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Peace Talks is here! And now that you’re all clamoring for Battle Ground on September 29th to complete this summer’s Dresden Duology, we have some great stuff to keep you entertained during the interim, including a free Q&A event on Facebook Live !

Getting Twitchy

Jim’s first two Q&As are online and available for your viewing pleasure! Watch Jim’s and interviews with Pat Rothfuss.

Upcoming Events

TODAY July 21, 9-10pm EDT:

• FREE EVENT via?. Attendee Q&A, moderated by Poisoned Pen. Optional: Signed?copies of Peace Talks can be ordered on the?event page.

Thursday, July 23, 7pm EDT / 4pm PDT: Virtual SDCC Panel

• FREE EVENT via . Jim interviewed by Priscilla Spencer.

Wednesday, July 29, 9-10pm EDT: (NOTE NEW DATE)

• Ticketed?Event via Zoom. Tickets (1 copy of Peace Talks) can be purchased?on the . Attendee Q&A, moderated by University Book Store.?

Signed Copies

If you want a signed copy of Peace Talks, you have plenty of options!

If you’re a collector who prefers the book itself be signed, our Virtual Tour partners are the way to go. At the time of this publication, , , and should all have signed stock, though you may want to double-check with them before placing your order to ensure availability, because y’all are hardcore. XD

If you dig awesome artwork and prefer to buy a book accompanied by a signed bookplate, has you covered! Order a copy with your choice of illustrations by Nate Taylor and Satine Phoenix.

Many are asking how they can get signed copies of Battle Ground, which releases September 29th of this year. A few vendors offered preorders for a short time, but they’re now either sold out (like Barnes & Noble) or preorders are temporarily closed (like Worldbuilders). No cause for alarm! We expect more options to become available about a month before publication. Keep an eye on this site and the @JimButcherNews twitter feed for updates.

If you don’t care about signed books, we suggest you support your local independent bookstore! Alternately, you can buy from a variety of vendors through the .

Audiobook Teaser

Penguin Random House Audio has posted a of the?Peace Talks?audiobook!

Support independent bookstores by ordering through?, which partners with independent bookstores to sell digital audiobooks! You can also order from?,?,?, and?.

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If you need a little more convincing, here’s encouraging fans to pick up the audiobook via playground taunts.

And that’s it for this week’s entry! Visit Jim-Butcher.com every Tuesday this year for weekly Drops of never-before-seen artwork, microfiction, interviews, contests, sample chapters for?Peace Talks?and?Battle Ground, or other tasty tidbits in our celebration of the 20th Anniversary of the Dresden Files.?Join our new mailing list?and??to ensure you don’t miss a moment, and check the??to catch up on prior Drops.

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At long last, Peace Talks is here! The first book in this summer’s Dresden Duology is within your grasp. We’re also launching our Virtual Tour today, including several opportunities to participate in virtual Q&As and score signed books!

If you haven’t ordered your copy yet, mask up and hie to your favorite , order a signed copy through one of our Virtual Tour partners above, or snag a copy through . And don’t forget to preorder the second Dresden novel coming out this summer, Battle Ground!

Note: We’ve heard from some fans whose orders were delayed because of COVID, and there are plenty more who are ordering signed copies that won’t ship for another few days, so please be considerate of your fellow fans and don’t post spoilers out in the open.

Virtual Tour Launches

Last night’s virtual release party with had to be rescheduled due to, well, fuego. A forest fire erupted not far from Jim’s home, and his focus had to be on preparing for a potential evacuation. Hell’s Bells! Our thanks to the first responders who worked through the night and continue to battle the blazes today to keep his community and its magnificent National Forests safe. We don’t yet have a new date and time for the rescheduled event, but we’ll let folks know as soon as we do.

Although the fire has not yet been contained, it looks like Jim’s home is out of immediate danger. He’s made the decision to go forward with today’s event with Pat Rothfuss and Worldbuilders, though he’ll be monitoring the situation in case that changes. Keep an eye on our account for updates!

TODAY, July 14,?4-6pm EDT: (NOTE CORRECTED TIME!)

• FREE EVENT! Join?Patrick Rothfuss and Jim Butcher in a spoiler-free conversation about?the?Dresden Files series.? Optional: Copies of Peace Talks with a signed bookplate can be ordered from .

Wednesday, July 15, 8-9pm EDT:

• Ticketed Event via Zoom. Tickets (1 copy of Peace Talks) can be purchased on the . Attendee Q&A, moderated by Murder By the Book.?

Tuesday, July 21, 9-10pm EDT:

• FREE EVENT via?. Attendee Q&A, moderated by Poisoned Pen. Optional: Signed?copies of Peace Talks can be ordered on the?event page.

Thursday, July 23, 7pm EDT / 4pm PDT: Virtual SDCC Panel

• FREE EVENT via . Jim interviewed by Priscilla Spencer.

Can’t read the book yet? Take the edge off the wait with of all the Dresden Drops so far this year, including four new microfictions, six sample chapters and a bonus excerpt, boatloads of art, and so much more! Then start your read off right by watching the .?

We don’t know if any of you are planning on putting the book down long enough to need a bookmark, but if you do, has you hard-covered! (Download high res: , )

Other Niftiness

After posting last week’s , we learned we’d missed a handful of submissions. We’re hopeful we caught all our mistakes, but if you still don’t see yours on the Bingo card page, please sent a link to your submission post to yearofdresden@...!

The continues at the Goodreads Series Read-Along!

And that’s it for this week’s entry! Visit Jim-Butcher.com every Tuesday this year for weekly Drops of never-before-seen artwork, microfiction, interviews, contests, sample chapters for?Peace Talks?and?Battle Ground, or other tasty tidbits in our celebration of the 20th Anniversary of the Dresden Files.?Join our new mailing list?and??to ensure you don’t miss a moment, and check the??to catch up on prior Drops. See you next week!

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The Dresden Duology is nearly here! We’re ONE WEEK out from?Peace Talks?and less than three months from?Battle Ground.

If you haven’t yet placed your order, we have plenty of new opportunities to score signed copies from awesome independent bookstores! Get all the details in the “Virtual Tour” section below. You can also order the book in hardcover, ebook, or audio from online vendors through the?.

Chapter Six

Read of?Peace Talks!?If you missed?,?, , , and , you can catch up on those as well.

Virtual Tour

Want to score a signed copy of Peace Talks, support independent bookstores and charities, and ask Jim your burning questions? We’ve got you covered! We have the details for Jim’s Peace Talks Virtual Tour, and SURPRISE, it starts TODAY with a free event hosted by Worldbuilders!

Wednesday, July 7, 4p-5pm EDT:

• FREE EVENT! Join Jim and Patrick Rothfuss in conversation as Jim signs bookplates for copies of Peace Talks that you can order through .

Monday, July 13, 9-10pm EDT:

• Ticketed?Event via Zoom. Tickets (1 copy of Peace Talks) can be purchased?on the . Attendee Q&A, moderated by University Book Store.?

Tuesday, July 14,?2-4pm EDT:

• FREE EVENT! Join?Patrick Rothfuss and Jim Butcher in a spoiler-free conversation about?the?Dresden Files series.? Optional: Copies of Peace Talks with a signed bookplate can be ordered from .

Wednesday, July 15, 8-9pm EDT:

• Ticketed Event via Zoom. Tickets (1 copy of Peace Talks) can be purchased on the . Attendee Q&A, moderated by Murder By the Book.?

Tuesday, July 21, 9-10pm EDT:

• FREE EVENT via?. Attendee Q&A, moderated by Poisoned Pen. Optional: Signed?copies of Peace Talks can be ordered on the?event page.

Thursday, July 23, 7pm EDT / 4pm PDT: Virtual SDCC Panel

• FREE EVENT via . Jim interviewed by Priscilla Spencer.

Alternately, if you’ve already preordered an unsigned book elsewhere, you can snag a 5″x7″ with Tyler Walpole’s stunning piece we revealed last week! (It would also look badass on the back of an e-reader, if that’s your jam.)

Note: This is different from the , which are illustrated by Nate Taylor?and Satine Phoenix. Check out the Worldbuilders art at the link!

Bingo Phase Three

Want to add an element of friendly rivalry to your read of Peace Talks next week? Round up your friends and pick a card from our to accompany your read! Don’t worry about spoilers. These are purely fan speculation!

Reminder: Because we want to keep this site spoiler-free until folks have had a chance to read the book, we will not be crowning a winner for the card and template competitions until mid-August.

Reminders

We’re in the home stretch! This week, the tackles Skin Game.

Fewer than 30 of the??remain. Act quickly before they’re gone for good! And if you want to support small businesses during the economic crisis, consider chipping in to?. Three donors will be randomly selected to receive a custom Dresden illustration from?.

You can also catch up on all the microfictions, artwork, and other goodies . Check it out!

And that’s it for this week’s entry! Visit Jim-Butcher.com every Tuesday this year for weekly Drops of never-before-seen artwork, microfiction, interviews, contests, sample chapters for?Peace Talks?and?Battle Ground, or other tasty tidbits in our celebration of the 20th Anniversary of the Dresden Files.?Join our new mailing list?and??to ensure you don’t miss a moment, and check the??to catch up on prior Drops. See you next week for the release of Peace Talks!

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The Dresden Duology is nearly here! We’re two weeks out from?Peace Talks?and less than a hundred days from?Battle Ground. Support your local independent bookstore by ordering directly, or order from online vendors in all formats through the?.

Last week, we brought you a??of all the Dresden Drops we’ve made so far this year. Check it out and make sure you’re up to speed on all the microfictions, artwork, and other goodies we’ve released. This week, in addition to Chapter 5 of?Peace Talks, we have more fun video and interview content, a peek at a bookplate that will be offered next week, and a reminder to snag a copy of Jim’s latest short and submit to the Peace Talks Bingo. Read on!

Chapter Five

Read??of?Peace Talks!?If you missed?,?,?, and?, you can catch up on those as well. Preorder both?Peace Talks?and?Battle Ground?from a local independent bookstore or online through the?, and come back next Tuesday for the next chapter!

Bookplate Art

Because the pandemic has put the kibosh on Jim doing an in-person signing tour this year, next week, we’ll be announcing several sources for fans to get signed copies of?Peace Talks?and opportunities to ask Jim their questions.

One of the options will be to order a signed bookplate from artist??next week. He’ll have a limited quantity available, so keep an eye out for next Tuesday’s drop, where we’ll hook you up with all the details. Here it is in all its gorgeous glory!

Media Roundup

First, enjoy the second of two appearances on Penguin Random House’s Great Fantasy Debate. Here, Jim Butcher and Tochi Onyebuchi argue ““

Next, photographer Andrea Gonzales has released a massive compilation of the?. This omnibus includes one never-before-seen compilation, alternate transitions, and fun new mid- and post-credits scenes.

Also, in the early hours of this morning, the Peace Talks trailer crossed 200,000 views. WOOHOO! Thanks for all the love!

Finally, the first few of Jim’s junket of audio interviews are up! Hear Jim discuss his process, the upcoming Dresden Duology of?Peace Talks?and?Battle Ground, and a range of other topics on?,?, and?.

Reminders

Today is the LAST DAY to submit to the Peace Talks Prediction Bingo!?, then get your predictions in by midnight Pacific.

It’s also the last day to score??for 99 cents in the United States and Canada. This multi-author anthology contains Jim’s Goodman Grey-POV short story “Monsters.”

The Goodreads Series Read-Along continues this week with?!?Join us as we discuss Harry’s first case back amongst the living, a who’s-gonna-dunnit that threatens to upend the hierarchy of faerie.

Fewer than 50 of the??remain. Act quickly before they’re gone for good! And if you want to support small businesses during the economic crisis, consider chipping in to?. Three donors will be randomly selected to receive a custom Dresden illustration from?.

And that’s it for this week’s entry! Visit Jim-Butcher.com every Tuesday this year for weekly Drops of never-before-seen artwork, microfiction, interviews, contests, sample chapters for?Peace Talks?and?Battle Ground, or other tasty tidbits in our celebration of the 20th Anniversary of the Dresden Files.?Join our new mailing list?and??to ensure you don’t miss a moment, and check the??to catch up on prior Drops. See you next week!

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With the Year of Dresden nearing its halfway point, we figured it was time for a quick retrospective on all the new goodies we’ve released so far. So alongside Chapter 4 of Peace Talks, enjoy a roundup of all the treats you may have missed.

Chapter Four

Read ?of?Peace Talks!?If you missed?,?, and , you can catch up on those as well. Preorder both?Peace Talks?and?Battle Ground?from a local independent bookstore or online through the?, and come back next Tuesday for the next chapter!

Prediction Bingo

You have ONE WEEK LEFT to enter our Peace Talks Prediction Bingo Challenge! , then submit your own entry by June 30th!

Year of Dresden Retrospective

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• “” Illustrated Edition
• “” Microfiction
• “” Microfiction
• “” Microfiction
• “” Microfiction

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• : Dan Dos Santos, Mike Mignola, and Vincent Chong
• : Talon Dunning, Javier Charro, Jennifer Rodgers, Ed Northcott, and Christian St. Pierre
• : David Hueso, Jabari Weathers, Medusa Dollmaker, Mika Kuloda, Tyler Walpole
• : Ardian Syaf, Chase Conley, Joseph Cooper, Carlos Gomez, Diego Galindo, Stjepan Sejic, Adam Mathison-Sward
• : Industriosa Pictures, DF3, Tower of Turtles, Heath Harper, and This Is War

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Reminders

ONE WEEK LEFT to score for 99 cents in the United States and Canada! This multi-author anthology contains Jim’s Goodman Grey-POV short story “Monsters.”

The Goodreads Series Read-Along continues this week with?! Join us as we discuss Harry’s first case back amongst the living, a who’s-gonna-dunnit that threatens to upend the hierarchy of faerie.

The??is almost sold out. Act quickly before they’re gone for good! And if you want to support small businesses during the economic crisis, consider chipping in to?. Three donors will be randomly selected to receive a custom Dresden illustration from?.

And that’s it for this week’s entry! Visit Jim-Butcher.com every Tuesday this year for weekly Drops of never-before-seen artwork, microfiction, interviews, contests, sample chapters for?Peace Talks?and?Battle Ground, or other tasty tidbits in our celebration of the 20th Anniversary of the Dresden Files.?Join our new mailing list?and??to ensure you don’t miss a moment, and check the??to catch up on prior Drops. See you next week!

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This week, we have Chapter Three of Peace Talks and the next phase of our Prediction Bingo challenge. And while we’re super excited to show off the templates fans have submitted, we know last week’s cliffhanger means you’re going to beeline for the new material, so here it is first!

Sample Chapters

Read of Peace Talks! If you missed and , you can catch up on those as well. Preorder both Peace Talks and Battle Ground from a local independent bookstore or online through the?, and come back next Tuesday for the next chapter!

Template Time

Peace Talks is out in less than a month, with Battle Ground following soon on its heels, and we want to know your predictions! If you missed last week’s posting, here are the rules of our Prediction Bingo Challenge, inspired by from TheNerdyNarrative:

1. Fill a 5×5 bingo grid with your predictions for Peace Talks ONLY (not Battle Ground–confirming or denying veracity of events in that book would be super spoilery!).
2. Share it with your friends on Facebook, Twitter, and/or Instagram with the hashtag #PeaceTalksBingo. Make sure the post is public! Entries due June 30th at midnight Pacific.
3. After Peace Talks comes out and everyone has a chance to see how things really played out, we’ll award our favorite an early copy of Battle Ground!

Entries will be judged on correctness, humor, and the ambitiousness of your predictions. Don’t play it safe! Individual “predictions” of events already seen in sample material (the chapters and the ) or confirmed by Word Of Jim will not be factored into judging. Abusive or excessively vulgar entries will be disqualified.

You can view our fabulous collection of templates on . Feel free to use any of them when sharing your predictions!

Reassurance For UK Fans

In the past couple weeks, fans in the UK who preordered Peace Talks and Battle Ground from and may have gotten a scary notice about the book being canceled or delayed. Fear not! This was just a glitch, nothing more. We’re still on track for a simultaneous global release in hardcover, ebook, and audio formats. If your order was canceled, you should be able to place it again without issue.

Book Deals & Reminders

If you haven’t seen it yet, the provides some juicy insight into the events of both novels coming this year! In fact, one of the trailer lines was lifted from . Can you spot it?

The is almost sold out. Act quickly before they’re gone for good! And if you want to support small businesses during the economic crisis, consider chipping in to . Three donors will be randomly selected to receive a custom Dresden illustration from .

The featuring Jim’s Goodman Grey-POV story “Monsters” is an Amazon Monthly Deal for June in the United States and Canada, so you can snag it on for 99 cents all this month!

The Goodreads Series Read-Along continues this week with ! Join us as we discuss Harry’s most perplexing murder case yet: his own.

Penguin has released an ebook that collects Ghost Story, Cold Days, and Skin Game for 10% off the price of buying them all individually! If you’re still working on filling out your ebook collection, this is a good way to do it.

?is now available on Switch, Steam, the App Store for Mac and iOS, Google Play for Android, and the Amazon Appstore for Kindle. Scales smoothly from 1-5 players in multiple play modes, including Solitaire, local Pass-and-Play, and Online Multiplayer.

And that’s it for this week’s entry! Visit Jim-Butcher.com every Tuesday this year for weekly Drops of never-before-seen artwork, microfiction, interviews, contests, sample chapters for?Peace Talks?and?Battle Ground, or other tasty tidbits in our celebration of the 20th Anniversary of the Dresden Files.?Join our new mailing list?and??to ensure you don’t miss a moment, and check the??to catch up on prior Drops. See you next week!

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We’ve got a lot of fun stuff this week, including Chapter Two of Peace Talks, additional book discounts, and a fun new contest, but first, !??Preorder and in audiobook through Penguin Random House.

And now, the rest of this week’s goodies…

Chapter Two

of?Peace Talks?is available to read now on Jim-Butcher.com!

This summer brings not one but TWO Dresden Files novels.?Peace Talks?arrives July 14th, and?Battle Ground?hits September 29th. We recommend that folks buy from their favorite local independent bookstore, though if that’s not possible, fans in the US can do the next best thing by preordering through?. You can order from a variety of other places and in audio and electronic formats through the?. Fans in the UK can order from a variety of retailers through??or on?.

Peace Talks Prediction Bingo Challenge

We were utterly charmed by , and we’d like to make it a full-fledged challenge!

Here’s how it’s going to work:

1. Create your own 5×5 bingo grid with your predictions for Peace Talks ONLY (not Battle Ground–you’ll see why!).
2. Share it with your friends on Facebook, Twitter, and/or Instagram with the hashtag #PeaceTalksBingo. Make sure it’s public, so we’ll be able to see it. Entries due June 30th at midnight Pacific.
3. After Peace Talks comes out and everyone has a chance to see how things really played out, we’ll pick our favorite–a combo of number of correct answers, humor, and the ambitiousness of your predictions–and award the winner an early copy of Battle Ground!

Note that predictions will be evaluated for Peace Talks ONLY. We can neither confirm nor deny the veracity of events in Battle Ground, because hello, spoilers! Individual “predictions” of events already seen in sample material (the chapters and the ) or confirmed by Word Of Jim will not be factored into judging. Abusive or excessively vulgar entries will be disqualified.

Side Challenge: Templates!

Artists, we’d love to crowdsource some fun Bingo templates this week! Our favorite design will also win an early copy of Battle Ground. Submissions are due this Monday, June 15th at midnight Pacific. In addition to sharing them on socials with the #PeaceTalksBingo hashtag, please email them to yearofdresden@.... We’ll post our favorites in next week’s Dresden Drop for folks’ convenience, then announce the winners of both challenges together at the end of the contest.

Make sure to include the following information:

• Peace Talks’ release date: July 14th, 2020
• The hashtag #PeaceTalksBingo
• Jim’s website, www.Jim-Butcher.com and our socials: @JimButcherNews on FB, Twitter, and Instagram

Please pick a light color for the cells, so fans who aren’t tech savvy can print your design, fill it out by hand, then scan or snap a photo of their entries.

Demonreach Pentacle Going Fast

The Limited-Edition Demonreach variant pentacle is more than 50% sold out after only a week! If you want this amulet with a gorgeous synthetic opal whose flecks of green and black conjure images of parkouring through the island’s crystalline tunnels, act quickly.

The Badalis are also??to help recoup the loss of income resulting from the cancelation of the con season. Three donors to their GoFundMe campaign will be randomly selected to receive a custom illustration of their favorite character from illustrator?. If you’re in a position to donate or??from any of their lines, please do! If not, they’d appreciate a signal-boost for?.

Book Deals & Reminders

The Goodreads Read-Along continues this week with ! Join us as we discuss Harry’s most perplexing murder case yet: his own.

The featuring Jim’s Goodman Grey-POV story “Monsters” is an Amazon Monthly Deal for June in the United States and Canada, so you can snag it on Kindle for 99 cents all this month!

The electronic edition of Blood Rites is on sale for $1.99 across US retailers through June 13th!

Penguin has released an ebook that collects Ghost Story, Cold Days, and Skin Game for 10% off the price of buying them all individually! If you’re still working on filling out your ebook collection, this is a good way to do it.

?is now available on Switch, Steam, the App Store for Mac and iOS, Google Play for Android, and the Amazon Appstore for Kindle. Scales smoothly from 1-5 players in multiple play modes, including Solitaire, local Pass-and-Play, and Online Multiplayer.

And that’s it for this week’s entry! Visit Jim-Butcher.com every Tuesday this year for weekly Drops of never-before-seen artwork, microfiction, interviews, contests, sample chapters for?Peace Talks?and?Battle Ground, or other tasty tidbits in our celebration of the 20th Anniversary of the Dresden Files.?Join our new mailing list?and??to ensure you don’t miss a moment, and check the??to catch up on prior Drops. See you next week!

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This week’s Drop includes the long-awaited launch of the Demonreach pentacle variant, a discount on Blood Rites and the Parallel Worlds anthology, and the first chapter of Peace Talks. Let’s do this thing!

Peace Talks: Chapter One

is available to read now on Jim-Butcher.com!

This summer brings not one but TWO Dresden Files novels. Peace Talks arrives July 14th, and Battle Ground hits September 29th. We recommend that folks buy from their favorite local independent bookstore, though if that’s not possible, fans in the US can do the next best thing by preordering through . You can order from a variety of other places and in audio and electronic formats through the . Fans in the UK can order from a variety of retailers through or on .

Demonreach Pentacle Launches

Fans voted, and it’s finally here: Badali Jewelry’s ! This gorgeous synthetic opal has flecks of green and black that put us in the mind of running (or parkouring) through the island’s crystalline tunnels.

The Badalis are also to help recoup the loss of income resulting from the cancelation of the con season. Three donors to their GoFundMe campaign will be randomly selected to receive a custom illustration of their favorite character from illustrator . If you’re in a position to donate or from any of their lines, please do! If not, they’d appreciate a signal-boost for .

Books On Sale

The electronic edition of Blood Rites is on sale for $1.99 across US retailers through June 13th!

Additionally, the featuring Jim’s Goodman Grey-POV story “Monsters LLC” is an Amazon Monthly Deal for June, so you can snag it on Kindle for 99 cents all this month!

Reminders

The Goodreads Read-Along discussion of continues! Join your fellow fans as we delve into the explosive volume that upended the series’ status quo.

?is now available on Switch, Steam, the App Store for Mac and iOS, Google Play for Android, and the Amazon Appstore for Kindle. Scales smoothly from 1-5 players in multiple play modes, including Solitaire, local Pass-and-Play, and Online Multiplayer.

We’ve expanded our social media presence! Give us a follow on?, ,?and? and enjoy all the content that doesn’t make it into our Drops, like the??thread, the?, and more!

Ebooks of Storm Front, Fool Moon, and Grave Peril are still on sale for fans in the US!

Storm Front at $2.99:

Fool Moon at $3.99:

Grave Peril at $5.99:

Visit Jim-Butcher.com every Tuesday this year for weekly Drops of never-before-seen artwork, microfiction, interviews, contests, sample chapters for?Peace Talks and Battle Ground, or other tasty tidbits in our celebration of the 20th Anniversary of the Dresden Files.?Join our new mailing list?and??to ensure you don’t miss a moment, and check the??to catch up on prior Drops. See you next week!

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Peace Talks‘ release is less than 50 days away! Have you preordered your copies of both novels in this summer’s Dresden Duology? Snag them through?.

Want your books autographed by Jim? You can order a signed copy of?Peace Talks?from??or a signed and personalized copy of?Battle Ground?from indie bookseller??by emailing btvirtualsigning (at) gmail.com.

A couple quick things before we jump into our feature story:

We have video of??from Thursday’s event, and it’s all kinds of fun!

Also,??will be releasing their??on Monday, June 1st! The limited edition Molly pentacle sold out in a week, so you’ll want to act fast.

Fan Film Spotlight

You’ve seen the incredible creativity readers have brought to fanart and cosplay. Now, we want to celebrate some of the creators who have brought the Dresdenverse to life through fan films, including a fabulous new short that debuted?THIS WEEK!? Check them out in?.

Reminders

The Goodreads Read-Along continues this week with?! Join us as we discuss the explosive volume that upended the series’ status quo.

?is now available on Switch, Steam, the App Store for Mac and iOS, Google Play for Android, and the Amazon Appstore for Kindle. Scales smoothly from 1-5 players in multiple play modes, including Solitaire, local Pass-and-Play, and Online Multiplayer.

We’ve expanded our social media presence! Give us a follow on?,?,?and??and enjoy all the content that doesn’t make it into our Drops, like the??thread, the?, and more!

Ebooks of?Storm Front, Fool Moon, and?Grave Peril?are still on sale for fans in the US!

Storm Front at $2.99:

Fool Moon at $3.99:

Grave Peril at $5.99:

Visit Jim-Butcher.com every Tuesday this year for weekly Drops of never-before-seen artwork, microfiction, interviews, contests, sample chapters for?Peace Talks?and?Battle Ground, or other tasty tidbits in our celebration of the 20th Anniversary of the Dresden Files.?Join our new mailing list?and??to ensure you don’t miss a moment, and check the??to catch up on prior Drops. See you next week!

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Our biggest story today is the results of our Cosplay Contest, but that’s not all we have in store. Keep scolling for details about a live interview between Jim and Pat Rothfuss, an exclusive edition of Storm Front, a sale on Dresden ebooks in the UK, a link to Jim’s appearance on The Great Fantasy Debate, and more!

Peace Talks‘ release is less than two months away! Have you preordered your copies of both novels in this summer’s Dresden Duology? Snag them through .

Want your books autographed by Jim? You can order a signed copy of Peace Talks from or a signed and personalized copy of Battle Ground from indie bookseller by emailing btvirtualsigning (at) gmail.com.

Cosplay Contest Results

Jim’s fans never fail to amaze us with their talent, dedication, and spectacular nerdery, and this contest was no exception! You made it incredibly difficult to choose our winners, and we offer our thanks and appreciation to everyone who submitted.? Check out our picks at !

Penguin Book Club this Thursday

Penguin’s inaugural Book Club event is in two days, and they’ve enlarged the audience capacity so everyone can join us! See Patrick Rothfuss interview Jim and celebrate the book that started it all, Storm Front. Thursday, May 21st, at 7pm Eastern. required to watch live. Registrants can also submit questions, which will be compiled and vetted before the event! Look for an email from Eventbrite.

Great Fantasy Debate

Last Tuesday evening, Penguin posted Jim’s first appearance on ! See him square off against Pierce Brown as they argue which fantasy world is the best place for a vacation?

Storm Front Exclusive Returns

It seems Jim’s publisher won’t be attending any cons this year, so they’ve dropped the “Con” from the “Con Exclusive Edition.” This anniversary edition of Storm Front includes a new cover by and a foreword from Jim. ! You can use the code BOOKLOVER20 to get 20% off and free shipping. AVAILABLE THROUGH 10PM EASTERN THIS THURSDAY ONLY.

UK Ebook Mega-Sale

Fans in the UK, rejoice! The first five Dresden novels are available in ebook format for ?0.99 each through May 24th! Fill in your back catalogue or hook all your friends. Get purchasing links through Little, Brown:

Reminders

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?came out on the Switch last week! It’s also available on Steam, the App Store for Mac and iOS, Google Play for Android, and the Amazon Appstore for Kindle. Scales smoothly from 1-5 players in multiple play modes, including Solitaire, local Pass-and-Play, and Online Multiplayer.

We’ve expanded our social media presence! You should already know about the?, but we’ve also added accounts on??and??as well. Give us a follow and enjoy all the content that doesn’t make it into our Drops, like the??thread, the?, and more!

Ebooks of Storm Front, Fool Moon, and Grave Peril are still on sale for fans in the US!

Storm Front at $2.99:

Fool Moon at $3.99:

Grave Peril at $5.99:

Visit Jim-Butcher.com every Tuesday this year for weekly Drops of never-before-seen artwork, microfiction, interviews, contests, sample chapters for?Peace Talks, or other tasty tidbits in our celebration of the 20th Anniversary of the Dresden Files.?Join our new mailing list?and??to ensure you don’t miss a moment, and check the??to catch up on prior Drops. See you next week!

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Today, we pick up where we left off in our celebration of the 20th anniversary of?Storm Front! We also have a NEW VERSION of the Battle Ground cover that addresses a significant error. But first, a couple reminders for things happening TODAY:

Tonight, Tonight!

Tonight is your last chance to submit to the Cosplay Contest! and submit before midnight Pacific.

Also, Jim’s first episode of The Great Fantasy Debate will be posted to this evening! Last week’s episode (featuring Naomi Novik and Tochi Onyebuchi) was uploaded at 7:15pm Eastern, so we’d expect them to follow a similar schedule today. Jim will also be appearing in an episode scheduled to air June 23rd.

Battle Ground Recovered

Good News! Penguin has heard your concerns, and they’ve fixed the orientation of Harry’s pentacle on Chris McGrath’s Battle Ground cover! It’s now the correct way up. Click to display the full cover.

It’s too late to fix the equivalent error in the first printing of Peace Talks, but it will be corrected in reprints.

Art to the Rescue!

is lending his artistic skill to help save , creators of officially licensed lines for some of your favorite fandoms.

He writes: “Hello everyone! Like a lot of people and small businesses, Badali Jewelry has taken a big financial hit from the closing/postponing of conventions across the country. […] So I’m giving away an original 11″x17” custom illustration to THREE donors to . to see full details, and donate if you are in a position to! If not, please take a second to share the campaign!”

Storm Front?Anniversary, Part 2

This week, we of the 20th Anniversary of Storm Front by sharing some seldom-seen artwork inspired by the book!? As always, images in "Gallery" mode don't transfer over into our mailing list, so you'll need to .

Our celebration of Storm Front will continue in at least one future Drop. We’d love to dig into the titular episode of the 2007 SciFi Channel TV show, including material from the unaired two-hour pilot, and that kind of endeavor deserves a post of its own!

What else would you like to see in our Storm Front Anniversary Tributes? Do you have any favorite fanart for the book that deserves a spotlight? What else are we missing? Let us know on twitter at or emailing yearofdresden (at) gmail.com.

Reminders

came out on the Switch last week! It’s also available on Steam, the App Store for Mac and iOS, Google Play for Android, and the Amazon Appstore for Kindle. Scales smoothly from 1-5 players in multiple play modes, including Solitaire, local Pass-and-Play, and Online Multiplayer.

We’ve expanded our social media presence! You should already know about the?, but we’ve also added accounts on??and??as well. Give us a follow and enjoy all the content that doesn’t make it into our Drops, like the??thread, the?, and more!

Ebooks of Storm Front, Fool Moon, and Grave Peril are still on sale!

Storm Front at $2.99:

Fool Moon at $3.99:

Grave Peril at $5.99:

Visit Jim-Butcher.com every Tuesday this year for weekly Drops of never-before-seen artwork, microfiction, interviews, contests, sample chapters for?Peace Talks, or other tasty tidbits in our celebration of the 20th Anniversary of the Dresden Files.?Join our new mailing list?and??to ensure you don’t miss a moment, and check the??to catch up on prior Drops. See you next week!

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The big draw this week is our fourth Microfiction, but there’s plenty more to get excited about! We’ve got the Dresden Files Cooperative Card Game’s debut on switch, an upcoming Trailer Rewatch event, a $1.99 ebook deal on Death Masks, and more. It’s also the last week to submit your costumes for our contest. Read on!

Microfiction #4: Job Placement

Given how fraught the outside world is (murder hornets? MURDER HORNETS?!?!), we thought it was perfect timing for some domestic cuteness with everyone’s favorite Scion of Sasquatch, Irwin Pounder. This microfiction contains spoilers for the short story “Bigfoot on Campus” which appears in the Brief Cases anthology. It’s set between Skin Game and Peace Talks, but doesn’t require knowledge of either.

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Also, Jim feels like writing more short Dresdenverse stories, and he wants to know who you want to read about. ! You can pick as many characters as you like, including suggesting Dresden characters not in the poll using the “Other” box. Or you can vote for Jim to create all new characters!

Costume Contest Entries Due Next Tuesday

We’ve seen some fabulous entries for the so far, but we know they barely scratch the surface of all the awesome cosplay passion the fanbase has produced.

To inspire you to enter, we offer a bribe of some photos of Jim cosplaying with his wife and friends.? !? Photos by and .

, then submit your cosplay, cosplay photography, and cosplay image manipulations to yearofdresden@... by May 12th.

DFCO Now on Switch

Need more stay-at-home fun/distraction??The Dresden Files Cooperative Card Game?was released yesterday for the Switch! .

What is the DFCO? It’s a surprisingly challenging strategy game, where you play Harry Dresden and his friends as they take on the cases from the bestselling Dresden Files novels in the ultimate what-if scenario: what if Harry was on the scene with allies who weren’t there in the original story? Fans will appreciate the characters and references, but knowledge of the series is not required.

This digital version of the game was created by Hidden Achievement based on the tabletop version by Evil Hat Productions, featuring art by?. In addition to the , you can download it from the??for iOS,?, or?! The game supports single player mode and both cross-plaform multi-player gaming and local pass-and-play, for all your quarantine and post-lockdown needs.

Milestone Approaching for Trailer

Great Fantasy Debate Coming Soon

Penguin’s new online game show The Great Fantasy Debate premieres today, and Jim’s guest appearances are scheduled for May 12th and June 23rd! Tune in next week as Jim, Pierce Brown, and comedians Sean Donnelly and Jay Jurden debate “Which is the best fantasy world to go to for vacation?”

Watch new episodes as they air on .

Reminders

We’ve expanded out social media presence! You should already know about the?, but we’ve also added accounts on??and??as well. Give us a follow and enjoy all the content that doesn’t make it into our Drops, like the??thread, the?, and more!

The electronic edition of Death Masks is discounted at $1.99 through May 10th! Support independent bookstores by ordering through , ,?or ?(!), or from the following vendors:?,?,?,?.

Visit Jim-Butcher.com every Tuesday this year for weekly Drops of never-before-seen artwork, microfiction, interviews, contests, sample chapters for?Peace Talks, or other tasty tidbits in our celebration of the 20th Anniversary of the Dresden Files.?Join our new mailing list?and??to ensure you don’t miss a moment, and check the??to catch up on prior Drops. We’ll see you on Twitter this Thursday, then back here next week!

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This week, you can download desktops featuring and stills from the trailer, then get a discount on the Steam edition of the in anticipation of its launch on the Switch! Ready? LET’S DO THIS THING.

Living Social

We’re expanding out social media presence! You should already know about the , but we’ve also added accounts on and as well. Give us a follow and enjoy all the content that doesn’t make it into our Drops, like the thread, the , and more!

Screen Swag

Count down the days to Peace Talks (July 14th) and Battle Ground (Sept 29th) in style with “Dresden Duology” wallpapers!? Stills from the feature Jason Bernardo as Harry, Liz Fenning as Mab, Chris Showerman as Marcone, and Birdit Ludemann as Lara.?

Check our aspect ratio guide to see which version is right for your setup:

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Switching It Up

Need more stay-at-home fun/distraction? The Dresden Files Cooperative Card Game is being released for Nintendo Switch this Monday! (No, we don’t know what Harry’s turnip prices will be.)

What is the DFCO? It’s a surprisingly challenging strategy game, where you play Harry Dresden and his friends as they take on the cases from the bestselling Dresden Files novels in the ultimate what-if scenario: what if Harry was on the scene with allies who weren’t there in the original story? Fans will appreciate the characters and references, but knowledge of the series is not required.

This digital version of the game was created by Hidden Achievement based on the tabletop version by Evil Hat Productions, featuring art by . You can also snag it on the??for iOS,?, or for 25% off on ! The game supports both online and local pass-and-play, for all your quarantine and post-lockdown needs.

And Finally…

Denarians and Donuts and Mobsters, oh my! continues with Small Favor.

Visit Jim-Butcher.com every Tuesday this year for weekly Drops of never-before-seen artwork, microfiction, interviews, contests, sample chapters for?Peace Talks, or other tasty tidbits in our celebration of the 20th Anniversary of the Dresden Files.?Join our new mailing list?and??to ensure you don’t miss a moment, and check the??to catch up on prior Drops. We’ll see you next week!

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We try to stick to our “no more than once a week” posting pattern out of respect for your overstuffed inboxes, but I think you’ll see why we had to deviate. Jim’s publisher has revealed Chris McGrath’s gorgeous cover art for the second of the two Dresden novels coming out this year, Battle Ground!

Battle Ground (Dresden #17) hits stores September 29th, just 2 1/2 months after Peace Talks (Dresden #16) on July 14th! You can preorder both installments in this year’s “Dresden Duology” and support independent bookstores at our storefront at , or choose from a wider array of vendors at the !

Visit Jim-Butcher.com every Tuesday this year for weekly Drops of never-before-seen artwork, microfiction, interviews, contests, sample chapters for?Peace Talks, or other tasty tidbits in our celebration of the 20th Anniversary of the Dresden Files.?Join our new mailing list?and??to ensure you don’t miss a moment, and check the??to catch up on prior Drops. We’ll see you next week!

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We have a lot of great stuff happening this week, including a gorgeous new jewelry piece and a virtual convention appearance this Friday! And don’t forget: We also have a running, a on Goodreads, discounts going on the , and a mini-giveaway of coloring pages in exchange for support of your community (see below). And if you haven’t seen the yet, check it out now and send your reaction video to yearofdresden@....

Now let’s get into the news!

SILVER LININGS

The Bad News: Badali Jewelry’s stone supplier sent them the wrong color for the Limited Edition Demonreach Pentacle.

The Good News: The stone they sent is GORGEOUS, and its wintry blue and pink opalescence is a perfect fit for Molly!

The Badali team conjectured, “Maybe Molly heard we were in need, and she sent some mischievous sprite to change a digit in the supplier’s color code and make a stone just for her. We hear you loud and clear, Molls! Badali Jewelry is thrilled to offer a second limited edition piece for 2020: The Winter Lady’s Ice Opal Pentacle.” Order yours today!

Here’s how the color compares to Mab’s Ice Opal in the .

As for the fans voted on back in February, the stone supplier is already working to rectify their mistake, and Badali anticipates it will be available for sale early this?summer.?

PRH VIRTUAL CON

Jim joins a bevy of fabulous Penguin Random House authors this Friday at the PRH Virtual Con! Jim’s events:

Geek Geek Revolution, 5pm ET: In this twist on the popular trivia game show, authors ask the questions and fans provide the answers for the chance to win a prize pack of books! Participate at the . (Note: Admission to the group is moderated. Join early to avoid bottlenecks!)

The Great Fantasy Debate Preview, 7pm ET: A preview of a brand new webseries! The creative team will discuss what’s in store and present the first mini-debate between Jim, Pierce Brown, and Naomi Novik. Free registration on .

SHOP BOOKS, SHOP BOOKSHOP!

We’re making it even easier to with your purchases through the Jim-Butcher.com store! We’ve added Bookshop.org to our list of affiliate partners. Bookshop is an online bookstore with to financially support local, independent bookstores.

We’re in the process of updating our official store to include these new links, but in the meantime, you can buy Jim’s books at on their website! A portion of each sale goes to support independent bookstores, and another portion goes to our website to help cover our hosting fees. Everybody wins!

IN BRIEF…

Good News for Blaze! She’s back home and in recovery. She for the outpouring of love and healing vibes.

Don’t forget: submissions are open for the ! Enter by May 12th.

Haven’t seen the yet? If not, we’re still collecting reaction videos for an upcoming compilation! Film yourself watching it and send the video via WeTransfer to yearofdresden@....

Last week, we gave away three and offered two more in exchange for a donation to or a purchase from our artistic partners: ,?, , , and . That offer is still good! Forward your receipt to yearofdresden@..., and we’ll hook you up!

The Dresden Files Read-Along on Goodreads continues this week with .

And that’s it for today!

Visit Jim-Butcher.com every Tuesday this year for weekly Drops of never-before-seen artwork, microfiction, interviews, contests, sample chapters for?Peace Talks, or other tasty tidbits in our celebration of the 20th Anniversary of the Dresden Files.?Join our new mailing list?and??to ensure you don’t miss a moment, and check the??to catch up on prior Drops. We’ll see you later this week for the Virtual Con.

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The headline says it all! Let’s dive right in.

Costume Contest

We had such fun with our??that we want to honor another section of the Dresden fandom’s creatives: cosplayers and cosplay photographers!?, then submit your Cosplay Contest entries to yearofdresden@... by May 12th.

Coloring Pages

Running low on things to binge on Netflix? Fresh out of animals to cross? Feeling more schooled by your kids than the reverse? We’ve got you covered.??can’t operate his tattoo parlor during the lockdown, so he’s used some of his downtime to produce a quintet of Dresden images ready for coloring! We’re sharing these three pages for free, and if you like what you see, we’re offering?two?additional coloring pages in exchange for donations in support of your community.

Make a donation in?any amount?to?, or give back to the Dresdenverse small business community by buying a piece from??or??or pledging to?. Forward your receipt to yearofdresden@..., and we’ll send you two more coloring pages to show our gratitude! Click to embiggen.

If you’d be interested in seeing a full Dresden Files coloring book,?! And if you’re looking for more goodies to help pass the time in quarantine, Penguin is still offering ebooks?Storm Front, Fool Moon, and?Grave Peril?at reduced rates. Get the links in?.

Support Badali Jewelry!

Our friends at??are facing a rough patch due to the cancelation of much of the 2020 con season. If you’ve been eyeing a piece, they’d greatly appreciate your support! They’re also selling gift cards and accepting direct donations via?. Please help us ensure high quality, officially licensed, handcrafted-in-the-USA fandom merch stays in business. And hey, Mother’s Day is coming up, and Margaret LeFay’s ruby pentacle would be a fabulous gift for any mama geek…

Healing Vibes for Blaze

And finally, in the moments before this story was posted, we learned our beloved Blaze (here cosplaying as Queen Mab) has COVID-19 and has been hospitalized due to complications with pneumonia. Those who frequented the Jim-Butcher.com forums will undoubtedly recall her boundless generosity, her kindness, and her uproarious sense of humor. Please join us in sending her and her family your love, your healing energies, and your best wishes for a speedy recovery, as we send our love to all those in our community impacted by the virus.

And that’s it for this today!

Visit Jim-Butcher.com every Tuesday this year for weekly Drops of never-before-seen artwork, microfiction, interviews, contests, sample chapters for?Peace Talks, or other tasty tidbits in our celebration of the 20th Anniversary of the Dresden Files.?Join our new mailing list?and??to ensure you don’t miss a moment, and check the??to catch up on prior Drops. See you next week!

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This week is a bit scattered, but it’s SCATTERED AWESOME, so who are we to complain? We’ve got some great book deals, delightful new art, and some behind-the-scenes photos for the making of the trailer!

This week's posting is VERY image-heavy, so you'll definitely want to view it .

April Fool’s Redux

Last week’s prank of a re-release of the Peace Talks trailer with was ridiculously silly (you all watched first, yes?), but the fun didn’t stop there! Before the day was done, illustrator and tattoo artist was already hard at work on a tribute to a previous April Fool’s prank: of the Li’l Harry Adventures children’s book series. We thought they were too perfect not to share! on our website!

You can check out all our previous April Fool’s pranks here:

• 2019 — (which was apparently subtle enough to be quoted straight by at least one online news source)
• 2018 — ! (not really a prank per se, but very silly!)
• 2016 —
• 2015 —? (turned out to be weirdly prescient?)
• 2014 —? (the infamous prank that inspired a lamentably unobservant fan to to see it opening weekend)
• 2012 —?
• 2011 —?

Book Deals

TODAY ONLY: the , which contains the Goodman Grey-POV short story “Monsters,” is on sale for 99 cents! Find out what happens when our favorite amoral shapeshifter pulls a job for John Marcone.

Note: Co-editor LJ Hachmeister is currently working on the front lines as a registered nurse at an ER in Denver, helping stem the tide of Covid-19. All her books are also now on sale for 99 cents, so if you dig fantasy, military sci-fi, and space opera, it’s the perfect time to grab a copy of ! And if you’re looking for another awesome urban fantasy to tide you off until Peace Talks, pick up the “Grave Report” series or “Dangerous Ways” by her co-editor .

You can also still snag the first three books at a reduced rate, and this week we’re adding Skin Game for $2.99! If you have friends who are stuck at home because of social distancing and on the lookout for a new series, now is the perfect time to catch up!

Upcoming Books Update

has given Peace Talks a starred review! Their verdict: “With many familiar faces returning and lots of magical action, this latest from Butcher will have fans rejoicing at the return of Chicago’s only professional wizard.” –Kristi Chadwick, Massachusetts Library System, Northampton

Also, in audiobook! Note: If you’re an Audible subscriber and want to preorder using credits, please make sure you’ve logged into Audible beforehand. It’ll only give you the “buy with Audible credit” option if you’re already logged in.

Support this website by preordering both books from , or support independent bookstores by ordering signed, personalized copies by emailing Bard’s Tower! Include a list of which books you want and in what quantities, your location (to calculate shipping), and if/how you want them personalized (maximum 8 words), and Alexi will issue you an invoice.

Note: Copies ordered through Bard’s Tower will not arrive on the release date. If you need a signed copy on the day the book comes out, sit tight. We’ll be announcing more options soon.

Trailer: Behind the Scenes

Each moment in went by so quickly, it was hard to appreciate all the work that went into each setup! Here’s a glimpse behind the scenes, thanks to photographer Yrene Ramirez.?

And that’s it for this week!

Visit Jim-Butcher.com every Tuesday this year for weekly Drops of never-before-seen artwork, microfiction, interviews, contests, sample chapters for?Peace Talks, or other tasty tidbits in our celebration of the 20th Anniversary of the Dresden Files.?Join our new mailing list?and??to ensure you don’t miss a moment, and check the??to catch up on prior Drops. See you next week!

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NOTE:?In our traditional April Fool’s posts, we endeavor to make them credible at the beginning, then crank up the nonsense until the joke becomes obvious. But these days, the idea of knowingly spreading misinformation (even when comically false) sounds exhausting. So here’s our notice ahead of time: This is 100% silliness! Hope it lightens your day. (Also, if you haven’t seen the?, you DEFINITELY want to watch that first.)

April 1, 2020

The Peace Talks trailer debuted Tuesday, March 24th to enthusiastic reviews, but today, director Priscilla Spencer notified fans that they will be receiving an updated version with “some improved visual effects.”??The move is unheard of for a book trailer already in release, according to book vloggers and publishing executives, but Spencer cites the precedent set by Tom Hooper, director of the 2019 movie musical “Cats,” who re-released digital prints of his film to theaters two days after its release.

Spencer admitted to finishing the trailer just a day before its Tuesday premiere after “procrastinating on the end titles sequence for like a month.”? The last-minute tweaks left room for mistakes, apparently, like Harry Dresden’s bare head slipping through unnoticed.

Jim Butcher’s publicity team at Penguin Random House have long demonstrated the efficacy of marketing Harry’s novels with a consistent aesthetic: a staff and fedora to serve as visual shorthand for “Wizard Private Eye.”? Given the trailer’s role as a promotional tool, a hat seems an obvious inclusion.? ?Today, Spencer rectifies that error.?

The updated trailer can be viewed on and at .

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Last week’s Dresden Drop looked to the future, revealing the long-awaited and the bombshell announcement that there will be TWO Dresden novels this year. This week, we’ll look to the past, celebrating the 20th anniversary of the publication of Storm Front on April 1st, 2000.

But before we dive into that, let’s do a quick recap of the week. First off: if you haven’t seen the trailer yet, ?

Support this website by preordering Peace Talks and Battle Ground using the referral links in !

Media Recap

Last week’s announcements saw a rush of media attention. with the big reveal, as well as the first chapter of Peace Talks. This was immediately followed by a .

Tor.com featured us twice in one day, to echo the reveals and add the official synopsis, then to write up the highlights of the Q&A later that morning.

, and and it was a delight, as was that followed.

, covering her work on trailer, her history with the fandom, and more.

We also got some attention from , as well as geek news sites and blogs in , , and the ! More shout-outs: , , , , and . Thanks for the love, everyone!

Our Celebration of Storm Front Begins!

In the first novel in the #1?New York Times?bestselling Dresden Files series, Harry Dresden’s investigation of a grisly double murder pulls him into the darkest depths of magical Chicago. It also pulled readers into a a captivating, addictive saga overflowing with action, humor, engaging characters, and insights into our own world, guided by a protagonist whose persistent struggle to do the right thing has served as a source of comfort and inspiration through readers’ own challenges.

It’s difficult to know how to celebrate a novel that had such a powerful influence on the publishing world, joining the works of Charles de Lint, Emma Bull, and Laurell K Hamilton (and followed quickly by Charlaine Harris and Kelley Armstrong) in helping define the urban fantasy genre.

So rather than trying to capture the weight of that legacy, we’re choosing to highlight a few key places where fans, publishers, and creators in other media have interacted with the work, and we’re going to do so in several installments, spaced throughout the year. (This is mostly because a lot of the files and documents Priscilla needs to do this properly are in her apartment in Los Angeles, whereas she is holed up with her family in Dallas for the duration of the Curve-Flattening Period.)

Today, we’ll start by revisiting Storm Front through series rereads hosted by (2020), (2018), (2018), and (2012). Do you have a favorite review/discussion of the book? Reply to the newsletter/@jimbutchernews twitter/social media post where this blog is linked and tell us about it!

Found in Translation

The traditional 20th Anniversary gift is china, but we can do better than that! Not only do we have China, but we also have Japan, Thailand, India, Russia, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, and so many more. of Storm Front‘s many translations into different languages. No matter where you are in the world, if you need the kind of help only Harry can provide, rest assured: he’s in the book.

We look forward to digging into more of Storm Front‘s legacy–including adaptions by the Sci-Fi Channel, the Dabel Brothers & Dynamite Entertainment, and Subterranean Press–throughout the year!

Book Discounts

The?Summer Knight?ebook is on sale for $1.99 through April 5th! Order from the following vendors:?,?,?,?, , or ?(!). The sale runs through March 1st.

Also, for a limited time, Penguin has put the first three books back on sale. If you have friends who are stuck at home because of social distancing and on the lookout for a new series, now is the perfect time to catch up! Four books for under $14? Heck yes!

Storm Front at $2.99: ?,?,?, ,?, .

Fool Moon at $3.99:?,?,?, ,?, .

Grave Peril at $5.99: ?,?,?, ,?, .

Proven Guilty Read-Along

Our series read-along continues with Proven Guilty! Join the or discussions on Goodreads.

And that’s it for today! Though not it for this week. If you’ve been a Dresden fan for any length of time, you’ll know to expect April Fool’s hijinks tomorrow. Be sure to come back then!

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Preorder from the bookseller of your choice while supporting this website by shopping at?, or support independent bookstores by ordering signed, personalized copies from Bard’s Tower by emailing?btvirtualsigning@....