Captain's Fury: The Codex Alera: Book Four (Codex Alera, #4)

by Jim Butcher

Tavi of Calderon, now captain of his own Legion, has been fighting a bitter war for two years. Then he discovers the invading Canim warriors are harbingers of a far greater threat. The Canim are being hunted in their turn by a savage race that forced them from their homeland - and which has pursued them to the Aleran borders. With options fast running out, Tavi proposes an alliance with the Canim.

But the Senate's new military commander wishes only to wipe out the Canim 'scourge', and would also kill Aleran slaves that have sought freedom with these aggressors.

Tavi must reconcile Aleran and Canim, slavemaster and slave, Citizen and Proletarian, if an alliance is to be forced. And he must lead his Legion in defiance of the law, against both friend and enemy - before the greatest army of all launches its assault.

• ISBN10: 0748111972
• ISBN13: 9780748111978
• Publish Date: 6 August 2009 (first published 4 December 2007)
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: GB
• Imprint: Orbit
• Edition: Digital original
• Format: eBook (EPUB)
• Pages: 512
• Language: English

Reviews

[ross91]

I really don't know what else I can say about this amazing series!
This one was my favorite chapter so far. Even though I tend to like world-driven fantasy books more than action-packed ones, still I'm truly enjoying myself. I loved the story of this one, I loved the military setting and all the political aspects and I also loved to see my little babies grow and become finally adults.
Tavi is definitely one of my favorite male protagonists: he really feels like a real person, he's complex and he's far from perfect, but he's also so easy to like and to support and to care about.
I only got 2 problems with this installment: the first is the lack of a great central villain and the second is the Amara's and Bernard's POVs... they were just boring and they felt unnecessary.
I know that Codex Alera is not perfect and it's far from a very great and layered fantasy series (Martin, Sanderson and Rothfuss are one a superior level, there's no doubt about it), still I really am enjoying myself while reading them: they're fun, fast-paced and filled with great characters. What else does a person need?
For a change, this installment ended without a huge cliffhanger, but I'm still very eager to read the next one ASAP. I only hope in the next one I get to see more of Max and Kitai and less of Amara and Bernard (who I think are not necessary to the story anymore).

[Linda]

So many things happened in this installment, I won't be able to actually review them all. This books was incredibly fast paced, more so than the prior books, and all of the main characters grew immensly. Isana, Tavi, Max, Crassius, Kitay, Amara, Bernhard and even Marcus.

The battles were many, with little time to breathe between them, and the political implications of a lot of the things that happened were just incredible.

Amara ended up quite disillusioned, but still happy. Tavi managed to turn several very bad situations around and show what a leader he is, and how strong he already is - and also that he will still grow even stronger.

For those of you who like this series but haven't read all the books yet - I can only say : keep reading! I don't know how I'll be ready for my exam on Wednesday, all I want to do is to continue to read about Tavi, his allies and his enemies.