![]() ![]() ![]() Yet maps cannot begin to convey the vastness of the distance they must cross: barren sweeps of desert, where the days are unbearably hot and the nights frosted with ice hostile grasslands where bands of nomadic horsemen resent the intrusion of strangers and the forbidding mountains rippling up between the continents, where dragons remain feral and unused to men. With the Allegiance still under repair and with the sea route promising a long and convoluted voyage around India and Africa, Laurence and Temeraire decide it will be quicker to fly overland. They are ordered to travel via Istanbul to collect three dragon eggs which the British government have bought at great expense from the Ottomans and, with these close to hatching, it is vital to reach the Bosphorus as soon as possible. ![]() However, a destructive fire in the ship’s galley before they have even left port, coupled with the arrival of a dogeared but urgent letter from their commander, forces Laurence to change his original plans. This, the third after Temeraireand Throne of Jade, reunites us with our heroes in China as they prepare to begin the long journey back home to England aboard the Allegiance. Opening a new Temeraire book is the literary equivalent of curling up with a warm blanket and a cup of tea. This series has become my comfort reading of choice at the moment, as it so perfectly combines very good writing with spirited adventure. It’s been a long week at work and so I decided it was time for another Temeraire novel. ![]()
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