Gentius is confused by his first captain’s propensity for reading romances. We see more of that from Temeraire’s side this time in his conversations with the other dragons. One of the ongoing perks of this series is the way that Temeraire and Laurence misunderstand each other’s worlds. Wellesley gives him quite the dressing-down about taking responsibility for one’s subordinates’ actions after Iskierka rushes off. Second, Temeraire discovers that having rank is not all fun and games.
First, he wrests some acknowledgement of dragon sapience from Government. Victory of Eagles is a lot of fun because Temeraire takes it into his head to form his own little dragon corps and even request a rank. If only they can be reunited, master and dragon might rally Britain’s scattered forces and take the fight to the enemy as never before–for king and country, and for their own liberty.Not going to write a lot here, because I covered most of it in my review of 4 years ago, below. Separated by their own government and threatened at every turn by Napoleon’s forces, Laurence and Temeraire must struggle to find each other amid the turmoil of war and to aid the resistance against the invasion before Napoleon’s foothold on England’s shores can become a stranglehold. Napoleon’s prime objective: the occupation of London. On the heels of his mission to Africa, seeking the cure for a deadly contagion, he has been removed from military service–and his captain, Will Laurence, has been condemned to death for treason.įor Britain, conditions are grimmer still: Napoleon’s resurgent forces have breached the Channel and successfully invaded English soil. It is a grim time for the dragon Temeraire. Now they soar to new heights of breathtaking action and brilliant imagination. Will Laurence, who serves Britain’s peerless Aerial Corps in the thick of the raging Napoleonic Wars. Naomi Novik’s triumphant debut, His Majesty’s Dragon, introduced a dynamic pair of heroes to the annals of fantasy fiction: the noble fighting dragon Temeraire and his master and commander, Capt.
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