Black Powder War, Book 3With the Chinese threat neatly dissolved, Temeraire is free to return to Britain. But before they board the ship, Laurence receives orders that he and Temeraire are not to sail with the British forces. Instead they must take the shorter route to rendevous by the English Channel, and stop in Istanbul to collect three dragon eggs which the government have purchased at great expense from the Turkish. But the overland flight is fraught with danger. They will have to scale mountains and cross deserts, evade Napoleon's aggressive infantry and hide from unpredictable feral dragons. And even before they leave, they discover that Lien has left China before them, intent upon revenge. |