From the Book Description: Harry Dresden is feeling happy. No one’s tried to kill him in nearly a year, and the worst problem he’s had lately is trying to remove the stains his apprentice bungled into his carpeting. The future looks fairly bright. Unfortunately, the past isn’t nearly so optimistic.An old bargain placed Harry in debt to Mab, faerie monarch of the Winter Court and the Queen of Air and Darkness. Harry still owes the Winter Queen two favours, and it’s time to pay one of them off. It’s a small favour that he really can’t refuse, but it will trap Harry between a nightmarish foe and an equally deadly ally, stretching his skills and loyalties to their very limits.It figures. Everything was going too well to last.
This is possibly a more complex plot than Dresden has previously written and I won't even attempt to unravel it (or spoil it). Needless to say that Queen Mab turns up to call in a favour (Dresden still owes her two). She asks him to be her emissary and to protect Marcone (who has already apparently been kidnapped). In this story we have Gruffs (of the billygoat variety - who are quite funny - in a respectful way), The Winter court, The Summer Court, the Denarians (some of them !), Michael, Sanya and the usual crowd, climaxing on a (mysterious) deserted island in the middle of lake Michigan.
Possibly one of the best books Butcher has written in the series as it has a fairly complex plot, lots of character and his usual dose of humour.
Another very enjoyable and highly recommended story.
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