Death Masks
by Jim Butcher
Urban Fantasy
Published 2003 Pages 416 ~7h Rating ★★★★★ ★★★★★ 4.39 Audience Adult Heat 🔥🔥 Pacing Fast-paced Magic Hard
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Darkness Level 3 — Serious
Death, violence and emotional weight are present
Synopsis
Harry Dresden, Chicago's only practicing professional wizard, is hired by a mysterious priest to find the stolen shroud of Turin.
Tropes
Hidden SocietyQuestMagical ArtifactsAnti-HeroForbidden Magic
Awards
★ Hugo Nominee
Tone
HumorousAdventurousMysterious
Content Warnings
graphic-violenceabusetorturewarpsychological-trauma
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