Book Review: S.M. Stirling’s A Meeting at Corvallis
It’s a tragic end to the war between the allies and the Portland Protectorate Association. Yet with death comes life and committees to ensure it continues.
It’s a tragic end to the war between the allies and the Portland Protectorate Association. Yet with death comes life and committees to ensure it continues.
Ten years after The Change rendered technology inoperable throughout the world, the totalitarian Protectorate prepares to wage war against the Bearkillers and Mackenzies.
With Detective Isabella Cherabino suspended under suspicion of murder, Alex takes an FBI gig guarding a nascent telepath, but Tommy is more stressed by his parents than the death threats.
Knowing Morgan who is itching to execute Harry, Dresden must find the real culprit, for the Council cannot lose its most accomplished combat commander.
Mab, the Winter Queen, is calling in that favor from Harry. One small favor that will trap him between a nightmarish foe and an equally deadly ally.
Harry Dresden, the only wizard in the Chicago phone book, encounters a supernatural assault straight out of a horror film, malevolent entities that feed on fear, and a friend’s out-of-control daughter.
Harry Dresden, Chicago’s only practicing wizard, is up to his neck with a vampire duel, hitmen, a missing Shroud of Turin, a handless headless corpse, and his ex-girlfriend.
It’s not enough to battle flying monkey demons and rescue puppies, now Thomas needs help on a porn film set. And the demon’s sigil is the only cool spot on Harry’s hand.
Harry realizes that maybe death wasn’t all that bad. Because he is no longer Harry Dresden, Chicago’s only professional wizard, but in thrall to Mab.
The Guild, reluctantly, needs Alex to solve Kara’s uncle’s “suicide”. When an army of powerful telepaths loses their marbles, suddenly it’s a game of life or death.