4.13 avg rating — 113,388 ratings

"The entire Codex Alera series is worth reading through a couple of times. IMHO it's a very fresh take on Fantasy. What happens when a Roman Legion is accidentally transported to a strange and fantastical alien world (along with a few other races)? Fast forward through 2000+ years of cultural adaptation and a little bit of evolution (environmental adaptation) and you're at the beginning of this series utterly amazing series."

4.27 avg rating — 73,978 ratings

"The entire Codex Alera series is worth reading through a couple of times. IMHO it's a very fresh take on Fantasy. What happens when a Roman Legion is accidentally transported to a strange and fantastical alien world (along with a few other races)? Fast forward through 2000+ years of cultural adaptation and a little bit of evolution (environmental adaptation) and you're at the beginning of this series utterly amazing series."

4.37 avg rating — 71,201 ratings

"The entire Codex Alera series is worth reading through a couple of times. IMHO it's a very fresh take on Fantasy. What happens when a Roman Legion is accidentally transported to a strange and fantastical alien world (along with a few other races)? Fast forward through 2000+ years of cultural adaptation and a little bit of evolution (environmental adaptation) and you're at the beginning of this series utterly amazing series."

4.37 avg rating — 70,102 ratings

"The entire Codex Alera series is worth reading through a couple of times. IMHO it's a very fresh take on Fantasy. What happens when a Roman Legion is accidentally transported to a strange and fantastical alien world (along with a few other races)? Fast forward through 2000+ years of cultural adaptation and a little bit of evolution (environmental adaptation) and you're at the beginning of this series utterly amazing series."

4.38 avg rating — 67,078 ratings

"The entire Codex Alera series is worth reading through a couple of times. IMHO it's a very fresh take on Fantasy. What happens when a Roman Legion is accidentally transported to a strange and fantastical alien world (along with a few other races)? Fast forward through 2000+ years of cultural adaptation and a little bit of evolution (environmental adaptation) and you're at the beginning of this series utterly amazing series."

4.40 avg rating — 66,214 ratings

"The entire Codex Alera series is worth reading through a couple of times. IMHO it's a very fresh take on Fantasy. What happens when a Roman Legion is accidentally transported to a strange and fantastical alien world (along with a few other races)? Fast forward through 2000+ years of cultural adaptation and a little bit of evolution (environmental adaptation) and you're at the beginning of this series utterly amazing series."

3.86 avg rating — 10,422 ratings

"First book in Green's 'Secret Histories' series. It mixes Sci-Fi and Fantasy elements, so it's hard to tell which list it really belongs to... Either way, it's a good read. Very entertaining."