Princeps' Fury: The Codex Alera: Book Five
By (Author) Jim Butcher
Little, Brown Book Group
Orbit
1st February 2010
3rd December 2009
United Kingdom
Paperback
560
Width 108mm, Height 178mm, Spine 36mm
337g
After bitter fighting, Tavi of Calderon has eventually forged an alliance with Alera s oldest foes, the savage Canim, and he must escort them on their long sea-voyage home. This will strain their fragile accord - but the worst is yet to come.
The inhuman Vord have spent the last three years laying waste to the Canim homeland, making it a desolate place indeed. Then the Alerans become stranded there, cut off from their ships. The Canim alliance will be tested as they enter the killing fields together, depending on each other s strengths if they both are to survive.For a thousand years, Alera and her furies have withstood every enemy, and survived every foe. The thousand years are over.The rousing fifth installment . . . Butchers vivid characterizations, based on ancient Roman Republican ideals, range from duty-honor-country austerity in battle to brilliant peacemaking - PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Jim Butcher is a ten-year student of martial arts and also enjoys fencing, singing and bad science fiction movies. He is now a full-time writer and lives in Missouri with his wife and son and a houseful of computers.