Jim Butcher

Fantasy Book Critic brings us the blurb for Turn Coat, eleventh book in The Dresden Files!

The Warden Morgan has been accused of treason against the Wizards of the White Council–and there’s only one, final punishment for that crime. He’s on the run, wants his name cleared, and needs someone with a knack for backing the underdog. Someone like Harry Dresden.
Now, Harry must uncover a traitor within the Council, keep a less-than-agreeable Morgan under wraps, and avoid coming under scrutiny himself. And a single mistake may cost someone his head–someone like Harry.

Turn Coat hits bookshelves April 7th, 2009. Pre-order it through the Jim-Butcher.com store here!
Fantasy Book Critic also brings us the cover art for Mean Streets, an upcoming book containing paranormal mystery novellas by Jim Butcher, Simon R. Green, Kat Richardson, and Thomas E. Sniegoski.

Jim describes his story thusly: (BEWARE! Spoilers for SMALL FAVOR!)

At the moment, I’m calling it “The Warrior,” and it’s going to deal with the aftermath of Michael’s injury and its implications for his life and Harry’s–especially given that to a lot of onlookers, one of Harry’s primary allies just got converted into a MAJOR liability.

Mean Streets is slated for January 6th, 2009. Pre-order it here!

This Saturday (August 9), Jim will be signing from 2-4 PM at Borders Express in the Independence Center Mall!
2096 Independence Center Dr.
Independence, MO 64057
Phone: 816.795.1161
Apologies for the late notice. As always, you can find a list of upcoming events on the Forum Calendar.

We now have desktop wallpapers featuring Chris McGrath‘s fantastic cover art for Turn Coat, eleventh book in The Dresden Files! Download them in about every desktop size imaginable, and feel free to hit up Priscellie on the boards if your screen resolution isn’t represented here.

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Discuss the cover on the forum here. And don’t forget to check out Chris McGrath’s Dresden Files art calendar, which hit stores yesterday!

The Evil Hat crew has posted an update about the Dresden Files RPG playtest and their convention plans over at http://www.dresdenfilesrpg.com/news/archives/2008/07/summer_conventi.php. Check it out!

The fourth and final issue of Welcome to the Jungle hits stores today! Read the exciting conclusion to the original tale written by Jim Butcher and pencilled by Ardian Syaf. Find a comics store near you with Diamond’s Comics Shop Locator.
Unfortunately, due to the chaos of Comic Con, we don’t have a preview for you this month, but we do have a special sneak preview of the upcoming adaptation of Storm Front, which is slated for late October. Check it out here, then discuss it on the forum here! Storm Front will be adapted by Mark Powers (Spooks, G.I. Joe for Devil’s Due) and pencilled by Ardian Syaf.