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Skin Game: Chapters 3-4

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(Picture: Nicodemus meets Mab and Dresden in the penthouse. By 'Medusa Dollmaker.' ) Chapter 3 Mab's boat sails into Belmont Harbor, and as soon as they dock, Dresden rushes to get onto the mainland as soon as possible. [...] when we docked I hopped over the rail and onto the pier with a large duffel bag in one hand and my new wizard’s staff in the other.  Mab descended the gangplank with dignity and eyed me.  “Parkour,” I explained.  “Appointment,” she said, gliding by me.  They get into a car and drive to the Carbon and Carbide Building , a massive skyscraper on Michigan Avenue , one of Chicago's ritzier shopping streets. You might recognize it if you've seen Wanted  or the recent Arrowverse crossover Elseworlds (in which the building was used as a base for Batman/Bruce Wayne). Dresden compares the building to a brassier version of the monolith from 2001:A Space Odyssey . He also identifies the building as the Hard Rock Hotel, which was acc
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Skin Game: Chapters 1-2

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Skin Game (Dresden Files #15) by Jim Butcher Hello and welcome to this live-read of Skin Game! This is one of my favorite books in the series, and I'm really happy to be able to go over it with you all, pointing out the parts I think are really cool... and, of course, the parts where I think things did go a little bit awry. Without further ado, let's begin! Previously: the first 14 books, 20-ish short stories, and 6 comic volumes happened. The previous post should give you a good summary of what you need to know to understand this book. Title and Cover The cover shows Dresden in a vault of some kind with burning money all around him, which would seem to indicate that we're in for some kind of robbery/heist story. And the title is 'Skin Game,' which is the same title as  a famous movie about a couple of con artists. So, yes--this is definitely going to be a heist book. Which is great, because I love those. Chapter 1 We open with Harry stuck on Demon
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Previously on the Dresden Files:

Previously, in the first 14 books, 20-ish short stories, and 6 comic books of The Dresden Files leading up to the most recent book, Skin Game: Part 1: The cast of characters Harry Dresden is Chicago’s only wizard private investigator. He cobbles together a hardscrabble living from a combination of finding lost objects, tracking down missing people, purifying haunted houses, and helping the police deal with the occasional troll, ghoul, or goblin. However, over the past several years Chicago has been getting more dangerous and Harry has found himself forced to fight off warlocks, demons, and other increasingly powerful monsters to protect his city.  Harry’s quest is made more difficult because of his strained relationship with the White Council of Wizards , the world’ governing body for human magic users. When Dresden was younger, his mentor Justin du Morne tried to kill him, and though Dresden managed to defeat and slay Justin, the White Council was skeptical that Dresden
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