Empire of Ivory
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Empire of Ivory is the fourth novel in the Temeraire alternate history/fantasy series by American author Naomi Novik.
Set in Africa, the novel follows William Laurence and his dragon Temeraire's search for a cure to the disease that has paralyzed the dragon community.
Novik visited southern Africa in search of places in the fourth novel.
Empire of Ivory was released in paperback in North America by Del Ray on September 25, 2007.
The British hardcover edition was published by Voyager on November 5, 2007.
Laurence and Temeraire arrive back in the United Kingdom, following their evacuation of Danzig in Black Powder War.
Their relief at arriving safely is short-lived as Napoleon continues his preparations for an invasion of the British Isles.
When questioned about the lack of British air support for the Prussians, Laurence discovers that Britain had no dragons to spare: a flu-like epidemic has infected the greater part of them, and British science has yet to devise a cure.
To combat it, Temeraire, Iskierka and the ferals are forced to fly frantic patrols, both as a show of force and to prevent Napoleon
from getting reconnaissance in over the contaminated coverts; at one point Temeraire is forced to knock a French courier-dragon,
Sauvignon, out of the sky and down into one of the coverts, risking infection himself.
Temeraire and Laurence continue to develop their notions of draconic equality in British society and find common cause with William Wilberforce and the abolitionist movement in exchange for assistance from prominent political leaders.
Before they can continue their plans, they are enlisted to return to Africa to seek a cure for the dracon...