• Academ's Fury

  • Codex Alera, Book 2
  • By: Jim Butcher
  • Narrated by: Kate Reading
  • Length: 21 hrs
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (12,337 ratings)

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Academ's Fury

By: Jim Butcher
Narrated by: Kate Reading
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Publisher's summary

For 1,000 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. But now, the unity of the Alerians hangs in precarious balance. The first lord of Alera has fallen in his efforts to protect his people from the vicious attacks of their enemies. Now, the fate of the Alerians lies in the hands of Tavi, a young man who must use all of his courage and resourcefulness to save his people.

©2006 Jim Butcher (P)2008 Penguin Audiobooks

Critic reviews

"High adventure with engaging characters and a satisfying conclusion.” (Locus)

"A fun romp of a book...the action is fast and furious.” (SFRevu)

“Solid world-building, intriguing characters and vivid action make this a solid addition to a marvelously entertaining series." (Publishers Weekly)

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Solid fantasy, nothing special

Solid work and will come back to it when I run out of things to read. A definite cut above mediocre, but a step down from Dresden.

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Ready for the next one!

Very good book, my only complaint is I felt some of the conflicts were prolonged a little too much. You think they’re about to kill a bad guy, but it doesn’t happen till after the 3rd or 4th time. I remember thinking, just get on with it already!
Very minor complaint, still a great series.

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great series

only bad part are the stupid trumpets in between some of the chapters. otherwise I've read these books and am enjoying listening to them as well.

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Great story

I loved the book! not sure if it was my device but had a lot of audio quality issues. tried re-downloading but it didn't help.

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Great story, poor audiobook

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Serious issues with quality.

1. Half way through the audiobook, trumpets begin to herald the need to change cds.

2. Chapters start repeating out of order (i.e. listen to chapter 20, 21 22, 20, 23, etc), again half-way through.

3. The chapter listing in the audible app doesn't match up with the actual chapters. So to navigate to chapter 48 I had to press chapter 56.

4. Whispersync doesn't work, and I have to spend far too much time trying to find my spot - whether I'm switching to the audiobook or the ebook. Again, this started happening half way through.

Needless to say, I will not be using Whispersync for the rest of the books in the series, and if the audiobook issues continue in book three, I will switch to ebook.

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Loved it

Great reader.. she's one of my favorites.. Great story as well. Action packed and listened obsessively until I finished! 👌🏽👌🏽

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Near Perfect

A great story with a great reader! Kate Reading makes every character unique. Butcher writes an exciting tale with a well-developed world. Only complaint, the last several chapters were merged together strangely.

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great story bit muddled recording

the story was great and inspiring but there were quite a few interruptions the recording skipped multiple times causing issues and missing multiple interaction between key characters

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Must listen series!

Been looking for another lengthy series to pick up and I found it here! Plus you'll recognize the female narrator from Robert Jordan's books ;)

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Great saga

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This was an excellent book

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Kate Reading is brillant in this and the subsequent novels in this series- I think her range fantastic and her accents consistent:)

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