In this extraordinary fantasy epic, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Dresden Files prospects readers right into a globe where the fate from the realm rests over the shoulders of the boy with no power to call his own…

For a thousand years, the people of Alera have united against the aggressive and threatening races that inhabit the world, using their exclusive bond using the furies-elementals of earth, air, fire, water, wood, and steel. However in the remote Calderon Valley, the youngster Tavi struggles with his insufficient furycrafting. At fifteen, he has no wind fury to help him take flight, no open fire fury to light his lamps. Yet mainly because the Alerans’ most savage enemy-the Marat horde-return to the Valley, Tavi’s courage and resourcefulness is a power higher than any fury, one which could convert the tides of battle…