Small favor (2008)
Small favor is a 2008 fiction book written by Jim Butcher.
Harry Dresden, the only professional wizard listed in the Chicago phone book, has enjoyed a rare quiet stretch, with no one trying to kill him for almost a year. It does not last. An old debt to Mab, the Queen of Air and Darkness who rules the faerie Winter Court, comes due, and the favor she demands is anything but small. Jim Butcher's tenth Dresden Files novel mixes hardboiled detective patter with genuine magical menace, dropping his wisecracking wizard between a monstrous enemy and an ally just as likely to burn him. Fast, funny, and steadily raising the stakes on Harry's tangled loyalties.
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Harry Dresden, the only professional wizard listed in the Chicago phone book, has enjoyed a rare quiet stretch, with no one trying to kill him for almost a year. It does not last. An old debt to Mab, the Queen of Air and Darkness who rules the faerie Winter Court, comes due, and the favor she demands is anything but small. Jim Butcher's tenth Dresden Files novel mixes hardboiled detective patter with genuine magical menace, dropping his wisecracking wizard between a monstrous enemy and an ally just as likely to burn him. Fast, funny, and steadily raising the stakes on Harry's tangled loyalties.
When was Small favor published?
Small favor was published in 2008.
Who made Small favor?
Small favor was written by Jim Butcher.
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For more spellcasting with a detective's cynicism, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt sends a monster-hunter through political mud and dark bargains. xxxHolic runs on supernatural pacts that always cost more than promised, much like Harry's deal with Mab. Black Butler builds its whole world on a binding infernal contract. King Crimson's In the Court of the Crimson King sets the ominous fantasy mood.
Wizards and witches who work for a living
Harry Dresden treats magic like a trade, complete with overdue bills and dangerous clients, and Small Favor keeps him on the clock. These picks share that working-stiff sorcery, following monster-hunters, apprentices, and spellcasters who solve problems with craft and nerve rather than chosen-one destiny.
Faerie courts and the bargains that bind you
Small Favor turns on a debt owed to Mab and the terrifying logic of faerie deals. These stories live in that same bargained-away danger, where beautiful courts hide teeth, old promises come due, and stepping into another realm always costs the traveler more than they expected.
Grim fantasy worlds where power has a price
Butcher never lets Harry win clean, and Small Favor keeps raising the toll on his loyalties. These worlds run on the same rule, following schemers and reluctant champions through courts, ruins, and reincarnations where every scrap of power drags a heavier consequence behind it.
Snark, action, and a plan that goes sideways
Half of Small Favor's charm is Harry cracking jokes while everything catches fire around him. These picks match that wisecracking-under-pressure energy, throwing quick-tongued heroes into treasure hunts, superpowered messes, and haunted cities where the mission never survives contact with reality.