Furies of Calderon
- 512
- Pages
- about 9 h
- Reading time
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Our view
“Furies of Calderon” wins readers with an underdog: in a world where everyone else wields furies, the boy Tavi alone has none. Butcher writes likeable heroes, enjoyable villains and convincing battles, though some would have liked more time with Tavi himself and are less taken with the setting. It opens a six-book series in which, some readers warn, warfare takes up ever more room.
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About the book
Furies of Calderon is the first novel in the high fantasy series Codex Alera by Jim Butcher. The novel was first released by Ace Books in the United States as a Hardcover edition on October 5, 2004, followed by a Paperback edition on June 26, 2005. Orbit Books released a paperback edition in the United Kingdom in December 2009. It tells the story of a young boy named Tavi who is the only one without any fury-crafting abilities.
Reading order · The Codex Alera
Full order & progress →- Furies of CalderonThis book
8.18.1 / 10 - Academ's Fury
8.38.3 / 10 - Cursor's Fury
8.58.5 / 10 - Captain's Fury
8.48.4 / 10 - Princeps' Fury
8.38.3 / 10 - First Lord's Fury
8.48.4 / 10
Where the score comes from
The sources average 8.1 across 554 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 79% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Fantasy average of 8.0. That is how 8.1 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 8.1 | 554 | 100% |
Frequently asked
How long is Furies of Calderon?
It has 512 pages — shorter than 57% of the ranked books in Fantasy.
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