Naomi Noviks stunning series of novels follow the global adventures of Captain William Laurence & his fighting dragon Temeraire as they are thrown together to fight for Britain during the turbulent time of the Napoleonic Wars. Captain Will Laurence has been at sea since he was just twelve years old; finding a warmer berth in Nelsons navy than any he enjoyed as the youngest least important son of Lord Allendale. Rising on merit to captain his own vessel Laurence has earned himself a beautiful fiancee societys esteem & a golden future. But the war is not going well. It seems Britain can only wait as Napoleon plans to overrun her shores. After a skirmish with a French ship Laurence finds himself in charge of a rare cargo: a dragon egg bound for the Emperor himself. Dragons are much prized: properly trained they can mount a fearsome attack from the skies. One of Laurences men must take the beast in hand & join the aviators cause thus relinquishing all hope of a normal life. But when the newly-hatched dragon ignores the young midshipman Laurence chose as its keeper & decides to imprint itself on the horrified captain instead Laurences world falls apart. Gone is his golden future: gone his social standing & soon his beautiful fiancee as he is consigned to be the constant companion & trainer of the fighting dragon Temeraire!