His Majesty's Dragon - Abridged
Temeraire: Book #1
- By: Naomi Novik
- Narrated by: David Thorn
- Length: 6 hours 20 minutes
Description
“Just when you think you’ve seen every variation possible on the dragon story, along comes Naomi Novik. . . . Her wonderful Temeraire is a dragon for the ages.”—Terry Brooks
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.
“Terrifically entertaining.”—Stephen King
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Temeraire Series
His Majesty's Dragon
By: Naomi Novik
Narrated by: Simon Vance
Length: 9 hours 56 minutes
Abridged: No
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... Read more »
His Majesty's Dragon - Abridged
By: Naomi Novik
Narrated by: David Thorn
Length: 6 hours 20 minutes
Abridged: Yes
“Just when you think you’ve seen every variation possible on the dragon story, along comes Naomi Novik. . . . Her wonderful Temeraire is a dragon for the ages.”—Terry Brooks
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... Read more »
Throne of Jade
By: Naomi Novik
Narrated by: Simon Vance
Length: 11 hours 42 minutes
Abridged: No
Temeraire * Book 2
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Throne of Jade - Abridged
By: Naomi Novik
Narrated by: David Thorn
Length: 6 hours 36 minutes
Abridged: Yes
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Black Powder War - Abridged
By: Naomi Novik
Narrated by: David Thorn
Length: 6 hours 24 minutes
Abridged: Yes
“A splendid series.”
–Anne McCaffrey
“Naomi Novik has done for the Napoleonic Wars what Anne McCaffrey did for science fiction: constructed an alternate reality in which dragons are real in a saga that is impressively original, fully developed, and peopled with characters you care about.”
–David Weber, author of the Honor Harrington series
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Black Powder War
By: Naomi Novik
Narrated by: Simon Vance
Length: 10 hours 21 minutes
Abridged: No
Temeraire * Book 3
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Empire of Ivory
By: Naomi Novik
Narrated by: Simon Vance
Length: 11 hours 5 minutes
Abridged: No
Temeraire * Book 4
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Empire of Ivory - Abridged
By: Naomi Novik
Narrated by: David Thorn
Length: 6 hours 19 minutes
Abridged: Yes
“A new writer is soaring on the wings of a dragon.”
–The New York Times
“Enthralling reading–it’s like Jane Austen playing Dungeons & Dragons with Eragon’s Christopher Paolini.”
–Time, on His Majesty’s Dragon
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Narrated by: Simon Vance
Length: 10 hours 26 minutes
Abridged: No
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Narrated by: Simon Vance
Length: 9 hours 47 minutes
Abridged: No
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Narrated by: Simon Vance
Length: 9 hours 56 minutes
Abridged: No
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Blood of Tyrants
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Narrated by: Simon Vance
Length: 13 hours 47 minutes
Abridged: No
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Narrated by: Simon Vance
Length: 12 hours 11 minutes
Abridged: No
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