Chicago

Chicago is the largest city in the U.S. State of Illinois and the third largest in the country. It is home to Harry Dresden and provides the setting for most of the Dresden Files stories.

Description
Chicago is a crossroads both physical and metaphysical with dozens of ley lines running through or coalescing in the town or nearby.

In Harry Dresden's words: "Chicago. It's insane and violent and corrupt and vital and artistic and noble and cruel and wonderful. It's full of greed and hope and hate and desire and excitement and pain and happiness. The air sings with screams and laughter, with sirens, with angry shouts, with gunshots, with music. It's an impossible city, at war with itself, every horrible and wonderful thing blending together to create something terrifing and lovely and utterly unique.

I spent my adult life here fighting, bleeding, to protect its people from threats they thought were purely imaginary. And because of what I'd done, the lines I crossed, the city had gone mad. Fomor and their Turtlenecks. Freakish ghost riots. Huddled groups of terrified folks of the supernatural community. I hadn't meant for that to happen, but that didn't matter. I was the guy who made the choice. This was all on me."...

This city was more than concrete and steel. It was more than hotels and businesses and bars. It was more than pubs and libraries and concerts. It was more than a car and basement apartment.

It was home. My home. Sweet home Chicago. The people here were my family. They were in danger, and I was part of the reason why. That made things pretty clear."

Storm Front
In Storm Front,

Fool Moon
In Fool Moon,

Grave Peril
In Grave Peril,

Summer Knight
In Summer Knight,

Death Masks
In Death Masks,

Blood Rites
In Blood Rites,

Dead Beat
In Dead Beat,

Proven Guilty
In Proven Guilty,

White Night
In White Night,

Small Favor
In Small Favor,

Turn Coat
In Turn Coat,

Changes
In Changes,

Ghost Story
In Ghost Story,

Cold Days
In Cold Days, Molly Carpenter informs Harry Dresden that a lot of magical energy has been gathering at Demonreach. It will likely explode within a couple of days, taking Chicago and most of the Midwest with it.

Skin Game
In Skin Game,

Places in Chicago
Virtual Little Chicago - Google Maps