num_pages: 374
description: Aerial combat brings a thrilling new dimension to the Napoleonic Wars as valiant warriors ride mighty fighting dragons, bred for size or speed. When HMS Reliant captures a French frigate and seizes the precious cargo, an unhatched dragon egg, fate sweeps Captain Will Laurence from his seafaring life into an uncertain future – and an unexpected kinship with a most extraordinary creature. Thrust into the rarified world of the Aerial Corps as master of the dragon Temeraire, he will face a crash course in the daring tactics of airborne battle. For as France’s own dragon-borne forces rally to breach British soil in Bonaparte’s boldest gambit, Laurence and Temeraire must soar into their own baptism of fire.
language: English
title: His Majesty's Dragon
titlecomplete: His Majesty's Dragon (Temeraire, #1)
characters: Emily Roland, Captain Will Laurence, John Granby, Temeraire
genres: Audiobook, Historical, Historical Fiction, Historical Fantasy, Science Fiction Fantasy, Fantasy, Dragons, Adventure, Fiction, Alternate History
ratings_count: 96209
places: United Kingdom
series: Temeraire
awards: awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Hugo Award
category: Best Novel, awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Locus Award
category: Best First Novel, awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Compton Crook Award
publisher: Random House Inc