In this novel in Jim Butcher's #1 New York Times bestselling series an old debt puts Chicago
wizard Harry Dresden in harms way... Harry's life finally seems to be calming down. The White
Council's war with the vampiric Red Court is easing up no one's tried to kill him lately and
his eager apprentice is starting to learn real magic. For once the future looks fairly bright.
But the past casts one hell of a long shadow. Mab monarch of the Sidhe Winter Court calls in
an old favor from Harry. Just one small favor he can't refuse...one that will trap Harry
Dresden between a nightmarish foe and an equally deadly ally and one that will strain his
skills-and loyalties-to their very limits. And everything was going so well for once...