The release date for the English version of 'His Majesty's Dragon' by
Naomi Novik is Mar 2006. If you enjoy this novel, it is available for buy as a paperback from Barnes & Noble or Indigo, as an ebook on the Amazon Kindle store, or as an audiobook on Audible.
The Napoleonic Wars are given an exciting new dimension by aerial warfare, as brave soldiers ride powerful battle dragons that have been bred for either speed or size. Captain Will Laurence's sailing life is abruptly cut short when HMS Reliant captures a French frigate and takes the priceless cargo—an unhatched dragon egg—as well as an unforeseen bond with an incredible monster. As the dragon Temeraire's master, he is thrust into the elite Aerial Corps and must quickly learn the risk-taking strategies of aerial combat. Because Laurence and Temeraire must ascend into their own baptism of fire as France's own dragon-borne armies mobilize to breach British territory in Napoleon's most audacious maneuver.