Jim Butcher's The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher and Mark Powers

From the mind of best-selling author Jim Butcher, an ALL-NEW, COMPLETELY ORIGINAL Dresden Files story that pits Chicago's mystical detective against bloodthirsty rural monsters. Harry Dresden, a Chicago private investigator and wizard, heads to a small, isolated Missouri town terrorized by Nevernever monsters. The singularly unfortunate Talbot family has suffered a curse that has decimated their number for generations, and only our hero can save them... that is, if he can survive hostile lawmen, the dark secrets of townsfolk, an ancient guardian spirit, and two deadly carnivores! Can Dresden cleanse the Talbot bloodline of its curse without a blood sacrifice of his own?

Solid installment in the series.

StoryI mostly picked this up since it was an original story and not simply a retelling of one of the novels in graphic novel form like most of the graphic novels seem to be.I thought the story was pretty good. Nothing special though. It's much more like the early Dresden books than the later ones. This may be because it seems to be set just after [b:Fool Moon 91477 Fool Moon (The Dresden Files, #2) Jim Butcher https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1345556849s/91477.jpg 855288].I'm a total Dresden fanboy, so that may bias my rating a bit. I think Dresden fans will enjoy this, but you shouldn't feel like you're missing out if you don't pick it up.3.5 StarsArtworkI enjoyed the artwork a lot. Harry doesn't look exactly how I'd imagine, but close enough. I loved the artwork for Bob the Skull though.

I guess Dresden makes for good reading whatever be the format. Here we get a typical side story with all the regular Dresdenverse ingredients. If anything the villains are not so villainous which takes a way a bit but the human interest story keeps this one ticking over. Of course a little bit of an Indian entity also help raise the interest a notch or two. Wonder if we will see more of her. Dresdenites feast yourselves. Others just enjoy the ride!