Series: Codex Alera
by Author Jim Butcher
Academ's Fury (2006)
Academ's Fury by Jim Butcher is the second novel in the Codex Alera sequence, featuring Tavi, a young man who has been taken under the wing of the First Lord of Alera and provided with sponsorship so that he can train as a Cursor. In the course of this book, the Alerans discover the threat of the...
Furies of Calderon (2005)
Codex Alera 1: Furies of Calderon by Jim ButcherAs you probably have noticed by now, I am a huge fan of Jim Butcher's Dresden Files series. The books are fun reads - fast-paced, gritty and realistic, while still maintaining that a tarnished patina of fantasy about them. They have a great narrativ...
Cursor's Fury (2006)
This is a really fun book and a quick read, highly recommended as long as you don't think too hard about it. It's uplifting and leaves you feeling good.However I had the whole night to think about it, so here are some issues that would come up if it wasn't a fantasy (these things in no way detrac...
First Lord's Fury (2009)
I swallowed this series whole. I fell hard for the characters - Tavi, Kitai, Bernard, Amara, Max, Ehren, Isana and so many more. It takes a mature and skilled writer to bring to life a world and characters that provoke the kind of investment that had me running to the library to get the next one ...