false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1233546173m/2575572.jpg 2575572 1 Let's get something clear right up front. I'm not Harry Dresden. Harry's a wizard. A genuine, honest-to-goodness wizard. He's Gandalf on crack and an IV of Red Bull, with a big leather coat and a .44 revolver in his pocket. He'll spit in the eye of gods and demons alike if he thinks it needs to be done, and to hell with the consequences&mdash;and yet somehow my little brother manages to remain a decent human being. I'll be damned if I know how. But then, I'll be damned regardless. My name is Thomas Raith, and I'm a monster. So begins <i>Backup</i>, a twelve thousand word novelette set in Jim Butcher s ultra-popular <i>Dresden Files</i> series. This time Harry's in trouble he knows nothing about, and it's up to his big brother Thomas to track him down and solve those little life-threatening difficulties without his little brother even noticing. 2588518 book 31 10 2008 Backup (The Dresden Files) total:655|5:152|4:254|3:205|2:39|1:5| 655 2474 1019 167 5 6 false false Thu Nov 27 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Jun 05 09:44:18 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 11 07:34:01 -0700 2008 ...more...]]> 2 5 false false Tue Jul 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 06 17:29:45 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 15 16:42:48 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 5 false false Sun Mar 08 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Mar 08 15:21:48 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 09 08:49:23 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 3 false false Thu Dec 04 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 04 10:37:14 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 04 10:40:34 -0800 2008 more...]]> 2 3 false false Fri Nov 28 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 28 19:10:48 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 28 19:17:44 -0800 2008
This novella/short story is based in the Dresden universe, but it narrated, and is focused on, Harry's vampire half-brother, Thomas Raith.

Sure, you get an insight into how Thomas thinks and feels. However, his descripti...more...]]> 5 2 false false Sat Nov 01 05:43:26 -0700 2008 Sat Nov 01 05:44:45 -0700 2008 4 1 false false Mon Dec 15 07:39:56 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 16 08:07:48 -0800 2008 Jim Butcher's Dresden Files series as I am, you'll love this book.

Unlike the other Dresden novels, Harry barely appears at all in this story, having a scant sentence or two of dialog...more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Feb 25 13:15:28 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 25 13:19:58 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Dec 28 13:30:32 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 28 13:32:02 -0800 2008 I hate to say it but I felt cheated by this one, not so much by the quality of the book but by the price. This thing is no longer than a recent short story I’ve read from Butcher but as a hardcover it’s retailing for 20$ for about fifty pages. That said, the story is good but not great, de...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Jun 21 12:47:55 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 21 12:48:11 -0700 2009
The story starts off with the arrival of Lara Raith, his half-sister and the woman...more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu May 28 08:28:54 -0700 2009 Thu May 28 09:03:00 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Jan 12 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 13 00:20:18 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 13 00:49:29 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false true Tue May 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 23 13:48:17 -0700 2009 Tue May 05 16:26:12 -0700 2009
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The best I can say about this little novella is that if you are a fan of the series,...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Dec 28 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 28 18:22:00 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 28 18:32:58 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat May 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun May 10 10:12:49 -0700 2009 Sun May 10 10:18:50 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon May 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue May 12 11:27:28 -0700 2009 Tue May 12 11:38:04 -0700 2009
I wondered as I was reading this whether it was plotted in from an early s...more...]]> 4 1 false false Tue Dec 16 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 16 19:21:04 -0800 2008 Mon Mar 23 20:58:07 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Fri Feb 27 11:31:14 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 27 11:31:37 -0800 2009 Full review at my blog!

SPOILER NOTE: If you aren’t up-to-date on Butcher’s Dresden Files (at least up to Death Masks) now would be a could time to stop reading this review.

The titular wizard from Jim Butcher’s Dresden Files is mostly absent from Backup, a short novella...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Jul 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 26 06:51:46 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 26 06:59:54 -0700 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=2575572