First Lord's Fury

Gaius Octavian brings his legions home from Canea and finds Alera in ruins. The Vord, an insect-like horde ruled by a single sentient Queen, have destroyed most of the realm or have its remaining cities under siege.

Tavi has few forces left to command. He gathers what he can, including allies among the Marat and the Canim, and plans to march them to the Calderon Valley. There he means to make a final stand against the Vord.

The odds are poor, and holding the line will take cunning as well as his command of furycraft. Tavi was born without the furycraft that everyone else in Alera wields, and across the series he grows into the leader the realm needs.

This is the sixth and last novel of the Codex Alera, following Princeps' Fury, and Ace published it in November 2009. It closes the war with the Vord and the series itself, so the Calderon Valley decides the fate of Alera.