Cursor's Fury

Cursor's Fury (Codex Alera #3)

Jim Butcher, 2006

In the world of Alera, everyone has some form of furycrafting, which allows for abilities such as faster healing, longer endurance, better swordfighting, and other. Those with more powerful abilities can even being the elements to life, developing a small amount of control over one aspect of nature. Everyone comes into their crafting abilities by age 13 - everyone except Tavi, who has no crafting skills at all. Because of this, Tavi - who in this book is undercover in one of the fighting legions - has to find a way to keep his identity hidden while at the same time doing what needs to be done without the abilities that others possess. In another area of the realm, the First Lord's reign is threatened, a mysterious enemy's existence is questioned, and a war begins. 

Out of the three Codex Alera books I've read so far, this one was definitely my favorite. There was a ton of action in this one, one storyline featuring Tavi and the ever-likable Max, the second centering around most of the other characters, including Amara, Bernard, and a number of questionable allies. I also really liked the way that Tavi's character is developing and can't wait to see where his story goes. In addition, we're finally given information in this book on Tavi's parents and how the heck Fade fits in to this whole mess. 

A great addition to the series and I look forward to following these characters through the last three books.