5/27/2023 0 Comments Jim butcher furies![]() ![]() She encounters a troubled young man, Tavi, who has hitherto been concerned mostly with the vividly depicted predatory "herdbanes" that threaten his sheep as well as with his adolescent sexual urges (handled tastefully). 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. 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. But when his homeland erupts in chaos-when rebels war with loyalists and furies clash with furies- Tavi's simple courage will turn the tides of war.Īt the start of Butcher's absorbing fantasy, the first in a new series, the barbarians are at the gates of the land of Alera, which has a distinct flavor of the Roman Empire (its ruler is named Quintus Sextus and its soldiers are organized in legions). In the realm of Alera, where people bond with the furies-elementals of earth, air, fire, water, wood, and metal-fifteen-year-old Tavi struggles with his lack of furycrafting. Here is a place to discuss the first book in the Codex Alera series Furies of Calderon. ![]()
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