Tavi continues on with his roll of invincibility in this third book of the Codex Alera series. He seems to come up with a working plan for every occasion and they always more or less work out. People die, but never one of those that we've come to know. Amara and Bernard are cut from the same cloth. The one dose of reality is Isana's situation, manipulated by aristocrats and then struggling to save a life despite being warned that it would be suicidal.
Tavi's farm boy background comes in handy in this installment. He has learned things that the average soldier hasn't had the opportunity to experience, like the flammability of sawdust and the use of blood to attract sharks. There is a big reveal of his parentage, something we have been anticipating since the first volume if we've been paying attention. The orphan boy with talent always has extraordinary heritage.
The rebellion is at the very least deferred, possibly halted, but there are thousands of the Canim still at large in Aleran territory, so there are plenty of problems to fill the next volume. Now we wait for Tavi's grandfather to acknowledge him. As one of his minions says, Tavi has stopped the Canim invasion, made peace with the Marat, and prevented his grandfather's assassination, all without knowing who his father is. Apparently he is just a chip off the old block, although up to this point, without those helpful fury powers. Butcher hints at the end that the fury problem may be solved, another reason to read on.
Book number 477 of my Science Fiction and Fantasy Reading Project
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