His Majesty's Dragon by Naomi NovikMy review
rating: 4 of 5 starsWhen Captain Will Laurence of His Majesty's Royal Navy captures a French frigate in a sea battle he gets rather more than he bargained for. In the hold of the enemy vessel is a curious egg which soon hatches out and proves to be a dragon, bonding itself to Laurence. As the dragon is a rare and valuable breed and will not accept another handler, Laurence must give up his promising naval career for a life in the Aerial Corps, fighting the threat of invasion by Napoleon's dragons.
This is a ripping good yarn, combining the swash buckling action of a Patrick O'Brien novel with the fantasy of Anne Mc Caffrey's Pern, with the aerial action of Aces High and The Blue Max. The high concept of Napoleonic warfare with dragons is played straight, and the characters of Captain Laurence and his dragon Temeraire are well rounded and believable. I picked this book up as a free ebook download, and it certainly makes me want to buy the rest of the series.
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