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Violence
Some
Supernatural violence and entropy curse deaths throughout; some threatening situations
Language
Some
Some profanity in the urban fantasy register
Sexual Content
Some
Sexual content implied by the film-industry setting; White Court vampire sexuality as a plot element; nothing graphically explicit
Substance Use
Barely any
Moderate drinking in the Harry Dresden tradition
Emotional Intensity
Some
Moderate psychological content: Harry's family history revelations and the personal stakes create substantial emotional weight
What this book is about
Harry Dresden takes a job as a bodyguard for a pornographic filmmaker whose female cast members are being killed by an entropy curse — a form of dark magic that turns everyday objects into lethal weapons. The investigation leads Harry into a confrontation that reveals disturbing connections to his own mysterious family history. Butcher's sixth Dresden Files novel is one of the darker installments, dealing with Harry's origins, the White Court vampires' relationship to sexuality, and entropy as magical horror.
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