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Black Powder War

Part of the Temeraire series , book 3

Black Powder War

by Novik, Naomi

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In the wake of their adventure in China, Captain Will Laurence of His Majesty's Aerial Corps and his dragon, Temeraire, are sent on a mission to protect three valuable dragon eggs on a trip back to England from the Ottoman Empire, but the vengeful Chinese dragon Lien allies herself with Napoleon to stop them. Original.

About the author

Novik, Naomi

Novik, Naomi

Naomi Novik is an American author of speculative fiction. She is known for her Temeraire series (2006–2016), an alternate history of the Napoleonic Wars involving dragons; and her Scholomance trilogy (2020–2022). Her standalone fantasy novels Uprooted (2015) and Spinning Silver (2018) were inspired by Polish folklore and the Rumpelstiltskin fairy tale respectively. She also helped create the Organization for Transformative Works and was a cofounder of their project Archive of Our Own. Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naomi_Novik

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