Princeps' Fury

Codex Alera, Book 5

By: Jim Butcher

Narrated by: Kate Reading

Length: 17 hrs and 41 mins

Publisher's summary

Tavi of Calderon, now recognized as Princeps Gaius Octavian and heir to the crown, has achieved a fragile alliance with Alera's oldest foes, the savage Canim. But when Tavi and his legions guide the Canim safely to their lands, his worst fears are realized.

The dreaded Vord - the enemy of Aleran and Cane alike - have spent the last three years laying waste to the Canim homeland. And when the Alerans are cut off from their ships, they find themselves with no choice but to fight shoulder to shoulder if they are to survive.

For 1,000 years, Alera and her furies have withstood every enemy and survived every foe. The 1,000 years are over....

Please note: This recording contains instances of variable audio quality. This is currently the best available source audio from the publisher.

©2008 Jim Butcher (P)2008 Penguin Audio

Critic reviews

"As is the case with Dresden, Mr. Butcher has the uncanny ability to make his Codex Alera realm seem real; as he understands it is in the subtle details...An exciting fantasy thriller.” (Midwest Book Review)

"Rousing...No less powerful than his intense battle scenes [are] Butcher’s vivid characterizations.” (Publishers Weekly, starred review)

“A treat for action fans and series followers.” (Booklist)

Another excellent book, poor audio editing

The book and series are great! But the audio editing in this book was horrible, I kept rewinding as the narrators voice was changing and I thought I had skipped ahead. Turned out the editing was just really lousy.
Fortunately this problem was not in the previous books and has not been nearly as bad in the last. Thanks Jim, more please.

Satisfying and Entertaining

This book, along with this series is written well, read well, and builds upon itself superbly! I find myself satisfied and entertained at the end of each book in this series! Worth the time!

needs Editing

love Jim and Kate great book and performance. Needs the end of disk horns removed.

as good as the others

Tavi grows up in the story grows with him. I truly love this book series.

Great series

Brilliant the characters and world that he created are fascinating. Highly recommend Jim butcher knows his stuff, and how to world build totally worth the buy. I wish it was longer though his books are on the short side.

Love everything about this book!

characters are wonderful, plot is twisty and turny, and you can't help but listen, even when you should be doing other things. Jim butcher is wonderful!

Great story & reader. Production stinks.

If you could sum up Princeps' Fury in three words, what would they be?

nice unexpected twists

What was one of the most memorable moments of Princeps' Fury?

Memorable moments are spread throughout the tale.

How could the performance have been better?

What happened to this book of the series? Kate Reading is as awesome as on the other books in the series but this one seems to have been edited for time. Very many abrupt restarts in the recording - I wonder if some parts might be missing but I don't think that happened. Just too abrupt changes all through out.

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

Several

Any additional comments?

Excellent continuance of the series. I'm eager for the next and sad it will be the final.

wonderbar

what a great book in a great series. I can not wait to hear the next one.

Thoroughly Enjoy this series

Start with the first one in the series and you'll be hooked. Great narrator

Can not wait for the next one.

Love this whole book series So far. Looking forward to what's in store in the next books. And once again Kate Redding's readings always are entertaining.