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Violence
Some
Supernatural violence and some combat; Denarian horror sequences
Language
Barely any
Some profanity in the urban fantasy register
Sexual Content
Barely any
Brief romantic content; non-explicit
Substance Use
Barely any
Moderate drinking in the Harry Dresden tradition
Emotional Intensity
Some
Moderate: the Denarians' evil and the theological implications of the Shroud create interesting moral complexity
What this book is about
Three crises arrive simultaneously for Harry Dresden: the Shroud of Turin has been stolen and he's asked to find it, a Red Court vampire has challenged him to a duel to the death, and the Denarians — fallen angels who possess humans through cursed coins — are in Chicago with a plague. The fifth Dresden Files novel is one of the series' most thematically rich, exploring faith, sacrifice, and the nature of good and evil with Butcher's characteristic accessibility.
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