Meet Harry Dresden, Wizard. He is a sarcastic, snappy, angry, lonely, kind young man who honestly wants to help people. Living in Chicago, a city known for its corruption (and not just of the human origin) means that there's always someone around for Harry to help.
In "Storm Front," Harry finds himself helping the Chicago police, and sassy Special Investigations Detective Karrin Murphy, on a murder case involving black magic. But the detectives aren't the only ones who want this case solved. Local mob boss, Gentleman Johnny Marcone, has a vested interest in the assailant as well, as the victims were on his payroll. But Harry is really put under pressure to find the bad guy when the Wardens from the White Council of Wizards start thinking that Harry might be the one behind the attack.
You see, it turns out that Harry doesn't have the cleanest record with the Wardens. In fact, he's under something known as the Doom of Damocles. Meaning, if he slips up one time - breaks even the tiniest of Wizard laws - he'll be executed without trial, and Warden Morgan will be all too happy to carry out that sentence.
With the police, mob, and a crying damsel-in-distress begging for justice, and the Wardens sharpening their swords, Harry has to find the Black Mage quick, but he'll do it with a lot of sass and only causing damage to two buildings in the process.
Harry's level of sass is near astronomical, but we find we like that about him. He has a way of putting people at ease when they are faced with gore and pain, and he does it by making them laugh. He is often the butt of his own jokes, and we learn that his self-deprecating remarks stem from a painful (physically and emotionally) childhood, but that is also where his unending drive to help others was born as well. He may sass at Warden Morgan, but he won't back down from a fight when there are lives on the line.
The introduction to Harry Dresden, Wizard, is a promising start to a new series.
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