The Well Bookshop
Codex Alera · Book 5

Princeps' Fury

by Jim Butcher
Published
25 November 2008
Pages
560
ISBN-13
9781841498522
Type
novel
Buy on Amazon All Codex Alera books in order
Cover of Princeps' Fury

About this book

At 560 pages, Princeps' Fury is the longest book in Codex Alera; Butcher published it in November 2008 as the fifth entry, carrying the furycrafting-powered war between Alera and the Marat toward its climax.

Key facts about Princeps' Fury

Princeps' Fury is a novel by Jim Butcher. Readers have had it since 25 November 2008. It runs to 560 pages.

Our list holds 3 editions of Princeps' Fury. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9781841498522 to find the main one.

Princeps' Fury is book 5 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

Princeps' Fury is book 5 in the Codex Alera series. It follows Captain's Fury. It is followed by First Lord'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

Last updated