But within each book are a series of mini adventures that the two friends must navigate. But now I think I’m starting to settle in and it all comes down to a similar theme: Lawrence and Temeraire go on adventures! Not only has each book taken place in very different locations and featured very difference challenges, foes, and comrades. I wasn’t sure exactly what I was getting into when I started the series (many books that feature dragons have clear tropes, none of which were found here), and the second book went in a new direction even from that. They also eventually find themselves caught up in the war itself on the continent, pulled before dueling loyalties: their honor to the foreign allies and the urgency to deliver the dragon eggs before they hatch.Īs my reviews indicate, the first two books in this series took me a bit by surprise. Along the way they face challenges of terrain, both mountain and desert, as well as rogue dragons and shady political figures. After a few unfortunate events, a sea voyage ends up being off the table as means of travel, and they’re forced to prepare for an over-land expedition. They are also tasked with picking up a few dragon eggs on their way home. Lawrence and Temeraire are anxious to return home to England and rejoin their fellows in the war against Napoleon. But really, it’s also probably for the best, as it’s always nice to have a solid series on the back burner that one can return to if ever caught in the midst of a string of bad luck reads. So really, it’s my own pickiness that is holding me up. Review: Trucking along with this series! Once you get me started, there’s no stopping me! Well, the waiting list at the library for the audiobook does hold me up…mostly because I love the narrator for this book so much that I refuse to read it in any other format now. Previously Reviewed: “His Majesty’s Dragon” and “Throne of Jade” En route to England, they help the beleaguered Prussians battle Napoleon. They take the Old Silk Road from China to Istanbul, crossing deserts and mountains.

Where Did I Get this Book: audiobook from the library!īook Description: Picking up where book two left off (in China, Macau) Captain Will Laurence and his extraordinary dragon, Temeraire, are ordered to retrieve and escort a precious cargo of valuable dragon eggs from Istanbul to England.

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