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Tragedy has struck His Majesty<U+2019>s Aerial Corps, whose magnificent fleet of fighting dragons and their human captains valiantly defend England<U+2019>s shores against the encroaching armies of Napoleon Bonaparte. An epidemic of unknown origin and no known cure is decimating the noble dragons<U+...

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Main Author: Novik, Naomi
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: NY: Ballantine Books, 2007.
Series:Novik, Naomi. Temeraire series ; 4.
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Summary:Tragedy has struck His Majesty<U+2019>s Aerial Corps, whose magnificent fleet of fighting dragons and their human captains valiantly defend England<U+2019>s shores against the encroaching armies of Napoleon Bonaparte. An epidemic of unknown origin and no known cure is decimating the noble dragons<U+2019> ranks<U+2013>forcing the hopelessly stricken into quarantine. Now only Temeraire and a pack of newly recruited dragons remain uninfected<U+2013>and stand as the only means of an airborne defense against France<U+2019>s ever bolder sorties. Bonaparte<U+2019>s dragons are already harrowing Britain<U+2019>s 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.
Physical Description:404 pages
ISBN:0345496876 : PAP
Author Notes:Naomi Novik was born in New York on April 30, 1973. She received a Bachelor's degree in English literature at Brown University and a Master's degree in Computer Science from Columbia University. She participated in the design and development of the computer game Neverwinter Nights: Shadows of Undrentide. Her first novel, His Majesty's Dragon, was published in 2006 and was the start of the Temeraire series. She has won the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer, the Compton Crook Award for Best First Novel, and the Locus Award for Best First Novel. Her book, Uprooted, won the 2016 Nebula Award for Best Novel.

(Bowker Author Biography)