Ever since his girlfriend left town to deal with her newly acquired taste for blood, Harry Dresden has been down and out in Chicago. He cant pay his rent. Hes alienating his friends. He cant even recall the last time he took a shower.The only professional wizard in the phone book has become a desperate man.

And just when it seems things cant get any worse, in saunters the Winter Queen of Faerie. She has an offer Harry cant refuseifhe wants to free himself of the supernatural hold his faerie godmother has over himand hopefully end his run of bad luck. All he has to do is find out who murdered the Summer Queens right-hand man, the Summer Knight, and clear the Winter Queens name.

It seems simple enough, but Harry knows better than to get caught in the middle of faerie politics. Until he finds out that the fate of the entire world rests on his solving this case. No pressure or anything…