Princeps' Fury (Codex Alera Series #5) by Jim Butcher
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(Hardcover)
- Pub. Date: November 2008
- 400pp
- Sales Rank: 5,494
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Product Details
- Pub. Date: November 2008
- Publisher: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
- Format: Hardcover, 400pp
- Sales Rank: 5,494
- Series: Codex Alera Series, #5
- ISBN-13: 9780441016389
- ISBN: 0441016383
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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September 14, 2009: Love all Jim Butcher stories, Try the Dresden Files also!
Read the book instead of listeningby Anonymous
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July 23, 2009: After reading the first four books of the series, I downloaded the audio book as my local bookstore didn't have copies of #5.
I usually enjoy audiobooks as they allow me to listen while commuting to work, this audiobook however fell short of my expectations. The reader has a lovely voice, but I find it inappropriate to the book content. She has a fairly high pitched voice and is unsuccessful trying to emulate the rough vocals of a book that has primarily male characters of various warrior races.
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