The story revolves mainly around a quest to find a stolen dragon egg, which sends Laurence, Temeraire and their human and dragon comrades traveling across the Australian continentfinally leading to a violent battle involving flying dragons, sea serpents and British naval vessels. In this latest installment, Captain Will Laurence and his dragon, Temeraire, have been sent away to a new localea British penal colony in Australia, where Laurence meets with such real-life local historical figures as Governor William Bligh.
Novik (Victory of Eagles, 2008, etc.) delivers the sixth book in her alternate-history fantasy series, this time bringing its dragon-centered story to early-1800s Australia.The Temeraire series, which began with His Majesty's Dragon (2006), is set during the era of the Napoleonic Wars, and armies use sentient, flying, fire-breathing dragons for aerial warfare. The characters are as riveting as ever, the setting is new but convincing, and the plot, with its first-class balancing of Laurence's and Temeraire's internal and external struggles, shows Novik's continued excellence as a novelist.-Murray, Frieda Copyright 2010 Booklist Temeraire fans have waited two years for this book but should find themselves richly rewarded.
But one of the dragon eggs is stolen, and the exploration turns into a desperate rescue mission. To escape all this, Laurence and Temeraire take a mission to find a way through the Blue Mountains and explore the interior of the continent. Discipline is lax and quarrels are the order of the day, including those between Temeraire and Iskerria, a snobbish beast. Bligh wants the dragons to reinstate him in his post the mutineers are determined to retain the upper hand.
On arrival, the ship is met by former governor William Bligh, deposed through mutiny by the New South Wales Corps. The eggs are destined for such second-rate officers willing to make the long trip to the remote colony, including Captain Rankin, whose cruelty killed his former dragon.
Laurence, technically a transported prisoner, is escorting three eggs to form a covert in the colony there. The sixth installment of Novik's fantastic series introduces Temeraire and former captain Laurence to New South Wales.
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