- Naomi Novik

The Temeraire Series - Tongues of Serpents (The Temeraire Series, Book 6)

By Naomi Novik
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Naomi Novik’s stunning series of novels follow the global adventures of Captain William Laurence and his fighting dragon Temeraire as they are thrown together to fight for Britain during the turbulent time of the Napoleonic Wars.

Laurence and Temeraire have been banished from the country they’ve fought so hard to protect – and the friends they have made in the British Aerial Corps.

Found guilty of treason, man and dragon have been deported to Australia to start a new life and many new adventures.

Author: Naomi Novik
Format: ebook
Release Date: 02 Sep 2010
Pages: None
ISBN: 978-0-00-735242-5
Naomi Novik was born in New York in 1973, a first-generation American, and raised on Polish fairy tales, Baba Yaga, and Tolkien. She studied English Literature at Brown University and Computer Science at Columbia University before leaving to work in the games industry. Over the course of a brief winter sojourn working on a game in Canada, she realized she preferred the writing to the programming, and, on returning to New York, decided to try her hand at novels. Temeraire is her first.Naomi lives in New York City with her husband and six computers. Her website and livejournal are at www.temeraire.org.

‘These are beautifully written novels, not only fresh, original and fast-paced, but full of wonderful characters with real heart.’Peter Jackson -

‘Novik won me over with her first novel… the combination of military history, sympathetic characters, and engaging style makes this series great, intelligent fun.’The Times -

‘Plenty of intrigue, swordplay, exotic locations, plausible invention. In short a treat.’The Telegraph -

‘Novik has stirred the passions with a genre-busting historical fantasy of the first order.'Sunday Sport -

'In the best tradition of fantasy, historical fiction and nautical novels.'Guardian -