First Lord's Fury by Jim Butcher Series: Codex Alera #6
Also by this author: Furies of Calderon, Academ's Fury
Published by Ace Books on November 30, 2010
Genres: Epic
Pages: 784
Format: eBook
Source: Library
Also in this series: Furies of Calderon, Academ's Fury
Binge Count # 6 of 6
Continue Binge? ✔ Completed!
In the final novel in #1 New York Times bestselling author Jim Butcher's acclaimed Codex Alera series, the people of Alera—who use their unique bond with the elementals of earth, air, fire, water, wood, and metal for protection—must face the ultimate conflict…
For Gaius Octavian, life has been one long struggle. Battling ancient enemies, forging new alliances, and confronting the corruption within his own land, he became a legendary man of war and leader of men—and the rightful First Lord of Alera.
Now, the end of all he fought for is close at hand. The brutal, dreaded Vord are on the march, using fear and chaos to turn the Alerans against one another, and forcing those who will not submit to flee to the outer reaches of the realm.
Perhaps for the final time, Gaius Octavian and his legions must stand against the enemies of his people. And it will take all his intelligence, ingenuity, and furycraft to save their world from eternal darkness...
Jim Butcher brings the Codex Alera series to an epic and satisfying end with First Lord’s Fury
I really appreciate the recommendations that led me to this series, as it has been enjoyable from start to finish This final installment in the series brings epic battles, impressive magic, terrifying oversized insect like enemy forces and amazing cunning. While the entire series has been enjoyable to read, this book provides a highly satisfying conclusion.
After the end of Princep’s Fury, the beginning of First Lord’s Fury finds Alera is in serious danger of being wiped out by the Vord. There are heavy losses in terms of lives and lands, and no matter how hard they work to hit the Vord, they are so out numbered it seems like they will inevitably lose. The sheer number of the enemy is so daunting and overwhelming, and so even if they wipe out a hundred thousand, it seems like nothing, especially given how quickly they reproduce.
Tavi and his crew of First Aleran, the Free Aleran and the Canim, are working to make their way to help the remaining populations of Alerans to defeat the vord, but they have a seriously long way to get there, and by any known standards of travel, they will be way too late to save anyone. Of course, this is Tavi. After the five previous books, I don’t think it should be a surprise to anyone that Tavi continues to think outside the box and finds new ways to approach problems.
Honestly, sometimes Tavi’s cleverness seems like common sense to me, but I think the point is supposed to be that people used to working with fury craft just don’t consider non-fury solutions to things. Tavi has had to, which I think places his approach to things closer to what those of us without magical abilities would consider.
That said, I have really enjoyed Tavi’s character throughout the series, and I also appreciate how well his character has developed and matured over it, while still retaining so many of the qualities that made me like him from the beginning. He is clever, and always the underdog, but somehow, he’s an underdog that always finds some way to come out on top. And he’s just generally a nice person with a good sense of humor. What’s not to like, right?
Overall, I really enjoyed this series. Butcher does a commendable job tying up not only the overall, larger story, but also all of the individual, personal stories for what felt like all the characters. As per my usual with this series, it does get a little heavy on the battle scenes at times, but outside of that, I really don’t have any complaints.
The conclusion to the everything left me feeling in a good place with the story. I am not pining for another book or series, though I would love to read more of Tavi and Kitai, I don’t foresee a book hangover with this one, just a feeling of satisfaction that comes from reading a good story that ends well.
Previous Reviews For the Series
Book 1: Review: Furies of Calderon by Jim Butcher
Book 2: Review: Academ’s Fury by Jim Butcher
Book 3: Review: Cursor’s Fury by Jim Butcher
Book 4: Review: Captain’s Fury by Jim Butcher
Book 5: Review: Princep’s Fury by Jim Butcher
Well done. That’s fantastic and a great ending.
Hope you’re going to do some kind of round up now about the pros and cons of a binge read.
Lynn 😀
Yep, I have a Series Review that sort of sums up my thoughts on the series as a whole, as well as how I feel it worked as a binge read. That should go up tomorrow
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