White Night
Harry Dresden, Chicago's only professional wizard, is drawn into a dangerous investigation when magic users start dying. The evidence shockingly points to his own brother, Thomas, as the killer. Harry must race against time to uncover a conspiracy within the White Council of Wizards before it consumes everyone he cares about.
Chicago's only professional wizard, he investigates a string of deaths among low-power magic practitioners and finds the evidence pointing at his own brother.
Harry's half-brother and a White Court vampire, he becomes the prime suspect in the killings though Harry refuses to believe him guilty.
Harry's apprentice, still learning to control her budding magic while assisting him with the case.
The spirit intelligence bound to a skull who helps Harry research the supernatural threat behind the killings.
A fallen angel's shadow lodged in Harry's mind, continuing to tempt him toward taking up her coin.
While the narrative is accessible enough that some readers have successfully started here, the series is heavily serialized and references events, character developments, and ongoing conflicts from earlier installments that are essential for full context.
This novel is paired with the preceding book, Proven Guilty, in a hardcover omnibus edition titled Wizard Under Fire.
