New stories, anyone?

http://ronin-kakuhito.livejournal.com/274634.html
So,
I'm looking for some new Fantasy and Science Fiction (preferably series) to read. Mostly I want a character like Harry Dresden and the next Dresden book isn't out until next year. (Late Artemis Fowl would be neat too.) Dresden is my kind of hero, Magic or No, and I'd love to find some more books with that style of protagonist/hero. (When she isn't being kind of whiny, Dante Valentine fits the bill, though if she and Japh don't get their little problems straightened out soon...)

*edit*
Elizabeth Bear's Matthew *I forget his last name* fits the bill pretty well, but I've read those books too.