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Codex Alera · Book 1

Furies of Calderon

by Jim Butcher
Published
5 October 2004
Pages
476
ISBN-13
9780441012688
Type
novel
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About this book

Jim Butcher opened Codex Alera with Furies of Calderon on October 5, 2004, introducing Tavi, a teenage shepherd's nephew in the isolated Calderon Valley who has no furycrafting ability at all -- a secret that grows dangerous as invading Marat hordes converge on the empire. At 476 pages, it launches the six-book epic conceived from a bet mixing the Lost Roman Legion with Pokemon-style elemental magic.

Key facts about Furies of Calderon

Jim Butcher wrote Furies of Calderon, a novel on our list. It has been out since 5 October 2004. The book has 476 pages.

We list 2 editions of this novel. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780441012688 to find the main one.

Furies of Calderon is book 1 of 6 in the Codex Alera series. The series has 6 published books. As a result, this is the book to start the series with. 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

Furies of Calderon is book 1 in the Codex Alera series. It is followed by Academ'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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