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    Furies of Calderon - Book One of the Codex Alera

    Jim Butcher

    Ace Books
    2004
    440 páginas
    14h 40m
    ISBN-10: 0441011993
    3.9
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    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, and metal. But now, Gaius Sextus, First Lord of Alera, grows old and lacks an heir. Ambitious High Lords plot and maneuver to place their Houses in positions of power, and a war of succession looms on the horizon." "Far from city politics in the 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 Alerans' most savage enemy - the Marat - return to the Valley, he will discover that his destiny is much greater than he could ever imagine." Caught in a storm of deadly wind furies, Tavi saves the life of a runaway slave named Amara. But she is actually a spy for Gaius Sextus, sent to the Valley to gather intelligence on traitors to the Crown, who may be in league with the barbaric Marat horde. And when the Valley erupts in chaos - when rebels war with loyalists and furies clash with furies - Amara will find Tavi's courage and resourcefulness to be a power greater than any fury - one that could turn the tides of war.

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    SEM SPOILER Furies of Calderon conta a estória de vários personagens em um cenário medieval com direito a castelos e plots conspiratórios. A princípio parece algo que todo mundo já escreveu alguma vez na vida, mas Jim Butcher traz um sistema de magia que se não é original, pelo menos foi bem bolado. As pessoas do reino de Aleran conseguem se comunicar com as "fury", um tipo de criatura elemental da natureza. Existem seis tipos de fury: fogo, água, terra, ar, madeira e metal e cada pessoa pode ter pelo menos dois tipos de fury (os limites ainda não ficaram claros neste livro). Assim as pessoas recebem um controle restrito do elemento ao qual se associaram e conseguem fazer coisas fenomenais que neste mundo substituem tecnologia, como acender tochas (fogo), curar (água) e forjar armas fantásticas (metal). Em Furies of Calderon, Jim Butcher deixa completamente de lado o tom sarcástico dos Dresden Files e entra de cabeça na velha fórmula reino-fantástico-com-reis-e-rainhas-mais-magia. Infelizmente ele não consegue ser bem sucedido em fazer uma estória empolgante e original. No entanto, imagino que ela é boa o suficiente para satisfazer pessoas que ainda não se cansaram deste tipo de cenário e que estão ávidas por ler um misto de Senhor dos Anéis, Pokemon e conceitos básicos de magia cerimonial.

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    While he was sick with strep throat as a child, Butcher's sisters introduced him to The Lord of the Rings and The Han Solo Adventures novels to pass the time, thus beginning his fascination with fantasy and science fiction.[4] As a teenager, he completed his first novel and set out to become a writer. After many unsuccessful attempts to enter the traditional fantasy genre (he cites J. R. R. Tolkien, Lloyd Alexander, and C.S. Lewis, among others, as major influences),[4] he wrote the first book in The Dresden Files—about a professional wizard in modern-day Chicago—as an exercise for a writing course in 1996 at the age of 25. For two years, Butcher floated his manuscript amongst various publishers before hitting the convention circuit to make contacts in the industry. After meeting Butcher in person, Ricia Mainhardt, the agent who discovered Laurell K. Hamilton, agreed to represent him, kick-starting his writing career.[5] However, Butcher and Mainhardt have since parted ways; Jennifer Jackson is his current agent.[6] Since becoming published, Butcher has written two series: The Dresden Files and Codex Alera. Codex Alera has ended after six novels and The Dresden Files are still ongoing, he has also written a Spider-Man novel, entitled The Darkest Hours, released on June 27, 2006. In addition, he contributed a short story for publication in My Big Fat Supernatural Wedding with Charlaine Harris and Sherrilyn Kenyon, among others, released in October 2006. He has since contributed to the anthologies Many Bloody Returns in September 2007 and My Big Fat Supernatural Honeymoon in December 2007.[7] In October 2008, he released another short story in Blood Lite and a novelette, Backup, illustrated by Mike Mignola.[8]

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