Book Series Guide

Jim Butcher · fiction-series

Codex Alera books in order

A completed six-book epic-fantasy series set in the world of Carna, where an empire draws power from elemental spirits called furies.

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  1. 1
    Furies of Calderon

    Book 1 · novel · 2004

    In this extraordinary fantasy epic, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Dresden Files leads readers into a world where the fate of the realm rests on the shoulders of a boy with no power to call his own... For a thousand…

  2. 2
    Academ's Fury

    Book 2 · novel · 2005

    For centuries, the people of Alera have relied on the power of the furies to protect them from outside invaders. But the gravest threat might be closer than they think. Tavi has escaped the Calderon Valley and the mysterious attack of the…

  3. 3
    Cursor's Fury

    Book 3 · novel · 2006

    When the power-hungry High Lord of Kalare launches a merciless rebellion against the First Lord, young Tavi of Calderon joins a newly formed legion under an assumed name. And when the ruthless Kalare allies himself with a savage enemy of…

  4. 4
    Captain's Fury

    Book 4 · novel · 2007

    In his acclaimed Codex Alera novels, #1 New York Times bestselling author Jim Butcher has created a fascinating world of elemental magic. Now, as enemies become allies, and friends become bitter foes, a danger beyond reckoning looms for…

  5. 5
    Princeps' Fury

    Book 5 · novel · 2008

    From the New York Times bestselling author of Captain's Fury and the Dresden Files novels.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…

  6. 6
    First Lord's Fury

    Book 6 · novel · 2009

    The aging First Lord of Alera has fallen in battle. Yet his people must continue to resist an invading inhuman army. Desperate Alerans even pledge fealty to the Vord Queen to survive, turning the incredible power of Aleran furies back on…