false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167957693m/28876.jpg 28876 20 Aerial combat brings a thrilling new dimension to the Napoleonic Wars as valiant warriors rise to Britain&#8217;s defense by taking to the skies . . . not aboard aircraft but atop the mighty backs of fighting dragons.<br><br>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&#8211;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&#8217;s own dragon-borne forces rally to breach British soil in Bonaparte&#8217;s boldest gambit, Laurence and Temeraire must soar into their own baptism of fire. 726205 book 28 3 2006 His Majesty's Dragon (Temeraire, #1) total:3151|5:1110|4:1381|3:543|2:94|1:23| 3151 12914 4462 655 4 12 false false Sun Dec 21 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 22 03:53:10 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 22 03:59:43 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 10 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Oct 25 06:12:09 -0700 2007 Tue Nov 06 21:13:32 -0800 2007 more...]]> 4 8 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Tue Jul 10 11:36:35 -0700 2007 Tue Jul 10 19:01:33 -0700 2007 His Majesty's Dragon. To tell the truth, if I'd seen it in a bookstore, I wouldn't have picked it up. But it was recommended to me by a reliable source as a better alternative to Eragon, and it was a historical fantasy set during the Napoleonic Wars. I figure...more...]]> 4 10 false false Sun Mar 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 27 13:39:27 -0700 2008 Tue Mar 17 08:33:55 -0700 2009 1 Elizabeth, I'm awesome. You will love me!

What it said was, Elizabeth, I'm another wanna-be dragon-riding book set in some pseudo-historical period which is incompletely researched ...more...]]> 1 4 false true Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 21 17:12:26 -0800 2008 Mon Aug 10 22:36:58 -0700 2009
But that says more about me than her.

At some point after two-hundred pages I lifted my head and realized nothing had happened. Oh yes, Lauren...more...]]> 5 7 false false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Jul 07 08:37:31 -0700 2007 Wed Jul 11 01:54:13 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 4 false false Wed Mar 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 07 18:30:45 -0800 2009 Thu Mar 12 22:49:54 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 3 true false Thu Mar 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Dec 29 12:35:25 -0800 2008 Thu Apr 09 18:33:14 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 4 4 false false Fri Dec 19 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 19 12:22:17 -0800 2008 Mon Mar 23 21:19:48 -0700 2009 This was the Fantasy selection for the Goodreads SciFi and Fantasy Book Club for the month of December 2008. Visit this link to see all of the discussions, group member reviews, etc.

Some very trivial spoilers are, I suppose, present below. But not really anything more detailed than one c...more...]]> 4 3 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Tue Jun 05 04:58:21 -0700 2007 Tue Jun 05 04:58:36 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 5 false false Wed Jul 23 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Jul 20 15:56:20 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 24 06:49:42 -0700 2008
There's no magic in this book. It's an alternate history where dragons are a normal part of ...more...]]> 4 2 false false Mon Dec 08 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Nov 25 18:43:42 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 09 11:03:55 -0800 2008
This book is set during the Napoleonic wars and has dragons, two elements which have long bee...more...]]> 3 2 false false Sat Nov 15 18:40:30 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 24 06:32:35 -0800 2008 His Majesty's Dragon, so before I get to the hyperbole I want to make it clear that while I did enjoy Naomi Novik's story of dragon riding in Napoleonic Europe, it is not the most amazing book ever. Although I will probably continue in the series, it isn...more...]]> 4 2 false true Tue Nov 25 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Aug 08 04:17:18 -0700 2008 Fri Nov 28 06:54:36 -0800 2008 1
We meet Captain Laurence as he's defeated and captured the French ship Amerité. Within it's hold is a peculiar and ...more...]]> 1 2 false false Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Feb 08 15:43:50 -0800 2008 Wed Feb 20 17:14:30 -0800 2008
There are scenes. Sometimes really exciting scenes. But I fail...more...]]> 4 2 false false Thu Jul 10 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Nov 05 10:13:40 -0800 2007 Thu Jul 10 17:35:02 -0700 2008
The younger son of a Lord, Laurence is a young captain in th...more...]]> 2 2 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Nov 15 16:52:40 -0800 2007 Thu Nov 15 17:08:18 -0800 2007 more...]]> 3 1 false false Thu Mar 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 13 09:40:31 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 13 10:03:02 -0700 2009
Ok, so that's not really what it's about, but seriously ... the homoerotic undertones in what is otherwise a fun, if not particularly challengi...more...]]> 4 1 false false Sun Apr 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 01 13:51:22 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 06 06:22:02 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 2 false false Thu Nov 27 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 20 06:28:24 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 27 05:13:50 -0800 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=28876