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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...

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 Dres...