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This [[Alternate History]] series sets out to answer a vital question that has intrigued historians for millennia: What would the Napoleonic Wars have been like if the countries involved fought them with ''[[Our Dragons Are Different|dragons]]''? The series centers on William Laurence, a Navy captain who takes possession of a French ship transporting a [[Egg McGuffin|valuable dragon egg]] home. Unfortunately for Laurence, the egg is very close to hatching when he takes it on board, and an "unharnessed" dragon who doesn't choose a captain within a day of hatching becomes feral and thus useless for anything but breeding stock. He ends up harnessing the baby dragon and naming him Temeraire, after [[wikipedia:The Fighting Temeraire|a famous French ship captured by the British]]; the books center on the pair's adventures together.
* ''His Majesty's Dragon'' (2006) (Published as ''Temeraire'' in the UK)
* ''Throne of Jade'' (2006)
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* ''Tongues of Serpents'' (2010)
* ''Crucible of Gold'' (2012)
* ''Blood of Tyrants'' (2013)
* ''League of Dragons'' (2016)
Also, ''Golden Age and Other Stories'', a collection of short stories, was published in 2017.
The series was remarkable in that, upon reading the manuscript for the first novel, the editor was so excited she asked the author, Naomi Novik, to finish the next two quickly for an unusual push: the first three novels were released back to back over the course of three months. Novik has said she has a definite endpoint for the series, but she does not know how many more books will be required; she currently estimates the series will total nine.▼
▲The series was remarkable in that, upon reading the manuscript for the first novel, the editor was so excited she asked the author, Naomi Novik, to finish the next two quickly for an unusual push: the first three novels were released back to back over the course of three months
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* [[Action Girl]]: See [[Action Mom]] and consider all the childless female aviators and [[Our Dragons Are Different|dragons]] there must be.
* [[Action Mom]]: Captains Roland and {{spoiler|Harcourt}}. Since dragons almost always outlive their captains, said captains are expected to have children who will hopefully be amenable to the dragon after the original captain's death. Since one very valuable breed of dragon, the acid-spitting Longwing, will only accept female captains, [[Action Mom|Action Moms]] are probably rather common. Also, technically speaking, any female dragons that have laid eggs which have hatched.
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* [[Wham! Episode]]: The end of ''Empire Of Ivory'' probably counts. After immense hardship and risk and an agonizing amount of time, the cure for the dragon plague has been found... but wait, what's this about {{spoiler|the British government planning to weaponize it? And our heroes are doing ''what'' to stop them?}}
** More recently, Crucible of Gold ch. 3 - {{spoiler|the ''Allegiance'' sinks and established supporting character Captain Riley dies.}}
* [[What Could Have Been]]: Peter Jackson reportedly optioned the series for film in 2006. Naomi Novik has said that the rights had reverted to her in 2016.
* [[What If]]: Effectively, "What if the Napoleonic wars were fought {{small-caps|[[Recycled in Space|with dragons]]}}!"
** Also, what if Nelson survived the Battle of Trafalgar? Not that major but still cool to see the guy, for this troper anyway.
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