His Majesty's Dragon
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| Book: | His Majesty's Dragon: Book 1 of Temeraire |
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| Author: | Naomi Novik |
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| Publisher: | Del Rey |
When HMS Reliant captures a French frigate and seizes its precious cargo, an unhatched dragon egg, fate sweeps Capt. Will Laurence from his seafaring life into an uncertain future–and an unexpected kinship with a most extraordinary creature. Thrust into the rarified world of the Aerial Corps as master of the dragon Temeraire, he will face a crash course in the daring tactics of airborne battle. For as France’s own dragon-borne forces rally to breach British soil in Bonaparte’s boldest gambit, Laurence and Temeraire must soar into their own baptism of fire.
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Reviews
Barnes and Noble
In her debut novel, Naomi Novik constructs a panoramic fantasy in which the British attack Napoleon’s armies from the backs of flying dragons. With its convincing battle scenes and its arresting aerial heroes, His Majesty’s Dragon bodes well for this budding novelist.
