BUTCHER, JIM — First Lord's Fury

New York, NY: Ace, 2009. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 044101769X. Illustrated by Steve Stone. Cover Art; This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. There is one light bump to the bottom spine end of the book covers. The top edge of the text block has spots of foxing, and the foredge of the text block has a few spots as well. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean. "While he was sick with strep throat as a child, Butcher's sisters introduced him to The Lord of the Rings and The Han Solo Adventures novels to pass the time, beginning his fascination with fantasy and science fiction. As a teenager, he completed his first novel and set out to become a writer. After many unsuccessful attempts to enter the traditional fantasy genre (he cites J. R. R. Tolkien, Lloyd Alexander, and C. S. Lewis, among others, as major influences) , he wrote the first book in The Dresden Files—about a professional wizard, named Harry Dresden, in modern-day Chicago—as an exercise for a writing course in 1996 at the age of 25. " (from Wikipedia). Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket .