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Battle Ground

The Dresden Files, Book 17

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Battle Ground

By: Jim Butcher
Narrated by: James Marsters
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Things are about to get serious for Harry Dresden, Chicago's only professional wizard, in the next entry in the number one New York Times and number one Sunday Times best-selling Dresden Files.

Harry has faced terrible odds before. He has a long history of fighting enemies above his weight class. The Red Court of vampires. The fallen angels of the Order of the Blackened Denarius. The Outsiders.

But this time it's different. A being more powerful and dangerous on an order of magnitude beyond what the world has seen in a millennium is coming. And she's bringing an army. The Last Titan has declared war on the city of Chicago and has come to subjugate humanity, obliterating any who stand in her way.

Harry's mission is simple but impossible: save the city by killing a Titan. And the attempt will change Harry's life, Chicago and the mortal world forever.

©2020 Jim Butcher (P)2020 Hachette Audio UK
Fantasy Fiction Thought-Provoking Chicago Greek Mythology Ancient Greece Paranormal Wizardry Magic Users War Mythology

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Excellent

This is one of my fav series'. Narrated brilliantly. keep em coming. looking forward to the next chapter.

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A much better performance... All around.

My goodness, where to begin?
Firstly, this is a much better story than Peace Talks. that story had no meat, whatsoever. So much so that Peace Talks isn't even acknowledged. I mean the fight between Harry and the Blackstaff isn't even mentioned! Anyway, the story has bones and good action. Empty Night, it even made me upset over a character death, one that I actively despised, so well done there. James Masters is back with a good performance. Remember the accents of the characters and bringing some life to them. I loved the short story at the end as well.
There is, in this book, the culmination of many little breadcrumbs, which is extraordinarily satisfying. Skip Peace Talks, just go straight to this.

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The Butcher’s bill will be high.

Jim Butcher is back!
I was worried after the slow going “Peace Talks”, but all is forgiven after reading this action packed follow up.
It’s classics Dresden with some truly epic moment...and it’s also pretty funny too.

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Great

I absolutely love it. I can't wait for the next one!!! Funny and Sad

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great

good story, well read as usual. can't wait for the final two books. I love em

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On your left!

Holy crap!

While this book is almost entirely focused on the gigantic battle set up at the end of “Peace Talks”, and it is gigantic — it makes Chichen Itza look like a bar brawl — many major plot events are still rolled in.

The landscape of the Dresden Files world will chdd as the dramatically.

This is no MCU.

Bring on book 18!

James Marsters kills it again. Mab and Ramirez sounding much more like their former selves.

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End bloopers!

a great story, it was nice to hear the story from Jim himself, and the bloopers at the end was truly wonderful!

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loved it! so intense.

raw, gritty, intense. so good. I'm desperate for the next one. this is such a rich world

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Battle Ground Blown Away!

utterly epic, gut wrenching, seat of my pants amazing book! Butcher and Masters are the dream team. I howled with laughter and ugly cried. Utterly brilliant

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Part 2

This is definitely the second part of one story.
Except for the beginning and end it was one big action scene.
Still meaningful things happened setting up more books and hooking me in.

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