SUMMARY: A dazzling blend of military history, high-flying fantasy, and edge-of-your-seat adventure, Naomi Novikβs Temeraire novels, set in an alternate Napoleonic era in which intelligent dragons have been harnessed as weapons of war, are more than just perennial bestsellersβthey are a worldwide ph
Tongues of Serpents
β Scribed by Naomi Novik
- Publisher
- Del Rey/Ballantine Books
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 222 KB
- Edition
- 1st ed
- Category
- Fiction
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
Convicted of treason despite their heroic defense against Napoleons invasion of England, Temeraire and Capt. Will Laurence have been transported to a prison colony in distant Australiaand into a hornets nest of fresh complications. The colony is in turmoil after the overthrow of military governor William Blighaka Captain Bligh, late of HMS Bounty. And when Bligh tries to enlist them in his bid to regain office, the dragon and his captain are caught in the middle of a political power struggle. Their only chance to escape the fray is accepting a mission to blaze a route through the forbidding Blue Mountains and into the interior of Australia. But the theft of a precious dragon egg turns their expedition into a desperate recovery operationleading to a shocking discovery and a dangerous new complication in the global war between Britain and Napoleon.
Library : Fantasy
Universes : Temeraire [06]
Formats : EPUB
ISBN : 9780345496904
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Convicted of treason despite their heroic defense against Napoleon's invasion of England, Temeraire and Capt. Will Laurence have been transported to a prison colony in distant Australia--and into a hornet's nest of fresh complications. The colony is in turmoil after the overthrow of military governo
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