25 5 stars furies of calderon is a good beginning to a series but honestly im quite disappointed with it ive heard a lot of great things about butchers books and although hes most famous for his dresden files series however codex alera seemed to interest me more at the moment the combination of two totally different concepts that i loved roman and pokemon. Storyline furies of calderon codex alera 1 in the realm of alera where people bond with the furies elementals of earth air fire water and metal fifteen year old tavi struggles with his lack of furycrafting. Praise for furies of calderon jim butchers new novel is epic fantasy in the best way inspired by tolkien but not just another imitation like tolkien butchers book understands that even the greatest of stories can be guided by the smallest of people. Furies of calderon chapter 1 amara rode atop the swaying back of the towering old gargant bull going over the plan in her head the morning sun shone down on her taking the chill out of the misty air and warming the dark wool of her skirts behind her the axles of the cart squeaked and groaned beneath their loads