Title: Turn Coat
Author: Jim Butcher
As the eleventh book of the Dresden Files begins, our favorite wizard detective, Harry Dresden, comes face-to-face with something he has been suspecting for several installments now -- there is treachery in the White Council. And if the most powerful wizards in the world are not safe, then neither are Harry, the people he cares for, or for that matter, all of humanity.
A master of the thriller, Jim Butcher again puts his hero, Chicago's only professional wizard, into the middle of tremendous danger which flows like a swollen river, so fast we believe Harry Dresden might drown. In fact, with the return of the TV series "24" for its ninth season, it occurs to me that Turn Coat, like many of the Dresden Files, is often driven by imminent danger and a fast-approaching deadline -- accent on the "dead."
Many supporting characters who have surrounded Dresden in past books are called upon again, in each case critical to the story Butcher is telling, in many cases developing as characters in their own rights. I was very happy to see Toot-toot!
Harry Dresden always seems to be faced with the choice between doing what he knows is right, which will almost undoubtedly mean his death, or doing what is expedient. Harry is a flawed hero, but he's definitely a hero. And it's constantly entertaining to see how the story plays out, and the prices which are exacted for doing the Right Thing.
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