First Lord's Fury by Jim Butcher - Fantasy - SFBookcase.com - Reference of Science Fiction and Fantasy Novels/Authors.

Series: The Codex Alera
Volume: 6
Genre: Fantasy
ISBN: 044101769X
Pages: 400 pages
Publisher: Ace Hardcover
Price: $25.95
Reader Rating: 9 out of 10
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First Lord's Fury by Jim Butcher

Description: Gaius Sextus, First Lord of Alera, has fallen in battle. So Aquitainus Attis, new First Lord of Alera, is leading his people in a losing struggle against an invading inhuman army. Desperate Alerans, in an effort to survive, even pledge fealty to the Vord Queen, turning the incredible power of Aleran furies back on their own people. And despite all efforts, the Alerans are being ground into dust and pushed to the farthest reaches of their own realm. No one thought a shepherd's apprentice would amount to anything. But Tavi, now Gaius Octavian and rightful First Lord of Alera, has returned with vital insights from the Canim Blood Lands. He knows how to counter the Vord and, more importantly, isn't in thrall to fury-given powers, believing intelligence and sheer will can also prevail. Now events are leading to a last stand in the Calderon Valley. There, Tavi must meld his ingenuity with the last Aleran legions to create something dangerous and new. And it can't come too soon, as a civilization is on the brink of extinction.