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Furies of Calderon
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Furies of Calderon Mass market paperbound - 2005

by Butcher, Jim

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In the realm of Alera, where people bond with the furies--elementals of earth, air, fire, water, wood, and metal--15-year-old Tavi struggles with his lack of furycrafting. As 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.

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  • Title Furies of Calderon
  • Author Butcher, Jim
  • Binding Mass Market Paperbound
  • Edition Later Printing
  • Condition Used - Good
  • Pages 688
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Penguin Publishing Group, New York, New York
  • Date 2005-06-28
  • Features Maps
  • Bookseller's Inventory # GRP79191736
  • ISBN 9780441012688 / 044101268X
  • Weight 0.75 lbs (0.34 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.4 x 4.2 x 1.5 in (18.80 x 10.67 x 3.81 cm)
  • Ages 18 to UP years
  • Grade levels 13 - UP
  • Library of Congress subjects Fantasy fiction, Boys
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

Summary

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. But now, Gaius Sextus, First Lord of Alera, grows old and lacks an heir. Ambitious High Lords plot and maneuver to place their Houses in positions of power, and a war of succession looms on the horizon." "Far from city politics in the Calderon Valley, the boy Tavi struggles with his lack of furycrafting. At fifteen, he has no wind fury to help him fly, no fire fury to light his lamps. 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." Caught in a storm of deadly wind furies, Tavi saves the life of a runaway slave named Amara. 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. 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.

From the publisher

A martial arts enthusiast whose resume includes a long list of skills rendered obsolete at least two hundred years ago, Jim Butcher turned to writing as a career because anything else probably would have driven him insane. He lives with his wife, his son and a ferocious guard dog.

First line

The course of history is determined not by battles, by sieges, or usurpations, but by the actions of the individual.

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  • Ingram Paperback Advance, 07/01/2005, Page 21

About the author

A martial arts enthusiast whose rsum includes a long list of skills rendered obsolete at least two hundred years ago, #1 New York Times bestselling author Jim Butcher turned to writing as a career because anything else probably would have driven him insane. He lives mostly inside his own head so that he can write down the conversation of his imaginary friends, but his head can generally be found in Independence, Missouri. Jim is the author of the Dresden Files, the Codex Alera novels, and the Cinder Spires series, which began with The Aeronaut's Windlass.