Tongues of Serpents : A Novel of Temeraire

Convicted of treason despite their heroic defense against Napoleons invasion of England, Temeraire and Capt. Will Laurence have been transported to a prison colony in distant Australiaand into a hornets nest of fresh complications. The colony is in turmoil after the overthrow of military governor William Blighaka Captain Bligh, late of HMS Bounty . And when Bligh tries to enlist them in his bid to regain office, the dragon and his captain are caught in the middle of a political power struggle. Their only chance to escape the fray is accepting a mission to blaze a route through the forbidding Blue Mountains and into the interior of Australia. But the theft of a precious dragon egg turns their expedition into a desperate recovery operationleading to a shocking discovery and a dangerous new complication in the global war between Britain and Napoleon. BONUS: This edition includes an excerpt from Naomi Novik's Crucible of Gold . ** From Publishers Weekly The somber sixth installment (after 2008's Victory of Eagles) of the Napoleonic era adventures of Capt. Will Laurence and Chinese-British dragon Temeraire opens with the pair exiled to New South Wales for saving French dragons from a plague while England and France were at war. The government of the colony is hotly disputed, and both the deposed royal governor and the insurrectionists hope to ally with Laurence and his draconic companions. When a dragon egg is kidnapped, an expedition over the Blue Mountains turns into a frantic hunt for the culprits. Novik fans will be glad to see their old favorite characters growing and changing yet still very much themselves, but the lack of significant interaction with native Australian humans or dragons leaves a certain emptiness at the heart of the story, exacerbated by long stretches of travel through physical and emotional desolation. Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. From Booklist The sixth installment of Novik's fantastic series introduces Temeraire and former captain Laurence to New South Wales. Laurence, technically a transported prisoner, is escorting three eggs to form a covert in the colony there. The eggs are destined for such second-rate officers willing to make the long trip to the remote colony, including Captain Rankin, whose cruelty killed his former dragon. On arrival, the ship is met by former governor William Bligh, deposed through mutiny by the New South Wales Corps. Bligh wants the dragons to reinstate him in his post; the mutineers are determined to retain the upper hand. Discipline is lax and quarrels are the order of the day, including those between Temeraire and Iskerria, a snobbish beast. To escape all this, Laurence and Temeraire take a mission to find a way through the Blue Mountains and explore the interior of the continent. But one of the dragon eggs is stolen, and the exploration turns into a desperate rescue mission. Temeraire fans have waited two years for this book but should find themselves richly rewarded. The characters are as riveting as ever, the setting is new but convincing, and the plot, with its first-class balancing of Laurence's and Temeraire's internal and external struggles, shows Novik's continued excellence as a novelist. --Frieda Murray Number of Words in Auth: 2 Formats : EPUB ABook : E_Only Title First Parm : Tongues of Serpents Calc ESI Part 3 : 09 Calc ESI Part 2 : of Calc ESI Part 1 : 06 Test Search : Tongues of Serpents / Naomi Novik Enter Series Index : 06 of 09 Sort on Author : ( Novik, Naomi ) Calc Series Group : Temeraire Uncomma Title 2 : Tongues of Serpents Title Post Pound : Tongues of Serpents Words in Author Name: 2 Enter ESI Combined : 06 of 09 Previous Series Index: 6 Test Text Series Index: 6 Raw Title : Tongues of Serpents Title Length : 19 Title Parm A : Tongues of Serpents Record ID : 212 Enter New Series (Calced): SIPZ_E.Temeraire.Scifan.06 of 09.. Author Parm Cn : Novik ES Name : Temeraire Calc New Series : Temeraire.... Calc ESN Part 2 : of Calc ESN Part 3 : 09 Series Parm B : 6 Series Parm A : Temeraire Enter ESI Part 3 : 09 Enter ESI Part 2 : of Enter ESI Pt1 : 06 Number of Formats : 1 Title Pre Pound : Tongues of Serpents Calc ESN Part 1 : 06 Words in Title : 3 Whole Title : Tongues of Serpents Title Suffix : Tongues of Serpents EBook : Have Uncomma Author : Naomi Novik ES Genre : Scifan Compare Author : eq ES Group : SIPZ_E Test Compare Series to Entered: eq ESN Combined : 06 Quick Search : Naomi Novik Tongues of Serpents Has Cover : Yes All Identifiers : amazon:B0036S4BZ8, genre:Scifan, maxpg:11 Single Author : Naomi Novik Sorted Author by LN, FN: Novik, Naomi Num of Aut : 1 Any Num n Name : Temeraire Title Pre Parend : Tongues of Serpents Author Parm A : Naomi Novik Calc ESI Combined : 06 of 09 From the New York Times bestselling author of A Deadly Education comes the sixth volume of the Temeraire series, as Will Laurence and Temeraire are exiled to Australia in the ever expanding war between Napoleon and Britain. “Temeraire and his fellow dragons are surely Novik’s finest accomplishment.”— BookPage Convicted of treason despite their heroic defense against Napoleon’s invasion of England, Temeraire and Captain Will Laurence have been transported to a prison colony in distant Australia—and into a hornet’s nest of fresh complications. The colony is in turmoil after the overthrow of military governor William Bligh—aka Captain Bligh, late of HMS Bounty. And when Bligh tries to enlist them in his bid to regain office, the dragon and his captain are caught in the middle of a political power struggle. Their only chance to escape the fray is accepting a mission to blaze a route through the forbidding Blue Mountains and into the interior of Australia. But the theft of a precious dragon egg turns their expedition into a desperate recovery operation—leading to a shocking discovery and a dangerous new complication in the global war between Britain and Napoleon. Don’t miss any of Naomi Novik’s magical Temeraire series HIS MAJESTY’S DRAGON • THRONE OF JADE • BLACK POWDER WAR • EMPIRE OF IVORY • VICTORY OF EAGLES • TONGUES OF SERPENTS • CRUCIBLE OF GOLD • BLOOD OF TYRANTS • LEAGUE OF DRAGONS