His Majesty's Dragon (Temeraire, Book 1)
Aerial combat brings a thrilling new dimension to the Napoleonic Wars as valiant warriors rise to Britain's defense by taking to the skies . . . not aboard aircraft but atop the mighty backs of fighting dragons.When HMS Reliant captures a French frigate and seizes its precious cargo, an unhatched dragon egg, fate sweeps Capt. Will Laurence from his seafaring life into an uncertain future--and an unexpected kinship with a most extraordinary creature. Thrust into the rarified world of the Aerial Corps as master of the dragon Temeraire, he will face a crash course in the daring tactics of airborne battle. For as France's own dragon-borne forces rally to breach British soil in Bonaparte's boldest gambit, Laurence and Temeraire must soar into their own baptism of fire.From the Paperback edition.
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In general I'm not a dragon-genre reader (though I did love Pern), and I don't like military fiction -- but though the Temeraire series is both, I am in love. Solid characters, excellent dragon bonding, and uniquely incorporating the dragons into very well-written Napoleonic-era battles. I read Uprooted by this author and, wanting more, was led to this series, which looks like it could keep me busy for a while. Three novels in so far and waiting for the fourth in my library queue.
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