

Lea takes him to the battlefield where Mab and Titania were preparing for war and tells Harry to look upon them with his Sight to seek the answers he needs. Be Careful What You Wish For: Harry wants to meet Queen Titania and Queen Mab to ask them if they killed the Summer Knight.When he actually takes a good look at himself (there's no mirrors in his apartment), he is faintly disgusted by how far he's let himself go. Beard of Sorrow: Harry starts the book on the tail end of a Heroic BSoD due to losing Susan in the previous book, during which he neglected his business and grooming.Toot-toot: In the name of the Pizza Lord! Charge! Harry Dresden: I DON'T BELIEVE IN FAIRIES! So, she sets Harry up to get to Mother Winter and obtain it. The Big Bad needs the Unraveling but knows Mother Winter would never give it to one of the big bad's minions.Until, that is, the Summer Knight was murdered and now things are threatening to become unbalanced until one side totally wins out. And through the year, each side gives and takes for dominion over parts of the earth. Each side must have three Queens, a knight, and for this matter an emissary. However, they are kept in check by the other. Summer and Winter have armies and power to rival the some of the strongest forces in the Dresden-verse. Balance Between Good and Evil: A low-level version.

Bad Liar: The normally honest Donald Morgan's eyes widen with shock when Harry sees through his gambit and blurts out, "I don't know what you're talking about.".Anti-Magic: The Unraveling, which can undo any enchantment, including a person turned into a vampire.
