Temeraire * Book 3 After their fateful adventure in China, Capt. Will Laurence of His Majesty's Aerial Corps and his extraordinary dragon, Temeraire, are waylaid by a mysterious envoy bearing urgent new orders from Britain. Three valuable dragon eggs have been purchased from the Ottoman Empire, and Laurence and Temeraire must detour to Istanbul to escort the precious cargo back to England. Time is of the essence if the eggs are to be borne home before hatching. Yet disaster threatens the mission at every turn-thanks to ...
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Temeraire * Book 3 After their fateful adventure in China, Capt. Will Laurence of His Majesty's Aerial Corps and his extraordinary dragon, Temeraire, are waylaid by a mysterious envoy bearing urgent new orders from Britain. Three valuable dragon eggs have been purchased from the Ottoman Empire, and Laurence and Temeraire must detour to Istanbul to escort the precious cargo back to England. Time is of the essence if the eggs are to be borne home before hatching. Yet disaster threatens the mission at every turn-thanks to the diabolical machinations of the Chinese dragon Lien, who blames Temeraire for her master's death and vows to ally herself with Napoleon and take vengeance. Then, faced with shattering betrayal in an unexpected place, Laurence, Temeraire, and their squad must launch a daring offensive. But what chance do they have against the massed forces of Bonaparte's implacable army?
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I think the best thing about Naomi Novik's handling of this series is the way in which she avoids treating her characters like paper cut-outs to be plopped into a new situation for every book. Instead, each book has had a satisfyingly unique structure, so that it feels more like a continuous stretch of time since the beginning of the first book and not like a "this week, on Temeraire..." sort of set-up. The crew has departed China with orders to make a stop in Istanbul, and the plot here is not just a retread of the last two books with the setting changed to Turkey. It is building upon the longer story arc of the war with Napoleon's forces, and Novik never forgets that larger issue. Temeraire does not just conveniently drop his goal of equal rights for dragons, either, and Laurence must deal with his feelings on the subject. In this way the characters continue to be dynamic rather than static, and you actually feel like you're reading about people who have real thoughts in their heads. I even kind of liked being annoyed with Temeraire at times, because it felt more honest that he might occasionally act like a brat, being a youngish dragon and little regard for status quo. This third book also brings a return of the military aspect, with more battle scenes than we saw in "Throne of Jade," as more and more European countries fall before Bonaparte.
saphira
Apr 3, 2007
Can't wait for the next one!
3rd book in the series. Wonderful characters! Simply love the dragons. This story leaves you a little hanging at the end but there is a 4th book due out towards fall. Well worth the read.
