However, as the novel progressed, the magic system isn’t explained as well as I would have liked it to be. The intriguing magic system coupled with the opening chapters had me almost salivating because I was in love with what Butcher was seemingly setting up.

The magic system piqued my interest as soon as it was introduced. I kept waffling between the two ratings because of the issues I had with the magic system. And when the Valley erupts in chaos – when rebels war with loyalists and furies clash with furies – Amara will find Tavi’s courage and resourcefulness to be a power greater than any fury – one that could turn the tides of war.Īfter finishing Furies of Calderon, I wasn’t sure whether to rate the novel three or four stars. But she is actually a spy for Gaius Sextus, sent to the Valley to gather intelligence on traitors to the Crown, who may be in league with the barbaric Marat horde. Yet as the Alerans’ most savage enemy – the Marat – return to the Valley, he will discover that his destiny is much greater than he could ever imagine.Ĭaught in a storm of deadly wind furies, Tavi saves the life of a runaway slave named Amara. At fifteen, he has no wind fury to help him fly, no fire fury to light his lamps. Ambitious High Lords plot and maneuver to place their Houses in positions of power, and a war of succession looms on the horizon.įar from city politics in the Calderon Valley, the boy Tavi struggles with his lack of furycrafting. For a thousand years, the people of Alera have united against the aggressive and threatening races that inhabit the world, using their unique bond with the furies – elementals of earth, air, fire, water, and metal.īut now, Gaius Sextus, First Lord of Alera, grows old and lacks an heir.

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