Codex Alera · Book 1
Furies of Calderon
- Published
- 5 October 2004
- Pages
- 476
- ISBN-13
- 9780441012688
- Type
- novel
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.
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…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780441011995
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780441012688