Furies of Calderon, Jim Butcher
Furies of Calderon, Jim Butcher
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Furies of Calderon
Book One of the Codex Alera

Author: Jim Butcher

Narrator: Kate Reading

Unabridged: 19 hr 58 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Penguin Audio

Published: 11/26/2008

Synopsis

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 races that inhabit the world, using their unique bond with the furies—elementals of earth, air, fire, water, wood, and metal. But in the remote Calderon Valley, the boy Tavi struggles with his lack of furycrafting. At fifteen, he has no wind fury to help him fly, no fire fury to light his lamps. 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...

About The Author

A martial arts enthusiast whose résumé includes a long list of skills rendered obsolete at least two hundred years ago, #1 New York Times bestselling author Jim Butcher turned to writing as a career because anything else probably would have driven him insane. He lives mostly inside his own head so that he can write down the conversation of his imaginary friends, but his head can generally be found in Independence, Missouri. Jim is the author of the Dresden Files, the Codex Alera novels, and the Cinder Spires series, which began with The Aeronaut’s Windlass.

Reviews

AudiobooksNow review by John on 2023-04-10 21:23:44

The book gets 5 stars but the narrator gets 1. I had already read the book (I only listen to audio books of books I've already read) and new it was great so I was excited to listen to it until I saw Kate Reading was the narrator. Unfortunately several of my favorite authors use her so I've listened to more than a few books she has narrated. For some reason she has an extreme fondness for the "ah" sound and other soft vowel sounds and seems incapable of making a hard "a" sound. That combined with adding in accents is maddening. Personally I feel the only time accents should be used is if the author writes them into the books, otherwise inflection is enough. Well, enough griping on my part. Time to slog through a little more of the book. I can only listen to a little bit at a time.

Goodreads review by Anne on March 25, 2025

I don't really read a lot of high fantasy. In fact, I'm not even sure what makes something high fantasy. I have my ideas, though... I've been reading Butcher's urban fantasy series, Dresden Files for a long time now, but I've avoided reading his Codex Alera stuff because it sounded too weird for me.......more

Goodreads review by Katerina on June 14, 2016

Romans and Pokemon. That was my initial reaction when I heard of Codex Alera's concept and I am sure your face looks like this as well (don't deny it fellow readers,it's a normal reaction).And to answer your next question,NO it was not lame and weird,YES it was a brilliant,brilliant high fantasy book......more

Goodreads review by Petrik on December 19, 2019

2.5/5 Stars Furies of Calderon is a good beginning to a series but honestly, I’m quite disappointed with it. I’ve heard a lot of great things about Butcher’s books, and although he’s most famous for his Dresden Files series. However, Codex Alera seemed to interest me more at the moment; the combinatio......more

Goodreads review by Kaila on May 08, 2018

I probably made a huge mistake by reading this novel before any of The Dresden Files. At the time I was shuffling through my Kindle library and I had just finished one or two urban fantasy novels. I was not in the mood for another one, so I thought, Hey! How about The Furies of Calderon!? Oh poor, un......more

Goodreads review by Mario the lone bookwolf on November 15, 2019

This is a unique series, I could instantly describe a few happenings, settings and character progressions out of each part because everything fits so perfectly together and is described in an ultimate Wow! style. The enemies, my gosh, this is such a fresh setting and I love how the author got the id......more

Quotes

“Epic fantasy in the best way, inspired by Tolkien.”—New York Times bestselling author Simon R. Green

“A stay-up-all-night-’til-you-finish-it-book, Furies of Calderon is a marvelous read.”—#1 New York Times bestselling author Patricia Briggs
 
“Filled with plot twists and white-knuckled suspense, this is a ripping good yarn that delivers terrific magic and nonstop action.”—National bestselling author Deborah Chester
 
“A fascinating world and magic system...the start of a promising series.”—Locus

“Butcher has created a wonderful new world of fantasy...This first book in the series introduces all the main characters and the creatures and events that make Alera a great world in which any reader can get lost.”—SF Site

“Absorbing...Butcher does a thorough job of world building, to say nothing of developing his action scenes with an abundance of convincing detail.”—Publishers Weekly

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