Changes by Jim Butcher. (The Dresden Files, book 12) 438 pp.
I was right--this one doesn't have a happy ending. Harry Dresden, wizard, finds a cause for which he's willing to compromise his principles. As the title indicates, this is going to have a big influence on the rest of the books in the series. It will be interesting to see whether the author can keep everything from going off the rails. Long series are a gamble; if you never change anything they can become stagnant and boring (cf. Janet Evanovich's later Stephanie Plum books) but if you change too much you can lose the good stuff from the early books (cf. Laurell K. Hamilton's Anita Blake books). I hope Butcher's up to the challenge, because I like this series a lot.
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