Though the dragons they encounter are often more fully fleshed-out than the stereotypical human characters, the author's palpable love for her subject and a story rich with international, interpersonal and internal struggles more than compensate. His Majesty's Dragon by Naomi Novik: 9780593359549 : Books In the first novel of the New York Times bestselling Temeraire series, a rare bond is formed between a young man and a dragon, and together they must battle. His Majesty's Dragon is the first in Novik's Temeraire series, which includes the books Throne of Jade, Black Powder War, Empire of Ivory, Victory of Eagles, Tongues of Serpents, Crucible of. His Majestys Dragon (Temeraire Series 1) by Naomi Novik 4.1 (1258) Paperback 15.49 17.00 Save 9 Paperback 15.49 eBook 3.99 Audiobook 0. When Temeraire bonds with the captain, the two leave the navy to sign on with His Majesty's sadly understaffed Aerial Corps, which takes on the French in sprawling, detailed battles that Novik renders with admirable attention to 19th-century military tactics. Will Laurence of the British Navy is therefore taken aback after his crew captures an egg from a French ship and it hatches a Chinese dragon, which Laurence names Temeraire. Each nation has its own breeds, but none are so jealously guarded as the mysterious dragons of China. A new heavyweight dragon arrives at the covert, Praecursoris, captained by Choiseul, a French officer who fled to Austria during the French Revolution they have fled again because Napoleon. Here be dragons, beasts that can speak and reason, bred for strength and speed and used for aerial support in battle. In this delightful first novel, the opening salvo of a trilogy, Novik seamlessly blends fantasy into the history of the Napoleonic wars. 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.

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