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Captain's Fury: The Codex Alera: Book Four

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Martin, Denise (2005-10-05). "Net cages sci-fi guy: Thesp ventures into TV with 'Dresden' ". Variety.com . Retrieved 2006-08-28. The Dresden Files Roleplaying Game Wears an Evil Hat". Jim-butcher.com (Press release). 16 December 2004 . Retrieved 2015-10-14.

I mean, I like them, but I tend to zone out a tad when reading about their adventures. And this time around they were even more boring than usual. Stationed along with the First Aleran at bridge of the Elinarch, at Tiber River, to repel the Canim forces, Tavi’s young military life has been filled with more responsibilities than ever before, dividing his time among the preparation and the defense of the fortifications, the intense exercise of his growing abilities, and his irresistible lust for Kitai, leaving him barely with any rest. In sci-fi, on the other hand, it´s logical that with the advanced technological development each fraction that is relevant to the plot has to have a certain military strength and the endless source for new ideas is creating fresh and tasty combinations of the level of how society, mentality, and tech cooperate. Sci Fi Channel announces intentions for Dresden pilot". Jim-Butcher.Com. 2004-04-05 . Retrieved 2015-10-14.However, with the war having extended beyond their control, touching the hearts of the slaves and the simple people, when the Canim warriors and their united free forces seem to be ready to surge towards the last defending troops of their Legions, and Lord Kalarus approaches at unleashing a restrained power of vast consequences, Tavi and his companions, Amara and Bernard, and Isana and Araris, will have to find a way to overcome the obstacles that will come before them and put a final end to this war before it’s too late, because if they fail, the future of the Realm of Alera will become more uncertain than ever before. Roush, Matt (2007-08-03). "Dresden in Sci Fi's Circular File". TV Guide. Archived from the original on 2009-02-01 . Retrieved 2007-08-03. The Dresden Files were to be the first books that Jim Butcher was to have published, with ‘Storm Front’ being released on the first of April, 2000. Over the course of the Dresden Files series there has been fifteen novels released to date. Chronicling the exploits of wizard and private investigator Harry Dresden, they follow him as he goes about his day-to-day business in Chicago. Incorporating both fantasy and science-fiction, they have become his most successful franchise so far. With a short-lived television series that received cult appeal after its cancellation, graphic novels, role-playing games and even a rumored movie at one point, this has now more than proven to be the case. It also appears that he’s not finishing this series any time soon.

Tavi is able to strike a deal with Gaius Sextus allowing the Canim to return home and to send a cohort with them to ensure their safe passage and assist them in destroying the Vord that have taken over their lands. Captain's Fury was much the same. Admittedly, I did remember many of the characters a bit better this time, but I think the series suffers from the large number of recurring characters. Butcher's normally good characterization is noticeably absent here--many of the characters are little more than a name and collection of traits. Senator Arnos comes to the Elinarch to take over military command against the Canim. Senator Arnos is working with Invidia Aquitaine to remove Tavi as the leader of the battle and to eliminate him entirely. Arnos is accompanied by several singulares, who are a constant threat to Tavi and who attempt to eliminate him throughout the book. Also, as my fb friends know I can't miss the opportunity to point out that this is sssoo much better than the Dresden Files. 🤣 Seriously, that's just a potshot at a few of my friends no one take it too seriously.Audio rights to the Codex Alera belong to Penguin Audio. Captain's Fury was released in audio format March 27, 2008, read by Kate Reading. Audio versions of the first three books were released in November, 2008. The audio book of First Lord's Fury was released simultaneously with the hardcover. [8] Cinder Spires series After seeing the success that the Dresden franchise brought him, Jim Butcher decided to opt for a more traditional fantasy setting for his next series. The Codex Alera series was first presented to the public with the ‘Furies of Calderon’ novel, which was published in 2004. With six novels in the series, it has also proven to be popular as it charts a young man, Tavi, who comes of age and his place within a fantasy land that’s in turmoil. Whilst maybe not as successful as Harry Dresden, it still retains a loyal following with its rich and vibrant world.

Finally Gaius himself deserves a fair mention as he's one of the most powerful men in all of the land with many Furies under his command and a long time of ruling and experience. He's a fairly old man by this point of the story but the events of the ongoing conflicts from two sides have forced him to act and take matters into his own hands. At some points of this book his frailty was wonderfully shown and at others his power and immense strength of will and magic was also brilliantly shown. Overall I think he's a bit of a bad-ass :) There are three major races in this book who we follow. The Aleran's are the main race that most of our central character's are from. We then have the Marat race which is largely based on tribes and customs, and have very different ways to the Aleran's. Finally we have the Canim who are a super large wolf-like race. They're often seen as the 'bad-guys' and in this book they're against the Aleran's, but some of them are more reasonable than others.Meanwhile, Isana, with the secrets of her past having begun to bring her a deep guilt, eating her very soul, when she undertakes to deliver the supplies that she bought with the Dianic League’s funding to the refugees at the Elinarch, she’ll have to take a difficult decision that may well cost her the one person in this world that she loves most; while Valiar Marcus, having taken someone else’s identity these couple years, fighting at the side of a boy - a young man - that he wouldn’t had ever imagined that he would find again, he will have to choose between his loyalty and his honor, and his certain death and the preservation of his life. Garim The politics are ramped up in this one along with the stakes. Alera is at war on two fronts, and something has to give. The senator and his "bodyguards" remind me of everything I hate about politicians, so Mr. Butcher did a good job on that front I think. Kalarus, και τις θυσίες που έπρεπε να κάνουν• ένας υποκινούμενος πόλεμος που προκάλεσε την ίδια τους την επιβίωση, φέρνοντας τις δυτικές περιοχές και τους ανθρώπους της Alera μέσα στο χάος, την απελπισία, και την σύγχυση, και τώρα, με το Βασίλειο να απειλείται από δύο μέτωπα, οι Υψηλοί Άρχοντες και η Σύγκλητος έχουν επιτέλους ενώσει τις δυνάμεις τους κάτω από έναν κοινό σκοπό - αλλά για τον Tavi, έχοντας σταθεί ενώπιον των χειρότερων δυνατών πιθανοτήτων, πολεμώντας στο πλευρό των λεγεωνάριών του, αυτά τα χρόνια ήταν τα πιο δύσκολα που έχει περάσει μέχρι τώρα.

Canim πολεμιστές και οι ενωμένες ελεύθερες δυνάμεις τους φανούν να είναι έτοιμοι να ξεχυθούν προς τα τελευταία αμυνόμενα στρατεύματα των Λεγεώνων τους, και ο Άρχοντας Kalarus πλησιάσει στο να ελευθερώσει μια συγκρατημένη δύναμη απέραντων συνεπειών, ο Tavi και οι σύντροφοί του, η Amara και ο Bernard, και η Isana και o Araris, θα πρέπει να βρουν ένα τρόπο για να ξεπεράσουν τα εμπόδια που θα έρθουν ενώπιόν τους και να βάλουν ένα οριστικό τέλος σε αυτόν τον πόλεμο πριν να είναι πολύ αργά, γιατί αν αποτύχουν, το μέλλον του Βασιλείου της Alera θα γίνει πιο αβέβαιο από ποτέ.Cursor’s Fury, και τα γεγονότα που έδωσαν το έναυσμα της επανάσταση του Άρχοντα Kalarus και της εισβολής των Canim, ο Jim Butcher επιστρέφει για ακόμη μια φορά πίσω στον πόλεμο το Βασιλείου, βυθίζοντάς μας βαθιά μέσα στις τάξεις των στρατιωτών και των διοικητών μεταξύ των δυνάμεων της Alera και των Canim, δείχνοντάς μας τις δυσκολίες της στρατιωτικής ηγεσίας, των διαταγών και των νόμων που πρέπει να ακολουθήσουν, και τις μάχες που πρέπει να επιβιώσουν, όπως επίσης και μέσα στις ζωές των σκλάβων και των απλών ανθρώπων των δυτικών περιοχών οι οποίοι, χωρίς να έχουν το προνόμιο των Πολιτών, πέφτοντας θύματα στην χειραγώγηση των φαινομενικά ανώτερών τους και των πολιτικών σκευωριών τους - αναγκάζοντάς τους να εγκαταλείψουν ότι είχαν - φέρνει στο φως την μεγάλη επίπτωση που έχουν οι πράξεις των λάθων επιλογών πάνω σε αυτούς, τα σπίτια και τις οικογένειές τους. Marcus is a member within the troops working with Tavi. He's a man who has a very shady past, but due to some events of the previous books his earlier alliances with the Aquitine's may now be tested and he's not sure who he should root for. He's manipulative and very good at guessing what may come to pass so he's a dangerous character to be on the wrong side of. He also doesn't like to be controlled. His story certainly interested me a lot more as the book went on and we saw him as a more major viewpoint character.

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