![]() This offer proves a powerful enticement, especially to dragons from Russia (historically treated with great cruelty) and Britain (where attitudes range from callous indifference to outright hostility). While raising new human armies, he promulgates a remarkable political document granting any dragons that will fight for him-including the ferals who owe allegiance to no government-autonomous territories and humane treatment. William Laurence and his dragon partner, Temeraire, assist the Russian forces to harry the retreating French-but Napoleon escapes to Paris, where he plots a counterstroke. Following his adventures in the Far East, Capt. Napoleon’s invasion of Russia has been foiled. ![]() ![]() Ninth, and last, of the Temeraire historical fantasy series ( Blood of Tyrants, 2013, etc.), reimagining the Napoleonic Wars in a world where humans coexist with intelligent dragons. ![]()
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