouri, Jim Butcher was the youngest of three children. In the early 1990s, he adopted the online moniker Longshot upon committing to a career as a fiction writer, acknowledging the steep odds facing aspiring novelists. His breakthrough came after developing a manuscript for a class assignment about wizard private investigator Harry Dresden, which grew into the multi-volume Dresden Files series. Butcher expanded his repertoire beyond urban fantasy by launching the high-fantasy Codex Alera series with Furies of Calderon and the steampunk Cinder Spires series with The Aeronaut's Windlass. Outside of writing, his background includes fifteen years of martial arts practice in styles such as Ryukyu Kempo, Tae Kwon Do, Goju Shorei Ryu, and Kung Fu, alongside work as a summer camp horse wrangler, stunt rider, and fencer.
Butcher's narrative approach relies on fast-paced first-person perspective, sardonic humor, and meticulous world-building that treats magical mechanics with internal consistency. In his urban fantasy work, mundane urban settings exist alongside hidden supernatural hierarchies, forcing characters to navigate bureaucratic, political, and physical dangers. His high fantasy and steampunk works similarly feature structured elemental bonding and airship logistics, drawing on his personal interest in tabletop role-playing games, live-action gaming, and combat martial arts to inform tactical action sequences.
21 books in catalog
Long-running urban fantasy and epic fantasy sagas often hinge on distinct magic systems and sharp narrative voices, as demonstrated in the Chicago-set investigative wizard series starting with Storm Front. Author Jim Butcher launched this universe while studying at the University of Oklahoma, blending hardboiled detective tropes with modern supernatural fiction.
Born on October 26, 1971, in Independence, Missouri, Jim Butcher was the youngest of three children. In the early 1990s, he adopted the online moniker Longshot upon committing to a career as a fiction writer, acknowledging the steep odds facing aspiring novelists. His breakthrough came after developing a manuscript for a class assignment about wizard private investigator Harry Dresden, which grew into the multi-volume Dresden Files series. Butcher expanded his repertoire beyond urban fantasy by launching the high-fantasy Codex Alera series with Furies of Calderon and the steampunk Cinder Spires series with The Aeronaut's Windlass. Outside of writing, his background includes fifteen years of martial arts practice in styles such as Ryukyu Kempo, Tae Kwon Do, Goju Shorei Ryu, and Kung Fu, alongside work as a summer camp horse wrangler, stunt rider, and fencer.
Butcher's narrative approach relies on fast-paced first-person perspective, sardonic humor, and meticulous world-building that treats magical mechanics with internal consistency. In his urban fantasy work, mundane urban settings exist alongside hidden supernatural hierarchies, forcing characters to navigate bureaucratic, political, and physical dangers. His high fantasy and steampunk works similarly feature structured elemental bonding and airship logistics, drawing on his personal interest in tabletop role-playing games, live-action gaming, and combat martial arts to inform tactical action sequences.
The Dresden Files
The Dresden Files
