When a virulent epidemic strikes the Aerial Corps, Laurence and Temeraire must race to find the cure.
Temeraire, Book 4
Del Rey
October 2007
On Sale: September 25, 2007
Featuring: Temeraire; Laurence
416 pages ISBN: 0345496876 EAN: 9780345496874 Mass Market Paperback Add to Wish List
โA new writer is soaring on the wings of a dragon.โ โThe New York Times
โEnthralling readingโitโs like Jane Austen playing Dungeons & Dragons with Eragonโs Christopher Paolini.โ โTime, on His Majestyโs Dragon
Tragedy has struck His Majestyโs Aerial Corps, whose magnificent fleet of fighting dragons and their human captains valiantly defend Englandโs shores against the encroaching armies of Napoleon Bonaparte. An epidemic of unknown origin and no known cure is decimating the noble dragonsโ ranksโforcing the hopelessly stricken into quarantine. Now only Temeraire and a pack of newly recruited dragons remain uninfectedโand stand as the only means of an airborne defense against Franceโs ever bolder sorties. Bonaparteโs dragons are already harrowing Britainโs ships at sea. Only one recourse remains: Temeraire and his captain, Will Laurence, must take wing to Africa, whose shores may hold the cure to the mysterious and deadly contagion. On this mission there is no time to waste, and no telling what lies in store beyond the horizon or for those left behind to wait, hope, and hold the line.
โA gripping adventure full of rich detail and the impossible wonder of gilded fantasy.โ โEntertainment Weekly, on His Majestyโs Dragon
โA thrilling fantasy . . . All hail Naomi Novik.โ โThe Washington Post Book World, on His Majestyโs Dragon
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