title: Small Favor (The Dresden Files, Book 10)
author:  Jim Butcher 
description: <DIV>A martial arts enthusiast whose resume includes a long list of skills rendered obsolete at least two hundred years ago, Jim Butcher turned to writing as a career because anything else probably would have driven him insane. He lives with his wife, his son and a ferocious guard dog. </div>
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  # Small Favor (2008)
  
  
  **Dresden Files #10**
  
  
  Jim Butcher
  
  
  
  
  
  **Acknowledgments**
  
  
  Many folks deserve thanks as usual, particularly my family, who has to put
  
  
  up with my insanity during deadline crunches; my agent, Jenn, who has to make
  
  
  excuses to my editor when I’m late; and my editor, Anne, who in turn has to
  make
  
  
  excuses for me to her bosses; plus the Beta Asylum, who have the ongoing task
  
  
  of pointing out warts on my babies. The lunatics.
  
  
  This time I have to add new folks to the list—the local and visiting players
  
  
  at NERO Central, who were good enough to step around me during various
  roleplay
  
  
  and combat actions, while I finished off the last few chapters of _Small
  Favor_ in
  
  
  the corner of the tavern.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## Chapter One
  
  
  Winter came early that year; it should have been a tip-off.
  
  
  A snowball soared through the evening air and smacked into my apprentice’s
  
  
  mouth. Since she was muttering a mantra-style chant when it 