Temeraire, Book 5
Del Rey
July 2008
On Sale: July 8, 2008
Featuring: Laurence; Temeraire
384 pages ISBN: 0345496884 EAN: 9780345496881 Hardcover Add to Wish List
Naomi Novikβs triumphant debut, His Majestyβs 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 Britainβs peerless Aerial Corps in the thick of the raging Napoleonic Wars. Now, in the latest novel of this dazzling series, they soar to new heights of breathtaking action and brilliant imagination.
It is a grim time for the dragon Temeraire. On the heels of his mission to Africa, seeking the cure for a deadly contagion, he has been removed from military serviceβand his captain, Will Laurence, has been condemned to death for treason.
For Britain, conditions are grimmer still: Napoleonβs resurgent forces have breached the Channel and successfully invaded English soil. Napoleonβs prime objective: the occupation of London.
Separated by their own government and threatened at every turn by Napoleonβs forces, Laurence and Temeraire must struggle to find each other amid the turmoil of war and to aid the resistance against the invasion before Napoleonβs foothold on Englandβs shores can become a stranglehold.
If only they can be reunited, master and dragon might rally Britainβs scattered forces and take the fight to the enemy as never beforeβfor king and country, and for their own liberty. But can the French aggressors be well and truly routed, or will a treacherous alliance deliver Britain into the hands of her would-be conquerors?
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