First Lord's Fury: The Codex Alera: Book Six (Codex Alera, #6)

by Jim Butcher

The aging First Lord of Alera has fallen in battle. Yet his people must continue to resist an invading inhuman army. Desperate Alerans even pledge fealty to the Vord Queen to survive, turning the incredible power of Aleran furies back on their own people. And despite all efforts, the Alerans are being ground into dust and pushed to the farthest reaches of their own realm.

However, Tavi has returned with vital insights from the Canim Blood Lands. He knows how to counter the Vord and, more importantly, believes human ingenuity can equal fury-born powers. Now events are rushing towards a last stand, where Tavi and the last Aleran legions must formulate a dangerous new strategy, together. For a civilisation is on the brink of extinction.

• ISBN10: 0748112898
• ISBN13: 9780748112890
• Publish Date: 6 May 2010 (first published 1 November 2009)
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: GB
• Imprint: Orbit
• Edition: Digital original
• Format: eBook (EPUB)
• Pages: 704
• Language: English

Reviews

[ross91]

A great ending to a great series! This one was epic, EPIC. I still prefer the fourth and third ones more, though.
I'm gonna miss Tavi!

[tellemonstar]

I really enjoyed this. I thought it was a great end to the Codex Alera series.

[Linda]

The ending was a little bit weak, I would have liked for it tone a little bit more after the fighting was over. The whole story of the Codex Alera was an excellent one. The story ark and the character development were extraordinary, and very satisfying to follow.

All of the main characters were shown to grow and mature through the series, and Tavi's sheer intelligence for all things made him such a love able character I am very sad to have finished the series. The world building of this fantasy was likewise extremely well done, and it feels like I could travel to Alera and find my way around, although I would be scared to meet a Canim, or even worse a vord in whatever shape it might be.

The relationships between the characters were well thought out, and they made a lot of sense. It is always so good to read a story where it is possible to understand the characters, and identify with more than one of them, even when they live in a world so different from the one we readers live in.

I feel like I have been traveling around Alera these past days, fighting next to Tavi and Kitai, flying with Amara, and growing stronger with Isana. The insight to so many different characters' inner thoughts might have been confusing, but Jim Butcher managed to keep them all so real, and different enough both in their mannerisms and their way of speech it was simply awesome.

The political system in Alera seemed difficult to grasp in the first book, but it soon became something well known, and the intrigues that ensued because of the system made the story even more interesting, especially where Tavi was concerned.

The story was always character driven, and the plot and sub-plots, albeit complicated, made sense, and helped moving the story along as well. This series will go on my 'fave' shelf, and also on my 're-read' shelf.