{"id":333,"date":"2008-05-11T10:12:25","date_gmt":"2008-05-11T10:12:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/ubalblog\/2008\/05\/11\/the-white-council-are-a-bunch-of-jerks\/"},"modified":"2012-10-19T04:49:21","modified_gmt":"2012-10-19T04:49:21","slug":"the-white-council-are-a-bunch-of-jerks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/ubalblog\/2008\/05\/11\/the-white-council-are-a-bunch-of-jerks\/","title":{"rendered":"The White Council Are a Bunch of Jerks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>[<\/strong>&nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/bb\/images\/weblogs\/mood_sleepy.gif\" alt=\"Sleepy\" style=\"vertical-align: middle\" border=\"0\" \/> <strong>Mood:<\/strong> Sleepy&nbsp;<strong>]<\/strong><br \/>A.K.A. Proven Guilty &#8211; A Quick Review<\/p>\n<p>This book opens with Harry, a newly minted Warden witnessing the White Council pass judgement on a young wizard who had broken the fourth law of magic.  The judgement is decapitation.  This called forshadowing and will become relevant later on im the book, although not this review.<\/p>\n<p>Harry&#8217;s not to pleased with the excution when two members of the council come to him with slightly unofficial requests.  One, find out why the Summer Court of Fae isn&#8217;t helping during the White Council&#8217;s war with Red Court of Vampires.  Two, find out who is practicing black magic in Chicago.<\/p>\n<p>So Harry sets off to deal with these two problems, when he gets called by a friend&#8217;s eldest daughter for help.  Apparently there&#8217;s been an attack at the local horror convention, appropriately named Splattercon!!!, and they need Harry&#8217;s help.<\/p>\n<p>Like with all of Jim Butcher&#8217;s novels, these three plots weave in, out and eventually around each other, leading to a satisfying conclusion.  He is also clearly setting up for next few books of the series.  Butcher has already proven himself to be a master of modern urban fantasy.  This novel only serves to cement that position.<\/p>\n<p>Go get it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[&nbsp; Mood: Sleepy&nbsp;]A.K.A. Proven Guilty &#8211; A Quick Review This book opens with Harry, a newly minted Warden witnessing the White Council pass judgement on a young wizard who had broken the fourth law of magic. 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