Description: This first adventure of a new fantasy series introduces the remarkable dragon Temeraire and his heroic captain, Will Laurence, who are thrust into the world of the Aerial Corps, offering aerial support to the British during the Napoleonic Wars. Original.

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Children's Literature Review: During the Napoleonic wars, British Navy captain Will Laurence captures a French frigate with a dragon's egg aboard. When the egg hatches, Laurence's life is forever changed. Teremaire, the dragon, bonds closely with Laurence, forcing the captain to leave his beloved Navy life and join the Aerial Corps-the least respected but perhaps most critical branch of the armed forces. With their intelligence, devotion to their handlers and powerful flight and combat skills, dragons are vital for nations at war. This first novel is full of real, compelling characters about whom one cares. The reader aches with worry, seethes with rage, and sometimes exults. As the story progresses and Laurence and Teremaire train for their first battle, readers discover that Laurence is tough, stoic, smart, and fair, and that Teremaire is loving, intelligent, loyal, and fierce. They meet rogues, hardened fliers, nanve apprentices, wise commanders, and gentle souls encased in rough dragonhide. It is a wonderfully ...

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