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Genre: Fantasy Adventure
This book, I think, is a kid’s book (around 10-16) kind of reading. Full of adventures, wholesome fun and a kind of magic which Butcher calls “furies”. It is also enjoyable even to me who is in great excess of 16. I got hooked - pole, line and sinker. Into the series. I would highly recommend this book for those fantasy adventure lovers and if you are looking for a book or gift for your kid. Just an observation on the side, I noticed that Butcher seems to like dogs. He has more than one lot of characters which is of the canine specie. The Canim. The wolf Marat.
Butcher said in his blog that a good book is like sex, must deliver a good climax. All the books in this series has a closing and a good climax.
Author’s website : http://www.jim-butcher.com.
Caption at the back reads:
For a thousand years, the people of Alera have united against the aggressive and threatening races that inhabit the world, using their unique bond with the furies – elementals of earth, air, fire, water, wood, and metal. But in the remote Calderon
Valley, the boy Tavi struggles with his lack of furycrafting. At fifteen, he has no wind fury to help him fly, no fire fury to light his lamps. Yet as the Aleran’s most savage enemy – the Marat horde – returns to the Valley, Tavi’s courage and resourcefulness will be a power greater than any fury, one that could turn the tides of war…
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