“The wildest, strangest, best Dresden adventure to time…Butcher’s blending of modern illusion with classic noir sensibilities means that there’s never a dull second.”-SF Site

Paranormal investigations are Harry Dresden’s business and Chicago is definitely his beat, as he tries to bring regulation and order to a world of wizards and monsters that exists alongside everyday life. And even though most inhabitants from the Windy City don’t believe in magic, the Unique Investigations Department from the Chicago PD knows better.

Karrin Murphy is the head of S. I. and Harry’s good friend. So whenever a killer vampire threatens to damage Murphy’s popularity unless Harry will her bidding, he does not have any choice. The vampire desires the Word of Kemmler (whatever that is) and all of the power that comes with it. Now, Harry is within a race against time-and six merciless necromancers-to find the term before Chicago experiences a Halloween party to wake the deceased…