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Book #10 in ''[[The Dresden Files]]''.
No one's tried to kill Harry Dresden for almost an entire year, and his life finally seems to be calming down. For once, the future looks fairly bright. But the past casts one hell of a long shadow.
An old bargain has placed Harry in debt to Mab, monarch of the Winter Court of the Sidhe, the Queen of Air and Darkness-and she's calling in her marker. It's a small favor he can't refuse...one that will trap Harry Dresden between a nightmarish foe and an equally deadly ally, and one that will strain his skills- and loyalties-to their very limits.
It figures. Everything was going too well to last...
Most definitely not to be confused with ''[[Small Favors]]'' (with an "s" at the end), the "girly porno comic".
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* [[Always a Bigger Fish]]:{{spoiler|Harry is running like hell to get away from Magog and off the island. The giant gorilla-from-hell-[[Fallen Angel]] is about to catch him when Eldest Brother Gruff shows up and literally blasts a hole through Magog just so that ''he'' can get to Harry.}}
* [[Armor-Piercing Question]]: {{spoiler|"Where is your blasting rod?"}}
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* [[Telepathic Sprinklers]]: Averted, since [[A Wizard Did It|Harry did it]]. Specifically, since all the sprinkler heads are the same he used thaumaturgy to heat them all up at once.
* [[Touched by Vorlons]]: Harry gains {{spoiler|Soulfire}} thanks to {{spoiler|the Archangel Uriel}}.
* [[Training
* [[Unreliable Narrator]]: Harry's usually pretty straight with the readers, but on this occasion it's played with when he leaves out a minor, but significant event in the plot {{spoiler|because he had his memory of it blocked}}. Also used as a handwave for inconsistencies from early in the series, such as one minor character whose name changes in between books (Harry heard it wrong the first time), or when Butcher gave Wrigley Field a parking lot that it doesn't have in real life.
* [[Unstoppable Rage]]: Harry unleashes ''Pyrofuego'' in a beam of destruction that blasts {{spoiler|straight through one of the Denarian's hearts, and even apparently negating their [[Healing Factor]].}}
** A little before this, the Denarians attempt to turn Harry's [[Unstoppable Rage]] against him by {{spoiler|showing him the tortured body of Ivy, which they knew would push him to an unthinking fury and break his promise, which in turn would unmake the Sword he had promised in exchange for her.}} Fortunately, {{spoiler|Harry figures out the plan just before his rage gets the better of him, mostly because he had already been manipulated into almost getting the sword destroyed and is not dumb enough to make that mistake twice.}}
* [[Xanatos Speed Chess]]: The Denarians play a mean game. Harry and Michael note on several occasions that the Denarians seem to plan things out so that no matter what happens they can still come away with some advantage. Fortunately, in ''Small Favor'' Harry proves that he is also becoming quite an adept player of [[Xanatos Speed Chess]] and manages to play the Denarians to a draw at the end of the book.
* [[You Are Not Alone]]
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