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His majesty's dragon

Novik, Naomi (Author).

Summary: Aerial combat brings a thrilling new dimension to the Napoleonic Wars as valiant warriors rise to Britain's defense by taking to the skies ... not aboard aircraft but atop the mighty backs of fighting dragons. 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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  • ISBN: 9780345490728 (electronic bk. : Adobe Reader)
  • ISBN: 034549072X (electronic bk. : Adobe Reader)
  • ISBN: 9780345490728 (electronic bk. : Mobipocket Reader)
  • ISBN: 034549072X (electronic bk. : Mobipocket Reader)
  • Physical Description: 356 p.
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  • Edition: A Del Rey mass market original
  • Publisher: New York : Del Rey/Ballantine Books, c2006.

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Electronic reproduction. New York : Random House Publishing Group, 2006. Requires Adobe Digital Editions (file size: 1365 KB) or Mobipocket Reader (file size: 391 KB).

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  • Library Journal Reviews : LJ Reviews 2006 April #2

    Imagine that you are a British navy captain in the Napoleonic Wars. The last thing you want is to ruin your career and marital prospects by joining the Aerial Corps, a rather uncouth and secretive branch of the service, but duty calls, and the dragon egg you captured from aboard a French ship is about to hatch. Yes, a dragon egg--in this first of a trilogy, the British sea story is given a new twist: instead of tall ships, we have enormous flying dragons that make up an aerial combat force. Each dragon is paired at hatching with a captain, and the two form a close bond that gives an emotional center to what might otherwise have been just another alternate history. Novik's engaging debut is a perfect blend of the familiar and the fantastical, with both exciting air battles and the natural history of dragons described in what would be well-researched detail if it didn't happen to originate in the author's imagination. Fans of historical fantasies like Susanna Clarke's Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell may enjoy. Highly recommended for all public libraries. [The second volume in this "Temeraire" series, Throne of Jade , will be published on April 25; the third and final, Black Powder War , on May 30.--Ed.]--Jenne Bergstrom, San Diego Cty. Lib.

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