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Book Review of His Majesty's Dragon (Temeraire, Bk 1)

His Majesty's Dragon (Temeraire, Bk 1)
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I thought this first book in the series was far and away the most absorbing and interesting. I was much less interested in the rest of the series, but I'm waiting and letting it percolate. This first volume introduces the character of Temeraire, the dragon--I really liked the dragon! It's a little like a cross between Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey/Maturin series and Anne McCaffrey--not as dark as the other "magic in the Napoleonic Wars" fantasy, Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell.