- This article is for the shop. For the owner, see Artemis Bock.
Bock Ordered Books is a shop owned by Artemis Bock. The shop first appears in Dead Beat.
Description
It is located near Lincoln Park,[Footnote 1] Chicago, and is the city's oldest occult shop.[1]
In the series
Dead Beat
- Main article: Dead Beat
In Dead Beat, Harry Dresden visited it in search for the book Die Lied der Erlking. In her guise as Shiela, (Lash) claimed to work there.[1] On his first visit, Harry is confronted by Cowl and Kumori for the book from him after he just purchased with a check. On Harry's second visit, Shiela had called him claiming to have been scared by something. While there, he is confronted a second time by another necromancer, Capiorcorpus posing as her assistant Li Xian.[2]
Books seen on Bock's shelves
- Elementary Magic ~ Ebenezar McCoy[1]
- Die Lied der Erlking ~ by Samuel Peabody[1]
- Through the Looking Glass ~ by Lewis Caroll (original first printing)[1]
- Books on Magic ~ written by White Council members, philosophical in nature[1]