• Furies of Calderon

  • Codex Alera, Book 1
  • By: Jim Butcher
  • Narrated by: Kate Reading
  • Length: 19 hrs and 58 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (15,784 ratings)

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Furies of Calderon

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

In the realm of Alera, where people bond with the furies - elementals of earth, air, fire, water, and metal - 15-year-old Tavi struggles with his lack of furycrafting. But when his homeland erupts in chaos - when rebels war with loyalists and furies clash with furies - Tavi's simple courage will turn the tides of war.

©2005 Jim Butcher (P)2008 Penguin Audiobooks

Critic reviews

“Epic fantasy in the best way, inspired by Tolkien.” (New York Times best-selling author Simon R. Green

“A stay-up-all-night-’til-you-finish-it-book, Furies of Calderon is a marvelous read.” (Number-one New York Times best-selling author Patricia Briggs)

“Absorbing...Butcher does a thorough job of world building, to say nothing of developing his action scenes with an abundance of convincing detail.” (Publishers Weekly)

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Good so far.

Love the story and characters. Things are predictable in a good way. reading of the story was good.

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Trumpets herald what?

This is a great book. Good story, good performance, but what, the name of all that's good, is up with the trumpet call that comes randomly throughout the story???!!!

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Fantastic story and reader.

this series has been on my list for a while. book one was awesome so I'll be moving to the next one!

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hmm...

"There is someone dying, I should probably save them. Hmm... I wonder what I will have for dinner tonight... Does this sweater go good with these pants? oh yea that person is almost dead... I guess I should get to saving them..." other than this method of building up tension the writing is good.

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Excellent. Love the series

Was hesitant about starting this series. Dresden fan. Ready for the next. Butcher did well.

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Great book, obnoxious audio editing

Kate does a great reading of a great story, but the whole thing is thrown off by the occasional blaring of fanfare that's there for no reason. Some research revealed that this was leftover when they converted this from CDs. Less than half an hour of work could have removed the offending noises.

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love this series

Great from start to finish! I can't wait for the next one! Kate Reading does a great job!

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Superb

Honestly it was an action packed book with very little breathing room for boring. Characters were all well done and i enjoyed it through and through. Looking forward to book 2.

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Read this book

I have read this story multiple times. First time listening to it. It is as good this time as it was the first time.

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Slow Opening

Even though I put down this book/audiobook for some time while I read/listened to other anticipated books I am glad that I picked this one back up again. The story wraps up nicely yet flows into novel 2 very well.

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