Can I read this book if I have not read the previous ones in the series?

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.

Are there any physical collections that include this book?

This novel is paired with the preceding book, Proven Guilty, in a hardcover omnibus edition titled Wizard Under Fire.

White Night by Jim Butcher

White Night

a novel of the Dresden files

Mystery Urban Fantasy

Pages: 407
Published: 2007
Language: English

Synopsis

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.

Collected in

The Dresden Files Collection 7-12

4 reviews

How it reads

Dark Tense Mysterious Gritty Atmospheric

Reluctant Hero Morally Grey Betrayal

Prose complexity 7/10

Content warnings (1)

Violence

Genres

Subjects

Brothers Chicago Conspiracies Crimes against Magic Magicians Occult Crimes Private investigators Wizards

Places

Chicago Chicago, Illinois White Council of Wizards · Fictional

Harry DresdenProtagonist

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.

Thomas RaithSupporting

Harry's half-brother and a White Court vampire, he becomes the prime suspect in the killings though Harry refuses to believe him guilty.

Molly CarpenterSupporting

Harry's apprentice, still learning to control her budding magic while assisting him with the case.

BobSupporting

The spirit intelligence bound to a skull who helps Harry research the supernatural threat behind the killings.

LascielSupporting

A fallen angel's shadow lodged in Harry's mind, continuing to tempt him toward taking up her coin.

All characters in White Night

Jim ButcherFantasy · Urban Fantasy·b. 1971

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.