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Tavi of Calderon, now recognized as Princeps Gaius Octavian and heir to the crown, has achieved a fragile alliance with Alera’s oldest foes, the savage Canim. But when Tavi and his legions guide the Canim to their lands, his worst fears are realized. The dreaded Vord—the enemy of Aleran and Canim alike—have laid waste to the Canim homeland. And the Alerans find themselves trapped alongside their former enemies.
Meanwhile, war-torn Alera rebuilds while politicians and nobles vie for power. But from the south comes the news: the Vord have come to Alera. For a thousand years, Alera and her furies have withstood every enemy, and survived every foe. But the thousand years are over...
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November 25, 2008 -
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OverDrive Listen audiobook
- ISBN: 9781101929674
- File size: 509534 KB
- Duration: 17:41:31
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- English
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Butcher's military fantasy series begins its fifth volume as Tavi sails to the land of the Canea on a diplomatic mission. Back home in Alera, the citizens discover that the terrifying Vord have learned to use the elemental spirits called Furies; also, the empires of Cama collide, and ancient enemies must learn cooperation if the people of Alera are to survive. Kate Reading's narration masterfully changes from the deep bass of the Canim to the cool tones of a feminine Fury. When voicing the Vord queens, the narration is appropriately insect-like and rightly instills fear in the listener. Reading never stumbles over pronouncing the unfamiliar terms that populate this fantastic world, and the listener is easily drawn in to the disaster affecting the Princeps and his unlikely allies. R.A. (c) AudioFile 2009, Portland, Maine -
Starred review from October 27, 2008
The rousing fifth installment of Butcher’s military fantasy cycle (after 2007’s Captain’s Fury
) finds the land of Alera recovering from Lord Kalarus’s rebellion, an invasion by the wolven Canim and a bloody slave revolt. Now a new threat emerges: the all-devouring insectoid Vord, who have learned to control the elemental furies that once protected Alera. Young Tavi of Calderon, recently recognized as the heir to Alera’s throne, fights seasickness and interspecies hostilities escorting the Canim invaders back to their homeland, only to negotiate a fragile alliance with them against the Vord. No less powerful than his intense battle scenes, Butcher’s vivid characterizations, based on ancient Roman Republican ideals, range from duty-honor-country austerity in battle to brilliant peacemaking, noble self-sacrifice and Tavi’s coming-of-age as a wise Marcus Aurelian ruler.
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