


Tera tells Dresden that he must draw the containment circle around her fiancé Harley MacFinn before the moon rises, or innocent people will die. Kim Delaney's shredded body is found in MacFinn's apartment next to a summoning circle. Before Dresden can check on Harley MacFinn, Lt. Dresden summons the demon Chaunzaggoroth in order to get information, exchanging one more part of his name for information about Harley MacFinn. On his way out the door, Marcone says that these killings are connected to Harley MacFinn and his Northwest Passage Project. He offers to hire Dresden as his security adviser, for protection. Dresden escapes unscathed, but now the Streetwolves want him dead. They do not change shape, but become bestial in their minds. At the police station, he gets a tip from FBI Agent Harris that the Streetwolves biker gang might know something about the murder, learning that The Streetwolves and their packleader Parker are lycanthropes. Dresden follows a lead that takes him into a confrontation with a gang of teenage werewolves and their pack leader, Tera West. A henchman of John Marcone's was found near a group of wolfish paw prints. Karrin Murphy asks Dresden to consult on a homicide. Dresden withholds the information, because such circles are generally used to contain demigods and archangels. On top of that, Harry's lost the faith of his one friend and ally among the Chicago Police Department, Karrin Murphy.After the events in Storm Front, Kim Delaney, who Dresden helped to control her magical talents, asks Dresden how to create a set of three magical circles, which could be used to contain powerful entities.


The Windy City has been hit with an outbreak of savage werewolf attacks - a case made even more chaotic and challenging by the fact that Harry's uncovered no less than three lycanthropic groups, each seemingly in conflict with one another. , Harry Dresden is a private investigator whose clients require a detective with supernatural expertise - in other words, he's a wizard for hire.
