Codex Alera Academ's Fury, Book 2, (Paperback)

from Darla

Academ's Fury takes place two years after Furies of Calderon. Tavi is at the Academy (hence the title), still fury-less (magic-less), training to become a Cursor (secret agent), and working as the First Lord's page. It's finals time, and as his final exam as a Cursor, he's to catch the Black Cat-...

from lewispike

Part two of the Codex Alera picks up two years later as Tiva, at the academy, is getting close to graduation. He has to cope with bullies, both academic and student for his "freak" status with no furies. He is, however, doing really well at many of his other skills: his intelligence and good trai...

from edstan76

This is the second time i've read the series. It is definitely an exciting series to read. Here in the 2nd book, it has been 2 years since the 2nd Battle off Calderon and Tavi is living in the capitol as Gaius's page and in training to become a cursor. He's got a group of friends to help him out ...

from page.fault

Academ's Fury and its sequel, Cursor's Fury, are my two favorite books in the Codex Alera series. Academ's Fury was actually the first book I read in the series; if I had started with Furies of Calderon, I don't think I would have been hooked. But Academ's Fury captures the best aspects of a good...

from reading_fox

Better, but still highlighting some of Jim Butcher's most annoying writing tendencies. Fortunately we are spared the worst of the fantasy clichés that I had been expecting. At the end of the last book our pigboy orphan hero Tavi had been sent to the Acadamy - school for the gifted in other words....