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Sunday, 12 October 2014

Dresden Files: War Cry (Jim Butcher, Carlos Gómez - Illustrator, and others)

Release Date: November 11th 2014 

Synopsis:
A war is raging between the vampire forces of the Red Court and the White Council — a war that the
So desperate are the Council that they've dragooned the experienced and the outcast to reinforce their thinning ranks of Wardens.
One of these draftees is one Harry Dresden, Chicago's only wizard-for-hire and a guy who's long been looked upon with suspicion by the supernatural authorities.
Now, he's one of them, and his first big mission as a Warden is a doozy: take a small team of greenhorns to a frigid town in the middle of nowhere to rescue a handful of mortals who've been targeted by the Red Court.
The question is, why exactly are these particular mortals so crucial to the outcome of the war?
The answer will come only if Harry can keep them, and his team, alive for one very long night.
This graphic novel collects the critically acclaimed, five-issue series in one volume, and features a bonus section with Jim Butcher's original story outline, sketchbook artwork from Carlos Gomez, cover gallery with roughs from Stjepan Sejic, and more!
wizards are losing.

Review:
I got this ebook from Netgalley in return of an honest review. 
I have heard of Jim Butcher through many sources, specially Booktube, about his Codex Alera series, so when I saw his name under the title, I had to download it.
The Dresden Files seems to be an acclaimed urban fantasy series he wrote, that now gets turned into a graphic novel series. I have not read the original, but I can talk about this graphic novel as that: a graphic novel.
It was extremely enjoyable, being because of the explosive and addictive plot, the colourful action-packed illustrations or the quirkiness and badassness of the characters. Either way, it worked.
So, Harry Dresden, the main character, was absolutely fantastic. A great badass lider that kept his cool throughout a vampire atack. As for his team, each had their quirky personalities, wich made them so well portrayed.The vampires in this were so terrifying. The illustrators did an amazing job at scaring the crap outta me with all the supernatural elements.
War Cry constantly kept me on the edge of my seat, although it was kind of predictable.
Overall, a solid 4 or 4.5 out of 5 stars, and I can not wait to read the next one, as well as the original book series.

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