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Skin Game

The Dresden Files · #15 ›

by Jim Butcher

Urban FantasyContemporary Fantasy
Published 2014 Pages 234 ~4h Rating ★★★★★ ★★★★★ 4.46 Audience Adult Heat 🔥🔥 Pacing Fast-paced Magic Hard
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Darkness Level 3 — Serious
Death, violence and emotional weight are present
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Narrated by James Marsters · 16h

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Synopsis

Chicago wizard Harry Dresden must help a hated enemy, Nicodemus Archleone, break into a high security vault to steal something belonging to the Lord of the Underworld.

Tropes

HeistRivals to AlliesAnti-HeroMagical ArtifactsPolitical Intrigue

Awards

★ Hugo Nominee

Tone

HumorousAdventurousDark & Serious

Content Warnings

graphic-violencetorture

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