McAnally's Pubcast

Here we discuss Chapter 15 in which Maeve awkwardly attempts to initiate a threesome, the Winter Knight parties to hard, and Harry is swept of his feet.

Maeve attempts to bargain for Harry’s first born and tries to get the process started immediately. Dresden brutishly declines the offer. Slate, the Winter Knight makes an appearance to which Harry immediately asks him if he killed the Summer Knight. Slate denies doing so which results in a faceoff between him and Maeve. Harry concludes that Maeve is not the killer and then him and Billy make their way back to the beetle. Just before they get there, the two are ambushed.

We discuss Chapter 14 in which Dresden follows neon cat tracks, takes a music appreciation moment, and is rather blunt with Lady Maeve.

Elidee leads Dresden to Undertown and is then guided by Grimalkin to the Court of the Winter Lady. The court dances until one of the band members plays himself to death, at which point Lady Maeve of the Winter Court acknowledges Dresden. Harry immediately asks her if she killed the Winter Knight but Maeve will not answer without making a bargain first.

Here we discuss Chapter 12 and 13 in which Dresden Crashes a Funeral, lands in a dumpster, gains a pizza, and bribes potbellied comets.

Dresden crashes Reuel’s Funeral and finds the trio in the Photo he recovered from Grum. Harry follows the three into the alley and promptly finds himself in a nearby dumpster. Billy shows up and provides Harry with bribery pizza.

Harry sets up a faerie trap and summons Toot-Toot. The faerie comes with a small militia of other faeries to collect the coveted reward of Pizza. In return for the pie, Toot-Toot provides Dresden with information and a tiny fairy guide to find the Ladies of the Winter and Summer Court.

We discuss Chapter 10 & 11 in which Dresden takes the Fairy 101 course, breaks into a dead man's apartment, and gives flowers to an angry ogre.

Dresden descends into his lab in search of information after recovering from an unsettling dream of Susan. Harry learns more about the Sidhe court structure from Bob in hopes to narrow down a suspect in the death of Ronald Reuel.

Dresden pays a visit to Ronald Reuel’s apartment, only to find he wasn’t the first person to have the same idea. Harry confronts and steals a photograph from the other trespasser, only to end up in an altercation which reveals the man to be an Ogre. The fight ends prematurely with a neighbor calling the police and both parties leaving the scene.

Here we discuss Chapter 9 in which Morgan crashes Dresden's pad, pokes all the buttons and eventually delivers a message and Elaine says I told you so.

Morgan crosses Dresden’s wards and enters his apartment. Morgan accuses Harry of being under the influence of the Vampires, and goads him until Dresden loses his temper and draws his sword on him. Dresden quickly realizes this is part of The Merlin’s plan and disarms himself. Morgan delivers a message from the Senior council stating they will not involve themselves in Harry’s Trial and leaves. Elaine emerges from her hiding spot, opts not to involve the White Council and too takes her leave.

Here we discuss Chapter 8 in which Dresden finds his dead ex haunting his apartment and the both realize they're fairy fodder.

Dresden reconnects with Elaine. The two discover that they are both the Emissaries of the Faerie Courts, and pitted against each other. Dresden tries to convince Elaine to go with him to the White Council but they are interrupted by a visit from the Warden Morgan.

Here we discuss Chapter 7 in which Dresden visits a rather disheveled Murphy, and then returns home to a ghostly visage.

Dresden leaves the council meeting and heads to Murphy’s for information. The two have a heart to heart conversation and Dresden realizes Murphy is not in a good place. Murphy provides information on the Reuel case with the agreement that she will be included if the case turns out to be a murder. Dresden returns to his apartment and finds a very alive Elaine in his home.

We discuss Chapter 6 of Summer Knight, in which the Council votes on Dresden's title as Wizard and Dresden is forced into working with Mab.

The Wizard Senior Council discusses the fate of Dresden - they decide to vote upon Dresden’s mantle as a Wizard, which will determine if they will yield to the vampire's demands. The Senior Council is split evenly with the vote of one remaining council member - The Gatekeeper - who seems to have insight of Dresden’s dealings with Mab. He opts to base his vote on Dresden’s willingness to accept Mab’s request.

We are examining Chapter 5, in which Dresden butchers the Latin language, the Senior Council gets a new member and a bad deal is presented.

After being magically searched by Morgan, Dresden enters the theater and the White Council’s meeting begins.  The Merlin begins with suggesting to immediately vote upon Wizard Schneider to be instated as the next Senior Council member. The matter of a discussion is forced, resulting in Ebenezar being voted in instead. The meeting moves on to discuss the details of the current War with the Red Court. It is revealed the Red Court has offered peace in exchange for Dresden.

Here we discuss Chapter 3 & 4 in which Dresden is propositioned by a Faerie Queen and then meets up with his old mentor Ebenezer.

Mab makes Dresden an offer he can’t refuse: 3 tasks to be performed for her in return for his freedom from his obligations. Dresden accepts the new deal and receives his first request - to solve the murder of a local artist and return a stolen item.

Harry makes his way to the location of the Council meeting where he meets up with his old mentor Ebenezer in the parking lot. Ebenezer reveals two other senior council members and a plan to help Dresden from judgment of the Merlin and the White Council. Unfortunately, their last supporter has been killed, leaving Harry vulnerable to the ultimate fate of the White Council.