Ghost Story

Harry Dresden is dead — shot by an assassin at the end of Changes — and now he exists as a ghost, unable to touch the world, unable to use magic, but absolutely unable to stand by while his friends in Chicago face the supernatural fallout of his absence. Without a body and without his abilities, he must find another way to protect the people who relied on him. Jim Butcher's thirteenth Dresden Files novel won the Goodreads Choice Award for Paranormal Fantasy in 2011.

James Marsters has narrated every Dresden Files novel and his performance here is shaped by the unique challenge of voicing Harry without Harry's usual physical presence — there is a quality of wistfulness in the narration that suits the character's ghostly condition. At seventeen and a half hours, the production handles the novel's tonal shift from series convention with care, and Marsters's investment in these characters after thirteen volumes is palpable in every scene. A deeply satisfying entry for longtime series listeners.