Dresden 07 – Dead Beat – Butcher, Jim

Book Preview Generated by ABC Amber LIT Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abclit.html  I owe another round of thanks to the usual suspects: the inmates of the Beta Foo Asylum, both long-term and recent arrivals. The Dresden Files’s new editor, the warm and gracious Anne Sowards—are you sure you actually live in NYC, Anne? My agent, Jennifer Jackson, who has … Read more

Dresden 06 – Blood Rites – Butcher, Jim

Book Preview Generated by ABC Amber LIT Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abclit.html  The building was on fire, and it wasn’t my fault.  My boots slipped and slid on the tile floor as I sprinted around a corner and toward the exit doors to the abandoned school building on the southwest edge of Chicagoland. Distant streetlights provided the only light … Read more

Dresden 05 – Death Masks – Butcher, Jim

Book Preview  Some things just aren’t meant to go together. Things like oil and water. Orange juice and toothpaste.  Wizards and television.  Spotlights glared into my eyes. The heat of them threatened to make me sweat streaks through the pancake makeup some harried stagehand had slapped on me a few minutes before. Lights on top … Read more

Dresden 04 – Summer Knight – Butcher, Jim

Book Preview  It rained toads the day the White Council came to town.  I got out of the Blue Beetle, my beat-up old Volkswagen bug, and squinted against the midsummer sunlight. Lake Meadow Park lies a bit south of Chicago ‘s Loop, a long sprint fromLake Michigan ‘s shores. Even in heat like we’d had … Read more

Dresden 03 – Grave Peril – Butcher, Jim

Book Preview  There are reasons I hate to drive fast. For one, the Blue Beetle, the mismatched Volkswagen bug that I putter around in, rattles and groans dangerously at anything above sixty miles an hour. For another, I don’t get along so well with technology. Anything manufactured after about World War II seems to be … Read more

Dresden 01 – Storm Front – Butcher, Jim

Book Preview  I heard the mailman approach my office door, half an hour earlier than usual. He didn’t sound right. His footsteps fell more heavily, jauntily, and he whistled. A new guy. He whistled his way to my office door, then fell silent for a moment. Then he laughed.  I winced. My mail comes through … Read more

Dresden 00 – Restoration Of Faith – Butcher, Jim

Book Preview Generated by ABC Amber LIT Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abclit.html The Dresden Files Prequel  I struggled to hold onto the yowling child while fumbling a quarter into the pay phone and jamming down the buttons to dial Nick’s mobile.  “Ragged Angel Investigations,” Nick answered. His voice was tense, I thought, anxious.  “It’s Harry,” I said. “You can … Read more

Heaven Is for Real – Burpo, Todd

Book Preview PRAISE FOR HEAVEN IS FOR REAL “You will be moved by the honest, simple, childlike accounts of a little boy who has been to heaven. It’s compelling and convincing. It’s a book you should read. If you’re ready to go to heaven, this book will inspire you. If you’re not ready for heaven, allow … Read more