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Death Masks by Jim Butcher Narrator: James Marsters
Series: The Dresden Files #5
Published by Penguin Audio on August 1, 2003
Genres: Paranormal, Science Fiction Fantasy, Urban Fantasy
Length: 11 hours and 17 minutes
Format: Audiobook
Source: Library
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Harry Dresden, Chicago's only practicing professional wizard, should be happy that business is pretty good for a change. But now he's getting more than he bargained for:
A duel with the Red Court of Vampires' champion, who must kill Harry to end the war between vampires and wizards...
Professional hit men using Harry for target practice...
The missing Shroud of Turin...
A handless and headless corpse the Chicago police need identified...
Not to mention the return of Harry's ex-girlfriend Susan, who's still struggling with her semi-vampiric nature. And who seems to have a new man in her life.
Some days, it just doesn't pay to get out of bed. No matter how much you're charging.
Also in this series: Strange Brew, Storm Front, Fool Moon, Grave Peril, Summer Knight, Blood Rites
Death Masks is book five in The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher.
I’ve been enjoy The Dresden Files. This time instead of reading I decide to give the audiobook a try. I have to say Narrator James Marsters was outstanding. He brought all the characters to life. Harry’s voice was just what I expected it to sound like. It was perfection. I plan to try out more in The Dresden Files series in audiobook format. It was a superb listen.
As for the plot well several things are happening in this installment and not all of it was good. We have some grey areas, some bad, and some good. Harry’s got a lot to deal with.
Susan comes back to say good bye for good and to warn him. She’s been gone a year with no contact and just shows up out of the blue. She could have called Harry, but nope she’s back and finds herself involved in Harry’s investigation. Having her back is painful for him. I’m ready for her to go and not return. Close that door, please…
Besides Susan returning, he’s been sent out on another case to find a missing artifact and theirs’s a prophecy that involves him and this artifact. Oh Boy!! He’s got choices to make, but their are things that you just can’t walk away from.
And, last the Red Court still wants Harry dead and the war is going strong between Vampires and Wizards. As you can see so much to deal with. What could go wrong?
Death Masks brings us Demons, Vampires, a possible Apocalypse and so much more. I had a fabulous time listening to this story. The audio was well worth listing too. Can’t wait to see what happens next to Harry.
Rated: 4 Stars
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Challenge(s): Library Love / Pick Your Genre (UF) / Backlist Reader (2017)
About Jim Butcher
Jim Butcher is the author of the Dresden Files, the Codex Alera, and a new steampunk series, the Cinder Spires. His resume includes a laundry list of skills which were useful a couple of centuries ago, and he plays guitar quite badly. An avid gamer, he plays tabletop games in varying systems, a variety of video games on PC and console, and LARPs whenever he can make time for it. Jim currently resides mostly inside his own head, but his head can generally be found in his home town of Independence, Missouri.
Jim goes by the moniker Longshot in a number of online locales. He came by this name in the early 1990′s when he decided he would become a published author. Usually only 3 in 1000 who make such an attempt actually manage to become published; of those, only 1 in 10 make enough money to call it a living. The sale of a second series was the breakthrough that let him beat the long odds against attaining a career as a novelist.
All the same, he refuses to change his nickname.
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I’m with you Melanie. I started out reading, but now that I’ve done the one audiobook I’m hooked and picking them up, as long as they are available at my library in audio. I don’t want to go back to reading them unless I have too. Masters was amazing!
This series takes some really dark turns. I’m glad you gave Marsters a try. I think he does a great job with this series. I can’t imagine reading the series after listening to them.
Thank you!
Great review Angela!! Shared on all my socials!!
Not everyone enjoys the same thing. At least you gave it go. I wasn’t sure how I’d feel about a male lead, but I’ve been very much enjoying Dresden and the adventures he gets himself into.
It took me 3years to pick up this series. When I started blogging this was one of the series that kept getting recommended to me. I finally picked it up this year and I’ve very much enjoyed reading the adventures Dresden gets into, but I have to say the audiobook was pretty amazing too. Brought out Dresden. I’m waiting for the next audio to be available from my library ^_^.
You know Angela as a huge fantasy fan I’ve yet to read him. That should change 🙂
I only tried the first book of this author but I wasn’t a big fan…