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Key Information
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Naomi Novik |
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History · |
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Entertainment Weekly: "[A] gripping adventure full of rich detail and the impossible wonder of gilded fantasy. [Grade: ] A." |
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Book Editions
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Format: Audio - Compact Disc
Publisher: Random House (June 26, 2007)
Measurements: 6.25"(h) x 5.5"(w) x 1.25"(d), 0.4 lbs.
ISBN: 9780739354131 |
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First Line
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The deck of the French ship was slippery with blood, heaving in the choppy sea; a stroke might as easily bring down the man making it as the intended target. |
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Patrick O'Brian meets Anne McCaffrey in this rollicking debut fantasy, the first of a series set in an alternate world where the Napoleonic wars are fought with dragons. After Captain Will Laurence captures a French ship bearing a dragon egg on the verge of hatching, he knows that one of his crew must bond with the dragon or it will go feral, which would be a great loss to the English war effort. But he doesn't expect the dragon, whom he names Temeraire, to choose him, forcing Laurence to give up his naval command and a potential marriage, to join the much-despised Aerial Corps. Although Laurence must put everything he knows behind him, he discovers that his new partnership with the intelligent and affectionate Temeraire has its own compensations. |
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