Jim Butcher is one of my favorite authors. Furies of Calderon is the first of
his Codex Alera series. Here we meet
Tavi and watch him struggle to overcome challenges made worse by his lack of an
ability prized in his society, furycrafting.
The world he lives in has elemental furies that most can communicate
with. This communication confers
advantages to people. A person who
can communicate with air elementals, for example, can fly. Our boy triumphs despite his shortcomings
(always heartening in a book) and has adventures that make for some very good
reading. The world building done in
this book is very thorough and very interesting. I would strongly recommend this book to lovers of fantasy
fiction.
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Saturday, March 1, 2014
Furies of Calderon
Jim Butcher is one of my favorite authors. Furies of Calderon is the first of
his Codex Alera series. Here we meet
Tavi and watch him struggle to overcome challenges made worse by his lack of an
ability prized in his society, furycrafting.
The world he lives in has elemental furies that most can communicate
with. This communication confers
advantages to people. A person who
can communicate with air elementals, for example, can fly. Our boy triumphs despite his shortcomings
(always heartening in a book) and has adventures that make for some very good
reading. The world building done in
this book is very thorough and very interesting. I would strongly recommend this book to lovers of fantasy
fiction.
