Tongues of Serpents (Temeraire)
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| Rating | : | 4.90 (589 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1400119332 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 522 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-08-22 |
| Language | : | English |
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From Publishers Weekly The somber sixth installment (after 2008's Victory of Eagles) of the Napoleonic era adventures of Capt. Will Laurence and Chinese-British dragon Temeraire opens with the pair exiled to New South Wales for saving French dragons from a plague while England and France were at war. The government of the colony is hotly disputed, and both the deposed royal governor and the insurrectionists hope to ally with Laurence and his draconic companions. Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. When a dragon egg is kidnapped, an expedition over the Blue Mountains turns into a frantic hunt for the culprits. Novik fans will be glad to see their old favorite character
Eric W. said Lackluster installment for the Temeraire series. I'll spare you the summary of the book in this review and just get down to brass tacks. I'm a fan of the series (some books a little more than others) and love its premise, but was highly disappointed in this installment. This was especially upsetting coming off of the excitement and trial of Victory of Eagles. Tongue of Serpents had virtually no action, with an extremely dry, drawn-out, and boring (approxim. Series unfortunately seems to be in decline Unfortunately, this series seems to be in a bit of a decline, at least for me as a reader.I read fantasy voraciously, and I'm normally a huge fan of fiction (historical and otherwise) set in this era, from Jane Austen to Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey/Maturin novels, etc.The first novel in this series, His Majesty's Dragon (Temeraire, Book 1), I really enjoyed and respected -- it managed to mix fantasy elements wi. D. Robey said Tongue of Serpents. I am a HUGE fan of this series, but am SO disappointed in this novel. It was actually boring. I was ready for the characters to interact with foreign dragons and native people. There was little of both. The story seemed to just plod along and at the end, I wondered where the rest of the book was. The characters in this book are great, but I found most of the story boring. There didn't seem to be a lot of mea
Bligh wastes no time in attempting to enlist Temeraire and Laurence to restore him to office, while the upstart masters of the colony are equally determined that the new arrivals should not upset a balance of power precariously tipped in their favor. But when one of the dragon eggs is stolen from Temeraire, the surveying expedition becomes a desperate race to recover it in time-a race that leads to a shocking discovery and a dangerous new obstacle in the global war between Britain and Napoleon. A dazzling blend of military history, high-flying fantasy, and edge-of-your-seat adventure, Naomi Novik's Temeraire novels, set in an alternate Napoleonic era in which intelligent dragons have been harnessed as weapons of war, are more than just perennial bestsellers-they are a worldwide phenomenon. Now, in Tongues of Serpents, Naomi Novik is back, along with the dragon Temeraire and his rider and friend, Captain Will Laurence. For the colony at New South Wales has been thrown into turmoil after the overthrow of the military g