First Lord's Fury (Codex Alera, #6)

by Jim Butcher

The savage Vord are on the march, and Gaius Octavian, first lord of Alera, must lead his legions to the Calderon Valley to stand against them--using all of his intelligence, ingenuity, and furycraft to save their world from eternal darkness.

• ISBN10: 044101769X
• ISBN13: 9780441017690
• Publish Date: 24 November 2009 (first published 1 November 2009)
• Publish Status: Remaindered
• Publish Country: US
• Publisher: Penguin Putnam Inc
• Imprint: Ace Books
• Format: Hardcover
• Pages: 465
• 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.