Princeps' Fury: The Codex Alera: Book Five (Codex Alera, #5)

by Jim Butcher

After bitter fighting, Tavi of Calderon has eventually forged an alliance with Alera's oldest foes, the savage Canim, and he must escort them on their long sea-voyage home. This will strain their fragile accord - but the worst is yet to come.

The inhuman Vord have spent the last three years laying waste to the Canim homeland, making it a desolate place indeed. Then the Alerans become stranded there, cut off from their ships. The Canim alliance will be tested as they enter the killing fields together, depending on each other's strengths if they both are to survive.

For a thousand years, Alera and her furies have withstood every enemy, and survived every foe. The thousand years are over.

• ISBN10: 074811288X
• ISBN13: 9780748112883
• Publish Date: 3 December 2009 (first published 25 November 2008)
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: GB
• Imprint: Orbit
• Edition: Digital original
• Format: eBook (EPUB)
• Pages: 512
• Language: English

Reviews

[Ben Pick]

Good setup novel leading to the finale. This did feel a little too much like a setup novel as the conflicts were largely resolved in blink and you'll miss it moments. Still, these characters are great and their journey has been entertaining.

[ross91]

So... I'm sad to say that I enjoyed this book a lot less than the last two enstallments in the series.
I think Princep's Fury has too many things going around to properly enjoy it: too many enemies, too many POVs, too many battles...
The great thing about the first 4 books in the series is that they mainy focus on one solid problem: the vord, the canim, the senate... instead, this last one is a mess and as a result everything seems underdeveloped.
I loved Tavi's chapters (as always) and I also loved Canea and everything that was going on there, and I also liked Isana and her quest (Raucus is one great addition!). All the other parts were boring and I'll never be a fan of Amara's and Bernard's chapters.
The ending was quite predictable, but it prepares us nicely for the final book of the series.

I WANT MORE MAX!

[Linda]

This was extremely intense, and I don't think I'm able to write an actual review right now. I need to read the next book.

Tavi just gets smarter and smarter, and I think he's one of the very best heroes I have ever encountered in books. Kitai is perfect for him, and I hope they'll be able to stay together.

Isana has shown herself to be a lot stronger than she thought she could be, and she is a formidable ally, and can stand against enemies when needed.

Bernhard and Amara had me really, really worried for a while. I thought things were going to go very wrong for them both.

Gaius surprised me immensly! I never thought he would do what he did, I'm still kind of dizzy from it, actually.

Jim Butcher writes fantasy so well I feel like I live in the world of Alera and Caena. The characters are extremely fleshed out, they are all fleshed out, even the secondary characters are not flat nor boring.