Backup
Product Description
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–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 “Backup,” a twelve thousand word novelette set in Jim Butcher s ultra-popular Dresden Files 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.
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This book and the comics “Welcome to Jungle” were both written to please author not me. This book is not even big enough for introduction to normal Dresden files book and lacks the depth at all. Do not spend your money on it if you expect something like “Dead Beat”. If you want to help the author to path through his crisis – you can just send him a check for 50 cents or more directly.
Rating: 1 / 5
I’m a huge butcher fan. Back in the “good ol days” I’d think nothing of spending bucks weekly on just released hardbacks, especially his Dresden and Fury series. Those days are GONE, along with my well paying job. I will no longer automatically purchase a Jim Butcher novel after this latest burn. I honestly thought I was getting a novel length story, not a quickie on the back of a cereal box story. Large Print, a few pictures, a low hanging fruit story – its not even 70 pages. Its cheaper to go to the movies AND buy a small popcorn – you get an extra 45 minutes of entertainment. My “escapism” budget is blown for this month..(heavy sigh)
This would have made a nice fanboy podcast..
Rating: 2 / 5
I like Jim Butcher. He’s one of my favorite authors. So, why has he quit writing books? This is 70 pages in *big* print – maybe 40 pages worth of a normal paperback. It’s a short story with full-page pictures.
Save your money – don’t buy it. I sent mine back. Wait for a real book.
Rating: 1 / 5
I was very disappointed in this book, I think it was written to get paid for the name, I am still a fan, but not if the coming books are like this one.
Rating: 1 / 5
Love the Dresden files. Love Jim Butcher. But I paid $13 for 60 pages??
Numbered pages are 70 but the story starts on page 7 and includes 3 pictures. This should have been a novella in a magazine, not a hardbound book.
Looking again, it is less than 60 pages. 3 more pages are blank and one additional picture 56 pages. Probably wrote this in a day.
Rating: 1 / 5