Cursor's Fury

Alera is close to civil war after the Second Battle of Calderon. The ambitious High Lord of Kalare rises against the aging First Lord, Gaius Sextus, and makes an alliance with the Canim, a bestial people who have long been the realm's enemies.

The story follows three threads. In the besieged city of Ceres, Isana survives an assassination attempt while she tries to keep a badly wounded slave named Fade alive. Her own past, and the secrets in it, press in on her at the same time.

Countess Amara, a Cursor serving the First Lord, leads a mission to free hostages held by Kalare. She must decide whether Lady Aquitaine, her ally, deserves her trust.

Tavi joins the First Aleran Legion under an assumed name and finds that treachery has crippled its command. He is young, untested and short of supplies, yet he ends up commanding the only force between the Canim horde and the heart of the realm.

This is the third book of the Codex Alera. Court intrigue runs alongside large-scale military fantasy, and the question is whether an unproven commander can hold a line that the realm's leaders have failed to defend.