Alasandra's Reading List ~ February

1. Princeps' Fury by Jim Butcher - When the Vord overrun Ceres the First Lord sends Isana to convince Raucus (Max and Cassius Father) to make peace with the Icemen and help defend the South. Amara and Bernard are sent by the First Lord to discover how the Vord gained fury crafting power and as a result they manage to rescue Gram and more then three hundred Knights and Citizens. The First Lord Gaius Sextus gives his life to slow the Vord down leaving Lord Aquitaine in command until Tavi returns.  Tavi, Max, Cassius, Marcus, Magnus and Kitai accompanied Varg and the other Canim back to Canea, only to find it overrun by the Vord. After saving as many Canim as he can, Tavi invites them to return to Alera.
2. First Lord's Fury by Jim Butcher - Tavi leads the Alerans to victory against the Vord with help from his Marat, Canim and Icemen allies. This seems to be the last book in the series but there is a possibility that Butcher will pick the story up somewhere down the road when the Vord are poised for another invasion or when the Alerans and Canim go to take back Canea from the Vord.
3. Strange Brew - a collection of short stores by a number of New York Times Bestselling Authors of the supernatural. I enjoyed them all.
4. The Lost Gate by Orson Scot Card (A Novel of the Mither Mages) Danny North is worried  about his family killing him because he is a Drekka. Then he discovers he is a powerful Gatefather. He still has to worry about his family killing him but now he can escape their clutches while he learns about his new powers and how to use them. The Gate Thief (Wad) is no longer in his tree, he has fallen in love (with a very evil woman) and has a son with her. Wad attempts to protect their son from her but fails and when Danny attempts to make a Great Gate Wad (Loki) is unable to stop him. When Danny takes Loki's outself he realizes that Loki closed the gates to Westil and prevented new gates from being open out of fear of Bel