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Violence
A lot
Intense combat with fallen angel-possessed humans; significant supernatural violence
Language
Some
Some strong language in the hardboiled urban fantasy register
Sexual Content
Barely any
Minimal sexual content
Substance Use
None
No substance use
Emotional Intensity
Some
The moral weight of owing favors to dark powers, and what protecting a mob boss costs Harry, creates moderate psychological tension
What this book is about
The tenth Dresden Files novel calls in one of Harry's debts to the Faerie Queen Mab, who wants him to protect John Marcone — Chicago's crime lord — from the Denarians, fallen angels in human hosts. Butcher escalates the series' stakes while delivering his characteristic mix of action, humor, and mythology. Violence is significant and sustained; the Denarians are among the series' most formidable enemies. For Dresden Files readers in sequence.
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