Cursor's Fury: The Codex Alera: Book Three (Codex Alera, #3)

by Jim Butcher

Power-hungry Kalare has rebelled against Alera's aging First Lord, Gaius Sextus. Ill-equipped to face this attack, Gaius must seek support - even from the combative High Lord of Aquitaine. Kalare has also seized valuable hostages that could mean the difference between victory and failure. And Amara, the First Lord's Cursor, has been tasked with their rescue. She has earned this trust but are her allies as worthy - or does the Lady Aquitaine see the time as ripe for betrayal?

Treachery is rife elsewhere, as young Tavi of Calderon will find. Posted away from the war, Tavi joins a legion anyway, under an assumed name. Then Kalare does the unthinkable - uniting with the brutish Canim. When treason wipes out the army's command structure, Tavi finds himself leading an inexperienced legion against the might of the Canim horde - the very last resort of a war-torn realm.

• ISBN10: 0748111883
• ISBN13: 9780748111886
• Publish Date: 2 July 2009 (first published 5 December 2006)
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: GB
• Imprint: Orbit
• Edition: Digital original
• Format: eBook (EPUB)
• Pages: 512
• Language: English

Reviews

[ross91]

THAT ENDING.


Ok, so, I loved this book so much! This was my favorite installment, I loved everything about it: Tavi, the Canim, Tavi, the military setting, Tavi, the new characters, TAVI and basically everything else.
I enjoyed all the flashbacks, I think they are very well done and also necessary to the story. Araris is now a much more relatable character and I got to know Septimus, my new obsession.

But let's talk about the very best: Tavi. Oh God I love you. At the beginning of FoC I liked you and I thought you were great and fun to read about, but now, NOW I can't even find the right words to express my love.
Tavi is easily one of my fav characters of 2016, second only to Kip Guile (Sevro au Barca and Dalinar Kholin don't make the list 'cause I've officially met them in 2015...). I love the fact that he's furyless but he doesn't act as a human case and he's not looked down upon because of it: he's very resorceful, loyal, clever, brave, he's the perfect commander and the perfect friend, I just can't wait to see how he will act in the next book, it's going to be epic!

Fantasy books heavy on politics and military strategy are easily my favorite, so it doesn't come as a surprise that I gave Cursor's Fury 5 stars. The only thing I didn't find as entertaining as the rest of the book was Amara's plotline: I didn't really care for her and Bernard and Rook, even though I know their story was as important as the others.

Anyway, fantastic series! Need to have the next book in my hands ASAP.

[Nany]

I hate Katai!!!!

[Linda]

WOW, just WOW! I don't even know where to start!

There are spoilers from the last book here, so if you haven't read book two yet, stop now :)

Tavi is growing into such a worthy hero I feel completely giddy and fangirly. I just want to gush and talk about how great he is :D But that really won't do, now, will it? Tavi really showed his maturity and his abilty to lead in this book. And I think the one person who was the most amazed by that fact was himself. He had some excellent ideas, and he was able to get his soldiers to follow them, and ultimately the legion that was supposed to not even see a battle could actually fight.

Isana went through some really difficult times, having to deal with an enemy she had chosen to ally herself with in the last book, in order to save Tavi and Bernhard. Isana is still a very strong woman, and I am sure she will be able to get the best out of her situation. She completely threw me for a cruveball though. I was partly right in my prediction, but the other part was a little off...

Bernhard and Amara are great as well - they will fight for what is right - no matter what their orders are. And the fact that they can fight together helps both them, their allies and the First Lord.

I will not write any more for fear of starting off with spoilers. I will say though, that the battles alone are worth reading for, and there is still both a little bit of romance and a whole lot of friendship.