Temeraire

When the HMS Reliant captures a French ship and its priceless cargo, an unhatched dragon egg, Captain Will Laurence is swept into an unexpected kinship with an extraordinary creature and joins the elite Aerial Corps as a master of the dragon Temaraire, in which role he must match wits with the powerful dragon-borne forces of Napoleon Bonaparte.

In the wake of their adventure in China, Captain Will Laurence of His Majesty's Aerial Corps and his dragon, Temeraire, are sent on a mission to protect three valuable dragon eggs on a trip back to England from the Ottoman Empire, but the vengeful Chinese dragon Lien allies herself with Napoleon to stop them.

For Britain, conditions are grim: Napoleons resurgent forces have breached the Channel and successfully invaded English soil. Napoleons prime objective is the occupation of London. Unfortunately, the dragon Temeraire has been removed from military service and his captain, Will Laurence, has been condemned to death for treason. Separated by their own government and threatened at every turn by Napoleons forces, Laurence and Temeraire must struggle to...

"From the New York Times bestselling author of A Deadly Education comes the seventh volume of the Temeraire series, as the Napoleonic Wars bring Will Laurence and Temeraire to South America."An absorbing adventure." --Publishers Weekly (starred review)The French have invaded Spain, forged an alliance with Africa's powerful Tswana empire, and brought revolution to Brazil. Captain Will Laurence and his indefatigable fighting dragon, Temeraire, must...

Laurence and the dragon Temeraire pursue a defeated French army, only to discover that Napoleon has returned unharmed to Paris and that the French have stolen Temeraire and Iskierka's egg.