num_pages: 330
description: Aerial combat brings a thrilling new dimension to the Napoleonic Wars as valiant warriors rise to Britain's defense by taking to the skies . . . not aboard aircraft but atop the mighty backs of fighting dragons.When HMS Reliant captures a French frigate and seizes its precious cargo, an unhatched dragon egg, fate sweeps Capt. 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: Temeraire
titlecomplete: Temeraire (Temeraire, #1)
characters: Temeraire, Captain Will Laurence, John Granby, Emily Roland
genres: Fiction, Historical, Adventure, Historical Fantasy, Science Fiction Fantasy, Alternate History, Historical Fiction, Fantasy, Dragons, Audiobook
ratings_count: 96212
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: HarperCollins