The second half of the voyage to Beijing is as eventful as the first, with sickness, sea serpents and suspected assassins to contend with. But no matter how hard Yongxing tries, there’s no separating our boys…
Category Archive: Temeraire
It’s a long float to China, which provides ample opportunity for friction. As tempers fray, Yongxing steps up his campaign to win over Temeraire and Will finds himself on the back foot – and he is all too aware that the Prince will have the upper hand once they arrive in China…
It’s been some months since the decisive victory in the Channel, but Captain Laurence and our favourite dragon have a new problem: a Chinese prince, who is insisting the stolen dragon be returned to the Emperor; and an Admiralty who are minded to give him what he wants…
It’s time to go to war: Laurence, Temeraire and the younger dragons are left to patrol the Channel as the British gather their forces to defeat Napoleon at Cadiz. But the French emperor has a trick or two up his sleeve…
Captain Laurence and Temeraire have settled into life at Loch Laggan and got down to the important things: formation flying and picking their crew. But with the pressure from Napoleon increasing daily, are they ready for active service?
I am a week late joining the Temeraire party, having failed to keep up reading it in Dutch. English copy procured, I am now aboard as our gorgeous Imperial fledgling and his well-bred Naval handler fall in love and get sent to school to learn a few much-needed lessons.
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