Furies of Calderon: Codex Alera, Book 1
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| Rating | : | 4.94 (949 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B001QTHSNG |
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| Number of Pages | : | 516 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-07-23 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Fortunately, Alera has magical defenses, involving the furies or elementals of water, earth, air, fire and metal, that protect against foes both internal and external. Butcher (Storm Front, etc.) does a thorough job of world building, to say nothing of developing his action scenes with an abundance of convincing detail. Amara, a young female spy, and her companion, Odiana, go into some of the land's remoter territories to discover if military commander Atticus Quentin is a traitor—another classic trope from ancient Rome. Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of
But in the remote Calderon Valley, the boy Tavi struggles with his lack of furycrafting. Yet as the Alerans’ most savage enemy—the Marat horde—return to the Valley, Tavi’s courage and resourcefulness will be a power greater than any fury, one that could turn the tides of war. At fifteen, he has no wind fury to help him fly, no fire fury to light his lamps. In this extraordinary fantasy epic, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Dresden Files leads readers into a world where the fate of the realm rests on the shoulders of a boy with no power to call his own For a thousand years, the people of Alera have united against the aggressive and threatening
Good read but I decided to start reading this book after reading "The Cinder Spires: The Aeronaut's Windlass" and I really enjoyed that one so decided to give this one a try, I was not disappointed. One word of warning, if you like to see a story arc conclude before you get thrown a new one, this book will probably annoy you in that case, it jumps perspectives right as something good (read as exciting) is about to happen to one character or another. That said I n. Aeneas said Mediocre Start to an Excellent Series. The Codex Alera is a six book series. The series as a whole is quite good. The first book is not. It is a mediocre book that was supposedly written as part of a challenge. The story goes that Butcher claimed that he could write a novel based on two lame concepts chosen by the challenger. The lame concepts were "lost Roman legion" and "Pokémon." The series as a whole transcends that questionable beginning, but the first book is not very strong. What a fantastic and epic fantasy MrsLeif What a fantastic and epic fantasy!I'm a huge Jim Butcher's fan but I hadn't read this series because of time limitations. After all, I had to read all the other books in the Harry Dresden series first. My husband had continuously reminded me to read the Codex Alera series. He kept on saying that this was his favorite series ever and I had this book on my TBR for a while. I finally decided to jump start it and now, I want to reprimand myself for wait