Furies of Calderon

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Furies of Calderon
Furies of Calderon
Author	Jim Butcher
Cover artist	Steve Stone
Country	United States
Language	English
Series	Codex Alera
Genre(s)	High Fantasy, novel
Publisher	Ace Books
Publication date	October 2004
Media type	Print (Hardback & Paperback)
Pages	440 pp
ISBN	ISBN 0441011993
Followed by	Academ's Fury

Furies of Calderon is a 2004 high fantasy novel by Jim Butcher. It is book one of the Codex Alera novel series.

[edit] Plot summary

In the fictional nation of Alera, most people have the ability to command element-linked Furies.

The novel centers on the exploits of a young Steadholder named Tavi, who seems to lack any such ability; and a newly graduated Cursor - a messenger and spy - named Amara. Amara commands Furies linked to the element of air.

For a thousand years. the people of Alera have united against the aggressive and threatening races, using their unique bond with the furies - elementals of earth, air, fire, water, wood, and metal. But now, Gaius Sextus, First Lord of Alera, grows old and lacks an heir. Ambitious high lords plot and maneuver to place their houses in positions of power, and a war of succession looms on the horizon.

Far from city politics in the Calderon Valley, the boy Tavi struggles with his lack of furycrafting. At fifteen, he has no wind fury to help him fly, no fire fury to light his lamps. Yet as the Alerans' most savage enemy - the Marat - return to the Valley, he will discover that his destiny is much greater than he could ever imagine."

Caught in a storm of deadly wind furies, Tavi saves the life of a "runaway slave" named Amara. But she is actually a spy for Gaius Sextus, sent to the Valley to gather intelligence on possible traitors to the Crown, who may be in league with the barbaric Marat horde. And when the Valley erupts in chaos - when rebels war with loyalists and furies clash with furies - Amara will find Tavi's courage and resourcefulness to be a power greater than any fury - one that could turn the tides of war.