Backup
Let's get something clear right up front.I'm not Harry Dresden.Harry's a wizard. A genuine, honest-to-goodness wizard. He's Gandalf on crack and an IV of Red Bull, with a big leather coat and a .44 revolver in his pocket. He'll spit in the eye of gods and demons alike if he thinks it needs to be...
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Let's get something clear right up front.I'm not Harry Dresden.Harry's a wizard. A genuine, honest-to-goodness wizard. He's Gandalf on crack and an IV of Red Bull, with a big leather coat and a .44 revolver in his pocket. He'll spit in the eye of gods and demons alike if he thinks it needs to be done, and to hell with the consequences--and yet somehow my little brother manages to remain a decent human being. I'll be damned if I know how. But then, I'll be damned regardless.My name is Thomas Raith, and I'm a monster.So begins "Backup," a twelve thousand word novelette set in Jim Butcher s ultra-popular Dresden Files series. This time Harry's in trouble he knows nothing about, and it's up to his big brother Thomas to track him down and solve those little life-threatening difficulties without his little brother even noticing.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781596061828 (1596061820)
ASIN: 1596061820
Publish date: 2008-10-28
Publisher: Subterranean
Pages no: 70
Edition language: English
Series: The Dresden Files (#10)
Backstory to Backup! I've stayed away from Jim Butcher after seeing the Dresden File series. Well, not completely. I was drawn in by rave reviews from friends/Bob on the show. A lot of it was Bob. I loved Bob! Bob was quite, quite different in the books. I cried. I flung a book acr...
I'm not super-familiar with Harry Dresden--I've read several of the books, made it to partway-through-book-five, and I liked them, but I haven't gone back yet--and there were a couple of reveals in here that came as a surprise (although keeping in mind who Harry's godmother is, more of a surprise in...
It's a nice story, looking from Thomas' POV instead of Harry. BUT IT'S TOO GOD DAMN SHORT!!! That is what make me can only give 3 stars on this. I just wish it has more meat because I seriously like Thomas
Having read the first Dresden book - Storm Front - and having seen the TV show for it's brief run, I am familiar with the setting/characters in the "Dresdenverse", as someone so aptly called it.The best I can say about this little novella is that if you are a fan of the series, you'll enjoy it for t...
Having read the first Dresden book - Storm Front - and having seen the TV show for it's brief run, I am familiar with the setting/characters in the "Dresdenverse", as someone so aptly called it.The best I can say about this little novella is that if you are a fan of the series, you'll enjoy it for t...
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