From the book description:- Harry Dresden's faced some pretty terrifying foes during his career. Giant scorpions. Oversexed vampires. Psychotic werewolves. It comes with the territory when you're the only professional wizard in the Chicago area phone book. But in all Harry's years of supernatural sleuthing, he's never faced anything like this: the spirit world's gone loco. All over Chicago, ghosts are causing trouble - and not just of the door-slamming, boo-shouting variety. These ghosts are tormented, violent, and deadly. Someone - or something - is purposely stirring them up to wreak unearthly havoc. But why? And why do so many of the victims have ties to Harry? If Harry doesn't figure it out soon, he could wind up a ghost himself ...
In this episode, Harry gets involved investigating why it seems that all the spirits in Chicago are going loco. As the plot unfolds, it turns out that it's related to a previous case that he helped the police with, along side Michael, the local Knight of the Cross, who wields one of three Holy swords of power. This is where the series really gets going. Michael is a long term reocurring hero in the books and I just love his eternal, unfaultering faith in The Almighty. Butcher writes Michael brilliantly, and his wife Charity, who, for some reason detests Dresden (you find out why much later in the series), plus there is a new character introduced that will also recur throughout books to come.... Susan bites off more than she can chew, and Harry's Godmother Leah decides that it's time she called in an overdue debt (well, pact). Along the journey, Harry has to battle Vampires, ghosts, demons, vampires, sorcerers and vampires.... Lots of sh!t kicks off in this that will have repercussions for may books to come.....
Another really good story from Butcher.
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