Codex Alera · Book 3

Cursor's Fury

Published
5 December 2006
Pages
448
ISBN-13
9780441014347
Type
novel
Cover of Cursor's Fury

About this book

Cursor's Fury, from December 2006, is the shortest book in the series at 448 pages, its third entry, continuing Tavi's growth from a furyless boy relying on wits and courage into a figure central to Alera's survival.

Key facts about Cursor's Fury

Cursor's Fury is a novel by Jim Butcher. Readers have had it since 5 December 2006. It runs to 448 pages.

Our list holds 1 edition of Cursor's Fury. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780441014347 to find the main one.

Cursor's Fury is book 3 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

Cursor's Fury is book 3 in the Codex Alera series. It follows Academ's Fury. It is followed by Captain'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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