Princeps' Fury (Codex Alera Series #5) by Jim Butcher
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(Mass Market Paperback - Reprint)
- Pub. Date: November 2009
- 640pp
- Sales Rank: 1,893
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Product Details
- Pub. Date: November 2009
- Publisher: Penguin Group (USA)
- Format: Mass Market Paperback, 640pp
- Sales Rank: 1,893
- Series: Codex Alera Series, #5
- ISBN-13: 9780441017966
- ISBN: 0441017967
- Edition Description: Reprint
Synopsis
Tavi of Calderon, now recognized as Princeps Gaius Octavian and heir to the crown, has achieved a fragile alliance with Alera’s oldest foes, the savage Canim. But when Tavi and his legions guide the Canim safely to their lands, his worst fears are realized.The dreaded Vord—the enemy of Aleran and Cane alike—have spent the last three years laying waste to the Canim homeland. And when the Alerans are cut off from their ships, they find themselves with no choice but to fight shoulder to shoulder if they are to survive.For a thousand years, Alera and her furies have withstood every enemy, and survived every foe.The thousand years are over...
Publishers Weekly
The rousing fifth installment of Butcher's military fantasy cycle (after 2007's Captain's Fury) finds the land of Alera recovering from Lord Kalarus's rebellion, an invasion by the wolven Canim and a bloody slave revolt. Now a new threat emerges: the all-devouring insectoid Vord, who have learned to control the elemental furies that once protected Alera. Young Tavi of Calderon, recently recognized as the heir to Alera's throne, fights seasickness and interspecies hostilities escorting the Canim invaders back to their homeland, only to negotiate a fragile alliance with them against the Vord. No less powerful than his intense battle scenes, Butcher's vivid characterizations, based on ancient Roman Republican ideals, range from duty-honor-country austerity in battle to brilliant peacemaking, noble self-sacrifice and Tavi's coming-of-age as a wise Marcus Aurelian ruler. (Dec.)
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Jim Butcher is a full-time writer who lives in Independence, Missouri, with his wife, son, and ferocious guard dog.
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The stunning conclusionby Wrenlet
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January 17, 2010: As a conclusion to the series, this book does a very good job of closing all the story threads. Only one seemed like a stretch, and even that was still plausible, just not likely. There was also enough left open at the end to allow new books in the world without disturbing my sleep about unfinished endings. I was very pleased with the way this story was concluded. Thanks for not being like so many other authors and actually finishing a story!
Awesome contnuation of the Codex Alera seriesby JDJetz
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January 16, 2010: Jim Butcher continues to keep you in suspense with multiple story lines, yet he ties them together so well. It's difficult to put the book down!
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