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Title: Academ's Fury
Series: Codex Alera #2
Author: Jim Butcher
Rating: 5 of 5 Stars
Genre: Fantasy
Pages: 720
Words: 183K
Series: Codex Alera #2
Author: Jim Butcher
Rating: 5 of 5 Stars
Genre: Fantasy
Pages: 720
Words: 183K
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Synopsis:
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CodexAlera.fandom.com &
Me
Tavi has managed to enter the Academy
under the patronage of Gaius Sextus, the First Lord of Alera and is
training to be a cursor. Despite facing bullying at the hands of
other students due to his lack of furycrafting talent, Tavi has
managed to make numerous friends among his classmates, such as Max
and Ehren. Tavi is also serving as a page for Gaius Sextus. Isana has
also come to the capitol to get her citizenship and join the Dianic
league. Back at home in the Calderon valley, Doroga, the leader of
the marat, warns Bernard and Amara of a new threat, the Vord. He
tells them that one nest has been killed, leaving 200 out of a force
of 2000 Marat. Another nest is in the Calderon Valley, and one of the
queens seems to be heading towards Alera Imperia. Tavi is sent on a
mission as a Cursor in training, to find the mysterious thief "Black
Cat", who has managed to circumvent various fury guards to steal
things. Gaius Sextus falls ill, and Max is called to replace him.
However, during a fight, Max is arrested and Tavi must break him out
of Jail. Isana is also kidnapped. Eventually, Tavi manages to catch
the thief, who is revealed to be Kitai, one of his Marat friends who
followed him to Alera Imperia. Using her talents, Tavi breaks Max out
of jail. Back in the Calderon Valley, Bernard is investigating
reports of disappearances and goes to investigate Aricholt, the new
Kordholt. However, it is completely abandoned, with the exception of
a few children kept in a bunker underneath. The vord attack the holt,
possessing many soldiers, and Garrison Legion is forced to hide in a
nearby cave. The Canim Ambassador, Varg, shows Tavi the nest of Vord
in the Deeps, and Tavi goes to warn the Citadel.
Bernard
and Amara, along with Doroga and the remaining holders of Isanaholt,
take refuge in a cave and fight off the Vord. Their situation looks
hopeless and Amara agrees to marry Bernard since they are going to
die the next day. Only they don't die, they are rescued by mercenary
knights led by none other than that scum Aldrix Ex Gladius. The Taken
and the Vord Queen are destroyed.
Isana
can't get an audience with the First Lord (because he's
incapacitated) nor can she get a hold of Tavi (who is trying to run
things, as he's one of the few people who knows that Gaius is out of
commission) and after a nearly successful attempt on her life, makes
an alliance with Lord and Lady Aquitaine. They send the Knights Aeris
to rescue Bernard.
Tavi
is juggling trying to keep Gaius's secret safe and figure out how to
deal with the Vord AND the Canim. One of the Canim, a blood priest,
has made an alliance with the Vord Queen in the city and they plan an
assassination attempt on Gaius. Ambassador Varg, as the last
non-Taken Canim, reveals the plot to Tavi and it is up to Tavi to
thwart it. With help from Fade (who slips back into his role as
Araris, legendary swordsman), Kitai and many legionnaires, Tavi stops
the attempt on the First Lord's life.
The
Vord Queen, along with the Blood Priest, slip aboard a Canim vessel
and head back to their land.
Gaius
recovers and reveals that one of Tavi's friends (Gael) is actually a
spy for Lord Kalarus and the book ends with Gaius baiting a hook to
draw Kalarus out before he is truly ready. Gaius sends Tavi to an
archeological dig in the same area where the bait is being dangled.
With Tavi now being a Cursor it's time for him to begin truly working
for the First Lord.
The
book ends with Isana revealing to the readers that she is Tavi's
mother, not his aunt.
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My
Thoughts:
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I have these Codex Alera books in ebook, paperback and
hardcover. I'm currently reading the paperback editions, as I am
using these as my “word read”. Very easy to throw one into my
book bag and since it's paper it doesn't matter if it sits in the
sub-freezing cold all day. Can't do that with my kindle, sadly.
What that means is that I'm reading these books in dribs and drabs
and not at a steady pace. However, much like Furies of Caldern,
this takes place in just a couple of days. So while there might
be a lot going on, there isn't too much going on simply because of
author imposed time constraint. I think everything happens in a
couple of weeks here but the majority of everything immediately
happens in just a couple of days. I rather like that to be honest, as
it fits the 5-15 minutes I have to read when at work.
Considering this is my 3rd read of this book in 10 years
and I still enjoyed it, I'm going to call this a good book. I don't
think I'll read it again for another decade though. For some reason,
Tavi the main character seems younger than I remember! (hahahahaa)
I enjoy this series a lot. I'm sure someone else could come along and
list all the faults. I simply have no interest in even thinking like
that. As long as the series stays this strong, I'll be a happy and
contented camper.
★★★★★
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