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Empire of Ivory

Naomi Novik ()

Subgenre
Age groupAdult 18+
Content ratingPG-13
Pages (Standard (250-400))
Setting
CSM age13

Content levels

ViolenceModerate
Sexual contentNone
LanguageMild

Trigger warnings

DeathPlague/EpidemicAnimal Death

Positive tags

AdventureFound FamilyQuestHeartwarmingFriendship

Tropes

Alternate HistoryMilitary SFFound FamilyQuestPandemicHuman-Alien BondReluctant HeroMorally Gray Protagonist

Themes

LoyaltyDuty vs MoralityFriendshipSurvivalCross-Species BondColonialismSacrificeWar and Its Consequences

Synopsis

Temeraire * Book 4 Tragedy has struck His Majesty’s Aerial Corps, whose magnificent fleet of fighting dragons and their human captains valiantly defend England’s shores against the encroaching armies of Napoleon Bonaparte. An epidemic of unknown origin and no known cure is decimating the noble dragons’ ranks–forcing the hopelessly stricken into quarantine. Now only Temeraire and a pack of newly recruited dragons remain uninfected–and stand as the only means of an airborne defense against France’s ever bolder sorties. Bonaparte’s dragons are already harrowing Britain’s ships at sea. Only one recourse remains: Temeraire and his captain, Will Laurence, must take wing to Africa, whose shores may hold the cure to the mysterious and deadly contagion. On this mission there is no time to waste, and no telling what lies in store beyond the horizon or for those left behind to wait, hope, and hold the line.

Tags

Historical FantasyMilitary Science FictionNapoleonic EraDragon FantasyAdventure