Captain’s Fury by Jim Butcher
Blurb
Tavi of Calderon, now captain of his own Legion, has been fighting a bitter war for two years. Then he discovers the invading Canim warriors are harbingers of a far greater threat. The Canim are being hunted in their turn by a savage race that forced them from their homeland – and which has pursued them to the Aleran borders. With options fast running out, Tavi proposes an alliance with the Canim. But the Senate”s new military commander wishes only to wipe out the Canim ”scourge”, and would also kill Aleran slaves that have sought freedom with these aggressors. Tavi must reconcile Aleran and Canim, slavemaster and slave, Citizen and Proletarian, if an alliance is to be forced. And he must lead his Legion in defiance of the law, against both friend and enemy – before the greatest army of all launches its assault.
I’d been looking forward to reading Captain”s Fury since finishing Cursor”s Fury and swearing profusely at the cliffhanger ending Jim Butcher left us with! So in anticipation I reread the first three so I could launch straight into Captain”s Fury once I was allowed to get my mitts on it come Christmas Day. As it happened, I didn”t get to start it until a couple of days after Christmas and from start to end I could not put it down. Jim has done an outstanding job of tying up all the loose ends in a manner that didn’t feel rushed or haphazard and I found myself torn between desperation to see what happened to Tavi and his friends and not wanting to end the book and say goodbye to the characters. But all books come to an end, and I finished Captain’s Fury with a smile.
If you haven”t tried Jim Butcher yet, don”t just aim for his Dresden series – which are absolutely brilliant – give his overlooked fantasy series a try. You won”t be disappointed!!
Book Details
- Paperback: 608 pages
- Publisher: Orbit; paperback / softback edition (6 Aug 2009)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1841497479
- ISBN-13: 978-1841497471
- Product Dimensions: 17.6 x 10.8 x 4 cm
