Laurence leaves everything he has known and loses the woman he plans to marry in order to be Temeraire’s captain. Though the dragons they encounter are often more fully fleshed-out than the stereotypical human characters, the author's palpable love for her subject and a story rich with international, interpersonal and internal struggles more than compensate. His Majesty’s Dragon is a fantastic combination of wit and humour with conflict and difficult decisions. When Temeraire bonds with the captain, the two leave the navy to sign on with His Majesty's sadly understaffed Aerial Corps, which takes on the French in sprawling, detailed battles that Novik renders with admirable attention to 19th-century military tactics. Will Laurence of the British Navy is therefore taken aback after his crew captures an egg from a French ship and it hatches a Chinese dragon, which Laurence names Temeraire. Each nation has its own breeds, but none are so jealously guarded as the mysterious dragons of China. Here be dragons: FOX is developing an adult animated drama adaptation of author Naomi Noviks fantasy novel His Majestys Dragon. Here be dragons, beasts that can speak and reason, bred for strength and speed and used for aerial support in battle. By Cameron Bonomolo - Septem10:59 pm EDT. In this delightful first novel, the opening salvo of a trilogy, Novik seamlessly blends fantasy into the history of the Napoleonic wars.
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