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Book Review of Empire of Ivory (Temeraire, Bk 4)

Empire of Ivory (Temeraire, Bk 4)
Empire of Ivory (Temeraire, Bk 4)
Author: Naomi Novik
Genre: Science Fiction & Fantasy
Book Type: Mass Market Paperback
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Novik manages to raise the bar for herself with each installment of her fascinating Temeraire series, which imagines a world of dragons used in battle (much like aircraft) in the time of Napoleon's ascendance. Laurence and Temeraire return from China to discover a plague has all but decimated England's dragons, and they journey with a contingent to Africa to find a cure. The ending leaves me eager for the next book of the series, as well as Peter Jackson's movie.