![]() Luccio, captain of the Wardens, agrees to bring in the Archive (a twelve-year-old girl Harry named "Ivy") as a neutral party.ĭresden meets Murphy at McAnally's. Gard formally requests that the White Council file an objection to the abduction of one signatory of the Unseelie Accords by another. Gard at one of Marcone's safe houses, having survived an attack by the Denarians, whom he learns have abducted Marcone. Despite repeated attacks by gruffs - soldiers in service of Summer - he tracks Marcone's movements across the city. One year after the events in White Night, Dresden is confronted by Queen Mab calling in one of the favors owed her by Harry: that he be her "Emissary", and protect John Marcone. Small Favor is available as an eBook and an audio CD ( ISBN 0-14-314339-5). The book stayed on the New York Times Best Seller list for 3 weeks following its release, attaining the number 2 spot during its first week. ![]() ![]() Small Favor is the tenth book in The Dresden Files, Jim Butcher's continuing series about wizard detective Harry Blackstone Copperfield Dresden. ![]()
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