Summary
This epic fantasy of political and military intrigue is the first entry in the Codex Alera. The series is set in Alera, a country partially modeled on ancient Rome, except that most people are furycrafters, able to use magic to call upon one of the natural elements (earth, air, water, fire, and metal). Amara is on her first mission as a spy for Alera's ruler. Posing as a slave, she has infiltrated a Legion encampment in order to determine whether the Legion is part of a coup attempt. Unfortunately, she is betrayed and caught. Believing that Amara is, in fact, a runaway slave, a young man comes to her aid: Tavi, who is unique because he cannot furycraft.
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"...[A]bsorbing....Butcher...does a thorough job of world building, to say nothing of developing his action scenes with an abundance of convincing detail. This page-turner bodes well for future volumes."
-- Publishers Weekly
"[C]ompelling." -- Jen Talley Exum
-- Romantic Times BOOKclub
Bibliographic Details
Publisher: Berkley Pub Group
Published date: 2004
Edition: 1th edition
Size: 6 x 9.25 inches
Weight: 1.55 pounds
Pages: 440
Publisher's Notes
In the land of Alera, where people bond with the furies--elementals of earth, air, fire, water, and metal--young Tavi struggles to cope with his lack of magical talent, until his homeland erupts into fierce conflct between rebels and loyalists and Tavi discovers that he holds the key to his realm's survival.
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