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| | release_date = January 1, 2001<ref name=amazon>{{cite web|title=Fool Moon: Book two of The Dresden Files|url=http://www.amazon.com/Fool-Moon-Book-Dresden-Files/dp/0451458125|website=www.amazon.com|accessdate=18 December 2014}}</ref> | |||
| | release_date = January 1, 2001 | |||
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| | media_type = Print (]) & AudioBook (] & ]) | | media_type = Print (]) & AudioBook (] & ]) | ||
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| '''''Fool Moon''''' is a 2001 ] novel by author ]. It is the second novel in ], which follows the character of ], present-day Chicago's only professional ]. | '''''Fool Moon''''' is a 2001 ] novel by author ]. It is the second novel in ], which follows the character of ], present-day Chicago's only professional ].<ref name=jimbutcher>{{cite web|title=Fool Moon (#2) <nowiki>|</nowiki> Jim Butcher|url=http://www.jim-butcher.com/books/dresden/fool-moon|website=www.jim-butcher.com|accessdate=18 December 2014}}</ref><ref name=goodreads>{{cite web|title=Fool Moon (The Dresden Files #2)|url=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/91477.Fool_Moon|website=www.goodreads.com|accessdate=18 December 2014}}</ref> | ||
| ==Plot summary== | ==Plot summary== | ||
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| Lt. Karrin Murphy asks Dresden to consult on a homicide. A henchman of Johnnie Marcone's was found, savaged, near a group of wolfish paw prints. Without telling Murphy, Dresden magically follows the scent of the murderer's blood that leads him to a confrontation with a gang of teenage werewolves and their pack leader, Tera West. | Lt. Karrin Murphy asks Dresden to consult on a homicide. A henchman of Johnnie Marcone's was found, savaged, near a group of wolfish paw prints. Without telling Murphy, Dresden magically follows the scent of the murderer's blood that leads him to a confrontation with a gang of teenage werewolves and their pack leader, Tera West. | ||
| Dresden consults with his oracular skull, ], who explains that there are four basic types of "lupine ]" (what popular culture refers to as "werewolves"); Dresden compiles these details into a report that he delivers to Murphy |
Dresden consults with his oracular skull, ], who explains that there are four basic types of "lupine ]" (what popular culture refers to as "werewolves"); Dresden compiles these details into a report that he delivers to Murphy. | ||
| #A "classic" ] is a human who uses magic to ] into a normal wolf; a Werewolf retains his human identity, which handicaps him at first in learning to use a wolf's body and senses to best advantage; | |||
| #A ] is a human who uses a magic talisman (and does not need to possess any magical ability himself) to transform into a large, wolf-like beast; this person retains his human consciousness, but gradually succumbs to bestiality the more often he transforms; | |||
| #A ] most closely parallels the popular concept of the werewolf: he transforms into a gigantic ] wolf at the time of the ], is immensely powerful, and can only be harmed with ]; Loups-garou are usually created by a powerful curse, and the condition is often hereditary. As the curse is hereditary, so the silver used to attack a loup-garou must likewise be inherited. | |||
| #A ] is not a shape-changer like the other three types; instead, he is a human being with no physical wolf-like characteristics, but with heightened aggression, rapid healing, and a high resistance to injury and pain. | |||
| At the police station, Dresden gets a tip from FBI Agent Harris that the Streetwolves biker gang might know something about the murder, learning that The Streetwolves and their "pack leader," Parker, are lycanthropes. Dresden escapes unscathed, but now the Streetwolves want him dead. | At the police station, Dresden gets a tip from FBI Agent Harris that the Streetwolves biker gang might know something about the murder, learning that The Streetwolves and their "pack leader," Parker, are lycanthropes. Dresden escapes unscathed, but now the Streetwolves want him dead. | ||
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| Ignoring Dresden's warnings, Murphy arrests and jails MacFinn in his human form. Dresden races to the station to get to MacFinn, but the moon rises, and MacFinn changes, slaughtering the suspects in the holding cells, the desk sergeant, and Murphy's staff. Dresden drives off MacFinn and goes in search of Marcone. While searching for MacFinn, Dresden is attacked by the Streetwolves, and learns the FBI agents are hexenwolves behind the murders after capturing one of them. | Ignoring Dresden's warnings, Murphy arrests and jails MacFinn in his human form. Dresden races to the station to get to MacFinn, but the moon rises, and MacFinn changes, slaughtering the suspects in the holding cells, the desk sergeant, and Murphy's staff. Dresden drives off MacFinn and goes in search of Marcone. While searching for MacFinn, Dresden is attacked by the Streetwolves, and learns the FBI agents are hexenwolves behind the murders after capturing one of them. | ||
| At moonrise, they pile into a rented van and head to Marcone's estate to save him from MacFinn. Dresden and his allies are captured by the FBI hexenwolves and are thrown into a pit Marcone had prepared to capture the transformed MacFinn, but Marcone frees them. Dresden and Murphy kill the FBI hexenwolves and MacFinn. Dresden and Murphy burn the hexenwolves' belts before Chicago PD arrives—so they can never be used again. Susan evacuates the Alphas, and Chicago PD arrests Marcone on general principle. | At moonrise, they pile into a rented van and head to Marcone's estate to save him from MacFinn. Dresden and his allies are captured by the FBI hexenwolves and are thrown into a pit Marcone had prepared to capture the transformed MacFinn, but Marcone frees them. Dresden and Murphy kill the FBI hexenwolves and MacFinn. Dresden and Murphy burn the hexenwolves' belts before Chicago PD arrives—so they can never be used again. Susan evacuates the Alphas, and Chicago PD arrests Marcone on general principle. Tera West, revealed to be a wolf that can change into a human, returns to her family in the Northwest. | ||
| Tera West, revealed to be a wolf that can change into a human, returns to her family in the Northwest. One major question is left unsolved, though-where did the FBI agents get their belts? | |||
| ==Introduced characters== | ==Introduced characters== | ||
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| * FBI Agent Phil Denton: FBI investigative team leader. | * FBI Agent Phil Denton: FBI investigative team leader. | ||
| * FBI Agents Deborah Benn, Roger Harris and George Wilson: Members of Denton's FBI team. | * FBI Agents Deborah Benn, Roger Harris and George Wilson: Members of Denton's FBI team. | ||
| * Kim Delaney: A young woman being mentored by Dresden in the magical arts. | |||
| * Harley MacFinn: A millionaire environmentalist with lupine qualities. | * Harley MacFinn: A millionaire environmentalist with lupine qualities. | ||
| * Tera West: A mysterious woman with lupine qualities and the fiancée of MacFinn. | * Tera West: A mysterious woman with lupine qualities and the fiancée of MacFinn. | ||
| * The Alphas: A gang of college-age men and women who have werewolf abilities. | * ]: A gang of college-age men and women who have werewolf abilities. | ||
| * ]: One of the Alphas. | * ]: One of the Alphas. | ||
| * ]: One of the Alphas. | * ]: One of the Alphas. | ||
| * Chaunzaggoroth: A demon informant; Dresden calls him "Chauncy." | |||
| * The Streetwolves: A Chicago biker gang of lycanthropes. | * The Streetwolves: A Chicago biker gang of lycanthropes. | ||
| * Parker: The leader of the Streetwolves. | |||
| * ]: A new officer at SI. | * ]: A new officer at SI. | ||
| * James Harding III and his driver: a business man, known to Marcone. | |||
| ==Reception== | |||
| Thomas Wagner, on behalf of sfreviews.net praised the book, writing "This is some sick, adrenaline-charged action storytelling, spun with a Hollywood sensibility for maximum endorphin rush. No, it isn't great literature. It's great escapism, a pure roller coaster ride. There's a difference."<ref name=sfreviews>{{cite web|last1=Wagner|first1=Thomas|title=SF REVIEWS.NET:Fool Moon / Jim Butcher|url=http://www.sfreviews.net/fool_moon.html|website=sfreviews.net|accessdate=18 December 2014}}</ref> | |||
| For fantasybookreview.co.uk, Bindi Lavelle wrote "The detective stylings of Foolmoon enriches a plot full of red herrings and clues that only come together in the book's climax; Fool Moon reads like a good detective novel, with magic. For a page turning mix or neo noir and urban fantasy, look no further than Fool Moon."<ref name=fantasybookreview>{{cite web|last1=Lavelle|first1=bindi|title=Fool Moon by Jim Butcher|url=http://www.fantasybookreview.co.uk/Jim-Butcher/Fool-Moon.html|website=www.fantasybookreview.co.uk|accessdate=18 December 2014}}</ref> | |||
| Victoria Strauss wrote " Butcher keeps the thrills coming, with plenty of mystery, suspense, and edge-of-your-seat action scenes." in a review on sfsite.com.<ref name=sfsite>{{cite web|last1=Strauss|first1=Victoria|title=The SF Site Featured Review: Fool Moon|url=https://www.sfsite.com/04b/fm102.htm|website=www.sfsite.com|accessdate=18 December 2014}}</ref> | |||
| ==Fool Moon in other media== | ==Fool Moon in other media== | ||
| *''Fool Moon'' was released on June 10, 2009 as an audiobook, narrated by James Marsters.<ref name=audible>{{cite web|title=Fool Moon: The Dresden Files, Book 2|url=http://www.audible.com/pd/Sci-Fi-Fantasy/Fool-Moon-Audiobook/B002V1BII4/ref=a_search_c4_1_1_srTtl?qid=1418923748&sr=1-1|website=www.audible.com|accessdate=18 December 2014}}</ref> | |||
| * Certain plot elements of this novel, specifically FBI agents who are both lovers and secretly werewolves, were reused in '']'' television episode "Hair of the Dog". Most plot elements, however, are entirely original. | |||
| *The novel was adapted into an eight-issue comic book mini-series, adapted by Mark Powers and illustrated by Chase Conley. | *The novel was adapted into an eight-issue comic book mini-series, adapted by Mark Powers and illustrated by Chase Conley.<ref name=comicbookresources>{{cite web|title=Preview: Jim Butcher's The Dresden Files: Fool Moon #7|url=http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=preview&id=13191|website=www.comicbookresources.com|accessdate=18 December 2014}}</ref> | ||
| *This book is available as a Kindle book. | |||
| ==External links== | ==External links== | ||
| {{wikiquote}} | {{wikiquote}} | ||
| The first chapter of the book and several MP3 clips are found on the . | The first chapter of the book and several MP3 clips are found on the . | ||
| ==References== | ==References== | ||
| {{reflist |
{{reflist}} | ||
| {{Dresden Files}} | {{Dresden Files}} | ||
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| Author | Jim Butcher |
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| Cover artist | Lee MacLeod |
| Language | English |
| Series | The Dresden Files |
| Genre | Science fiction, Fantasy novel |
| Publisher | Penguin Putnam |
| Publication date | January 1, 2001 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (Paperback) & AudioBook (Audio Cassette & Audio CD) |
| Pages | 352 pp (first edition, paperback) |
| ISBN | ISBN 0-451-45812-5 (first edition, paperback) Parameter error in {{ISBNT}}: invalid character |
| OCLC | 45752301 |
| LC Class | CPB Box no. 1853 vol. 14 |
| Preceded by | Storm Front |
| Followed by | Grave Peril |
Fool Moon is a 2001 contemporary fantasy novel by author Jim Butcher. It is the second novel in The Dresden Files, which follows the character of Harry Dresden, present-day Chicago's only professional wizard.
Plot summary
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. Dresden withholds the information, because such circles are generally used to contain demigods and archangels.
Lt. Karrin Murphy asks Dresden to consult on a homicide. A henchman of Johnnie Marcone's was found, savaged, near a group of wolfish paw prints. Without telling Murphy, Dresden magically follows the scent of the murderer's blood that leads him to a confrontation with a gang of teenage werewolves and their pack leader, Tera West.
Dresden consults with his oracular skull, Bob, who explains that there are four basic types of "lupine theriomorphs" (what popular culture refers to as "werewolves"); Dresden compiles these details into a report that he delivers to Murphy.
At the police station, Dresden gets a tip from FBI Agent Harris that the Streetwolves biker gang might know something about the murder, learning that The Streetwolves and their "pack leader," Parker, are lycanthropes. Dresden escapes unscathed, but now the Streetwolves want him dead.
Marcone shows up in Dresden's office. He offers to hire Dresden as his security adviser, for protection. Dresden refuses. On his way out the door, Marcone says that these killings are connected to Harley MacFinn and his Northwest Passage Project. Dresden summons the demon Chaunzaggoroth in order to get information, exchanging one more part of his name for information about Harley MacFinn. Before Dresden can check on Harley MacFinn, Lt. Murphy arrests him. Kim Delaney's shredded body is found in MacFinn's apartment next to a summoning circle.
Tera West sneaks in and frees Dresden. Tera tells Dresden that he must draw the containment circle around her fiancé Harley MacFinn before the moon rises, or innocent people will die. MacFinn is a loup-garou, an incredibly powerful werewolf that can only be killed with inherited silver. Dresden is shot during his escape from police custody, and is rescued by Tera. Desperate, he calls Susan and bums a ride in exchange for an exclusive on the wolf murders.
Ignoring Dresden's warnings, Murphy arrests and jails MacFinn in his human form. Dresden races to the station to get to MacFinn, but the moon rises, and MacFinn changes, slaughtering the suspects in the holding cells, the desk sergeant, and Murphy's staff. Dresden drives off MacFinn and goes in search of Marcone. While searching for MacFinn, Dresden is attacked by the Streetwolves, and learns the FBI agents are hexenwolves behind the murders after capturing one of them.
At moonrise, they pile into a rented van and head to Marcone's estate to save him from MacFinn. Dresden and his allies are captured by the FBI hexenwolves and are thrown into a pit Marcone had prepared to capture the transformed MacFinn, but Marcone frees them. Dresden and Murphy kill the FBI hexenwolves and MacFinn. Dresden and Murphy burn the hexenwolves' belts before Chicago PD arrives—so they can never be used again. Susan evacuates the Alphas, and Chicago PD arrests Marcone on general principle. Tera West, revealed to be a wolf that can change into a human, returns to her family in the Northwest.
Introduced characters
Main article: List of The Dresden Files characters- FBI Agent Phil Denton: FBI investigative team leader.
- FBI Agents Deborah Benn, Roger Harris and George Wilson: Members of Denton's FBI team.
- Harley MacFinn: A millionaire environmentalist with lupine qualities.
- Tera West: A mysterious woman with lupine qualities and the fiancée of MacFinn.
- The Alphas: A gang of college-age men and women who have werewolf abilities.
- Billy Borden: One of the Alphas.
- Georgia: One of the Alphas.
- The Streetwolves: A Chicago biker gang of lycanthropes.
- Detective Rudolph: A new officer at SI.
Reception
Thomas Wagner, on behalf of sfreviews.net praised the book, writing "This is some sick, adrenaline-charged action storytelling, spun with a Hollywood sensibility for maximum endorphin rush. No, it isn't great literature. It's great escapism, a pure roller coaster ride. There's a difference."
For fantasybookreview.co.uk, Bindi Lavelle wrote "The detective stylings of Foolmoon enriches a plot full of red herrings and clues that only come together in the book's climax; Fool Moon reads like a good detective novel, with magic. For a page turning mix or neo noir and urban fantasy, look no further than Fool Moon."
Victoria Strauss wrote " Butcher keeps the thrills coming, with plenty of mystery, suspense, and edge-of-your-seat action scenes." in a review on sfsite.com.
Fool Moon in other media
- Fool Moon was released on June 10, 2009 as an audiobook, narrated by James Marsters.
- The novel was adapted into an eight-issue comic book mini-series, adapted by Mark Powers and illustrated by Chase Conley.
External links
The first chapter of the book and several MP3 clips are found on the author's official website.
References
- "Fool Moon: Book two of The Dresden Files". www.amazon.com. Retrieved 18 December 2014.
- "Fool Moon (#2) | Jim Butcher". www.jim-butcher.com. Retrieved 18 December 2014.
- "Fool Moon (The Dresden Files #2)". www.goodreads.com. Retrieved 18 December 2014.
- Wagner, Thomas. "SF REVIEWS.NET:Fool Moon / Jim Butcher". sfreviews.net. Retrieved 18 December 2014.
- Lavelle, bindi. "Fool Moon by Jim Butcher". www.fantasybookreview.co.uk. Retrieved 18 December 2014.
- Strauss, Victoria. "The SF Site Featured Review: Fool Moon". www.sfsite.com. Retrieved 18 December 2014.
- "Fool Moon: The Dresden Files, Book 2". www.audible.com. Retrieved 18 December 2014.
- "Preview: Jim Butcher's The Dresden Files: Fool Moon #7". www.comicbookresources.com. Retrieved 18 December 2014.
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