![]() Having spent months on a slow journey from Asia, the egg hatches. On board Laurence finds a dragon egg - a great prize, as England is in sore need. Months before the battle of Trafalgar, on patrol in the Atlantic, the Reliant takes a small French frigate, storm damaged and possessing a fierce crew unwilling to surrender as easily as they should. His career is born from a love for the sea, and he takes his duty very seriously. Raining fire and acid upon their enemies, they engage in a swift, violent combat with flying tooth and claw.for these aviators ride dragons.Ĭaptain Laurence is a satisfied man with a respectable commission aboard the ship Reliant. ![]() Squadrons of aviators swarm the skies - a deadly shield for the cumbersome canon-firing vessels. ![]() Naomi Novik’s stunning series of novels follow the adventures of Captain William Laurence and his fighting dragon, Temeraire, as they are thrown together to fight for Britain during the turbulent time of the Napoleonic Wars.Īs Napoleon's tenacious infantry rampages across Europe and his armada lies in wait for Nelson's smaller fleet, the war does not rage on land and water alone. ![]()
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