The story is set during an alternate history version of the Napoleonic Wars, in which dragons not only exist but are used as a staple of aerial warfare in Asia and Europe. It was published by Del Rey first in the United States on April 25, 2006, and was published in the United Kingdom in August 2007 by Voyager. From England’s shores to China’s palaces, from the Silk Road’s outer limits to the embattled borders of Prussia and Poland, Laurence and Temeraire must defend their partnership and their country from powerful adversaries around the globe.Throne of Jade is the second novel in the Temeraire alternate history/ fantasy series written by American author Naomi Novik. The emperor summons the new pilot and his dragon to the Far East, a long voyage fraught with peril and intrigue.
But the pair has more than France to contend with when China learns that an imperial dragon intended for Napoleon - Temeraire himself - has fallen into British hands. Thrust into England’s Aerial Corps, Laurence and Temeraire undergo rigorous training while staving off French forces intent on breaching British soil. When the egg hatches, Laurence unexpectedly becomes the master of the young dragon Temeraire and finds himself on an extraordinary journey that will shatter his orderly, respectable life and alter the course of his nation’s history. Will Laurence is serving with honor in the British Navy when his ship captures a French frigate harboring a most unusual cargo - an incalculably valuable dragon egg. In His Majesty’s Service also includes an exclusive original Temeraire short story.Ĭapt. Together in one volume, here are the first three novels in Naomi Novik’s New York Times best-selling Temeraire series, combining the gripping history of the Napoleonic era, the thrill of Anne McCaffrey’s Dragonriders of Pern books, and the excitement of Patrick O’Brian’s seafaring adventures.
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