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Death Masks

Death Masks

FantasyMystery
Pages
416
Published
2003
Language
English

Synopsis

Harry Dresden, Chicago's only professional wizard, is drawn into a dangerous hunt for a powerful artifact: the stolen shroud of Turin. Hired by a mysterious priest, Harry must navigate a world of ancient magic and deadly secrets to recover the relic before it falls into the wrong hands. This case will test his limits and force him to confront forces beyond his understanding.

Prose complexity
7/10

Collected in

Book cover of The Dresden Files Collection 1-6
The Dresden Files Collection 1-6

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Genres

Fantasy Mystery Urban Fantasy Vampire Paranormal

About the author

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Jim Butcher

Jim Butcher (born October 26, 1971, in Independence, Missouri) is an American author best known for The Dresden Files, a long-running urban fantasy series following wizard-for-hire Harry Dresden. He also wrote the six-book Codex Alera series and the steampunk-inspired Cinder Spires series. Butcher wrote the first Dresden Files novel, Storm Front, as an exercise for a writing course in 1996, at age 25. He now lives in the mountains outside Denver, Colorado.

Characters

Harry DresdenProtagonist
Nicodemus ArchleoneAntagonist

Leader of the Denarians, who plots to use the stolen Shroud of Turin to unleash a deadly plague curse.

Susan RodriguezSupporting

Harry's semi-vampiric ex-lover, now working with the Fellowship of St. Giles, who helps him during the Shroud investigation.

Michael CarpenterSupporting

Knight of the Cross wielding Amoracchius, who joins Harry against the Denarians and Nicodemus.

Molly CarpenterSupporting
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