One of Laurence's men must take the beast in hand and join the aviators' cause, thus relinquishing all hope of a normal life. Dragons are much prized: properly trained, they can mount a fearsome attack from the skies. After a skirmish with a French ship, Laurence finds himself in charge of a rare cargo: a dragon egg bound for the Emperor himself. It seems Britain can only wait as Napoleon plans to overrun her shores. Rising on merit to captain his own vessel, Laurence has earned himself a beautiful fiancée, society's esteem and. Captain Will Laurence has been at sea since he was just twelve years old finding a warmer berth in Nelson's navy than any he enjoyed as the youngest, least important son of Lord Allendale. Naomi Novik’s stunning series of novels follow the global 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. Naomi Novik's stunning series of novels follow the global 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. Description for Temeraire (Temeraire, Book 1) Paperback.
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