When Britain intercepted a French ship and its precious cargo??an unhatched dragon??s egg??Capt. Will Laurence of HMS Reliant unexpectedly became master and commander of the noble dragon he named Temeraire. As new recruits in Britain??s Aerial Corps, man and dragon soon proved their mettle in daring combat against Bonaparte??s invading forces. Now China has discovered […]
??A splendid series.? ??Anne McCaffrey ??Naomi Novik has done for the Napoleonic Wars what Anne McCaffrey did for science fiction: constructed an alternate reality in which dragons are real in a saga that is impressively original, fully developed, and peopled with characters you care about.? ??David Weber, author of the Honor Harrington series After their […]
Tragedy has struck His Majesty??s Aerial Corps, whose magnificent fleet of fighting dragons and their human captains valiantly defend England??s shores against the encroaching armies of Napoleon Bonaparte. An epidemic of unknown origin and no known cure is decimating the noble dragons?? ranks??forcing the hopelessly stricken into quarantine. Now only Temeraire and a pack of […]
Naomi Novik??s triumphant debut, His Majesty??s Dragon, introduced a dynamic new pair of heroes to the annals of fantasy fiction: the noble fighting dragon Temeraire and his master and commander, Capt. Will Laurence, who serves Britain??s peerless Aerial Corps in the thick of the raging Napoleonic Wars. Now, in the latest novel of this dazzling […]