Codex Alera · Book 2

Academ's Fury

Published
5 July 2005
Pages
544
ISBN-13
9780441013401
Type
novel
Cover of Academ's Fury

About this book

Academ's Fury followed in July 2005, the second book and, at 544 pages, notably longer than the opener, expanding Codex Alera's world outward from Calderon Valley as political conspiracies and a crumbling First Lord's succession converge on Tavi.

Key facts about Academ's Fury

Academ's Fury is a novel by Jim Butcher. Readers have had it since 5 July 2005. It runs to 544 pages.

Our list holds 1 edition of Academ's Fury. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780441013401 to find the main one.

Academ's Fury is book 2 of 6 in the Codex Alera series. The series has 6 published books. However, the series starts with Furies of Calderon (2004). First Lord's Fury is the latest book in the series with a full release date, out on 24 November 2009.

Additionally, Jim Butcher writes The Dresden Files and The Cinder Spires as separate series. Those series sit on our urban fantasy, epic fantasy and steampunk fantasy shelves. Meanwhile, Out Law is the latest published Jim Butcher book on file, from 5 May 2026.

About Jim Butcher

Jim Butcher is an American author best known for The Dresden Files, a long-running urban fantasy series following Harry Dresden, Chicago's only professional wizard-for-hire, as he investigates supernatural crimes for both paying clients and the city police. See every Jim Butcher book in order.

Its place in Codex Alera

Academ's Fury is book 2 in the Codex Alera series. It follows Furies of Calderon. It is followed by Cursor's Fury. See the full Codex Alera reading order.

Reportedly born from a bet — Jim Butcher's editor challenged him to write a good book from a deliberately bad premise, "the Lost Roman Legion" crossed with "Pokemon" — Codex Alera turns that mashup into a genuinely ambitious epic fantasy. In the realm of Alera, every citizen commands elemental spirits called furies, drawing on fire, water, earth, wind, metal or wood to work magic, fight battles and shape the land itself. Everyone except Tavi, a teenage shepherd's nephew in the isolated Calderon Valley who has no…

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