num_pages: 432
description: Shipwrecked and cast ashore in Japan with no memory of Temeraire or his own experiences as an English aviator Laurence finds himself tangled in deadly political intrigues that threaten not only his own life but Englands already precarious position in the Far East. Age-old enmities and suspicions have turned the entire region into a powder keg ready to erupt at the slightest sparka spark that Laurence and Temeraire may unwittingly provide leaving Britain faced with new enemies just when they most desperately need allies instead.For to the west another wider conflagration looms. Napoleon has turned on his former ally the emperor Alexander of Russia and is even now leading the largest army the world has ever seen to add that country to his list of conquests. It is there outside the gates of Moscow that a reunited Laurence and Temerairealong with some unexpected allies and old friendswill face their ultimate challenge...and learn whether or not there are stronger ties than memory.Naomi Noviks beloved Temeraire series a brilliant combination of fantasy and history that reimagines the Napoleonic wars as fought with the aid of intelligent dragons is a twenty-first-century classic. From the first volume His Majestys Dragon readers have been entranced by the globe-spanning adventures of the resolute Capt. William Laurence and his brave but impulsive dragon Temeraire. Now in Blood of Tyrants the penultimate volume of the series Novik is at the very height of her powers as she brings her story to its widest most colorful canvas yet.
language: English
title: Blood of Tyrants
publisher: Del Rey