Цикл книг «Отчаянный» — 14 книг

Наполеоновские войны с участием драконов. Ящеры, выполняющие роль "разумных самолетов". Легендарные монстры, носящие офицерское звание и преподающие людям-"авиаторам" непростое искусство полета на драконах.
Разве такое возможно? В потрясающем воображение романе Наоми Новик возможно все!..

Наполеоновские войны с участием драконов. Ящеры, выполняющие роль "разумных самолетов". Легендарные монстры, носящие офицерское звание и преподающие людям-"авиаторам" непростое…

Breakfast in Dover, with complications.
Set between the events of His Majesty’s Dragon and Throne of Jade.

Наполеоновские войны с участием драконов. Ящеры, выполняющие роль "разумных самолетов". Легендарные монстры, носящие офицерское звание и преподающие людям-"авиаторам" - непростое искусство полета на драконах.
Казалось бы, дальше ехать уже некуда...
Однако на Европу с брезгливым презрением взирает Азия, где драконы и вовсе занимают высокие придворные должности, пишут мудрые философские трактаты и по закону имеют право поступать на службу лишь к членам императорской семьи!
И сейчас Китай пребывает в глубочайшем шоке. Оказывается, дракон, принадлежавший к одной из самых знатных семей Поднебесной, не просто живет в Англии, но и состоит там на военной службе!
Потрясение основ и оскорбление величия надо немедленно прекратить.
В Лондон отправляется официальное посольство, цель которого - немедленно вернуть дракона на историческую родину, хочет он того или нет...

Наполеоновские войны с участием драконов. Ящеры, выполняющие роль "разумных самолетов". Легендарные монстры, носящие офицерское звание и преподающие людям-"авиаторам" - непростое…

Picking up where book two left off (in China, Macau) Captain Will Laurence and his extraordinary dragon, Temeraire, are ordered to retrieve and escort a precious cargo of valuable dragon eggs from Istanbul to England. They take the Old Silk Road from China to Istanbul, crossing deserts and mountains. En route to England, they help the beleaguered Prussians battle Napoleon.

Picking up where book two left off (in China, Macau) Captain Will Laurence and his extraordinary dragon, Temeraire, are ordered to retrieve and escort a precious cargo of valuable…

Tragedy has struck His Majesty’s Aerial Corps, whose magnificent fleet of fighting dragons and their human captains valiantly defend England’s shores against the encroaching armies of Napoleon Bonaparte. An epidemic of unknown origin and no known cure is decimating the noble dragons’ ranks–forcing the hopelessly stricken into quarantine. Now only Temeraire and a pack of newly recruited dragons remain uninfected–and stand as the only means of an airborne defense against France’s ever bolder sorties.
Bonaparte’s dragons are already harrowing Britain’s ships at sea. Only one recourse remains: Temeraire and his captain, Will Laurence, must take wing to Africa, whose shores may hold the cure to the mysterious and deadly contagion. On this mission there is no time to waste, and no telling what lies in store beyond the horizon or for those left behind to wait, hope, and hold the line.

Tragedy has struck His Majesty’s Aerial Corps, whose magnificent fleet of fighting dragons and their human captains valiantly defend England’s shores against the encroaching…

For Britain, conditions are grim: Napoleon’s resurgent forces have breached the Channel and successfully invaded English soil. Napoleon’s prime objective is the occupation of London. Unfortunately, the dragon Temeraire has been removed from military service–and his captain, Will Laurence, has been condemned to death for treason. Separated by their own government and threatened at every turn by Napoleon’s forces, Laurence and Temeraire must struggle to find each other amid the turmoil of war. If only they can be reunited, master and dragon might rally Britain’s scattered resistance forces and take the fight to the enemy as never before–for king and country, and for their own liberty.

For Britain, conditions are grim: Napoleon’s resurgent forces have breached the Channel and successfully invaded English soil. Napoleon’s prime objective is the occupation of…

Вот дракон потянул носом и бормотнул во сне, устраиваясь поудобней. Со склонов оврага посыпались камешки. Они падали и отскакивали от драконьих чешуй, — те напоминали панцири черепах, только более гладкие. Антоний увидел кучу костей, аккуратно сложенных в уголке площадки. Кости были очень чисто обглоданы. За ними на овражной круче виднелась неправильной формы пещера, и в ней призывно мерцало серебро. Несколько монеток выкатилось наружу.

Вот дракон потянул носом и бормотнул во сне, устраиваясь поудобней. Со склонов оврага посыпались камешки. Они падали и отскакивали от драконьих чешуй, — те напоминали панцири…

Дракониха Линь, прежде состоявшая при дворе китайского Императора, волею судеб попадает во Францию. Ей предстоит муштровать здешних боевых драконов, ведь впереди вторжение в Британию...

Дракониха Линь, прежде состоявшая при дворе китайского Императора, волею судеб попадает во Францию. Ей предстоит муштровать здешних боевых драконов, ведь впереди вторжение в…

Convicted of treason despite their heroic defense against Napoleon’s invasion of England, Temeraire and Capt. Will Laurence have been transported to a prison colony in distant Australia—and into a hornet’s nest of fresh complications. The colony is in turmoil after the overthrow of military governor William Bligh—aka Captain Bligh, late of HMS Bounty. And when Bligh tries to enlist them in his bid to regain office, the dragon and his captain are caught in the middle of a political power struggle. Their only chance to escape the fray is accepting a mission to blaze a route through the forbidding Blue Mountains and into the interior of Australia. But the theft of a precious dragon egg turns their expedition into a desperate recovery operation—leading to a shocking discovery and a dangerous new complication in the global war between Britain and Napoleon.

Convicted of treason despite their heroic defense against Napoleon’s invasion of England, Temeraire and Capt. Will Laurence have been transported to a prison colony in distant…

Former Aerial Corps captain Will Laurence and his faithful dragon, Temeraire, have been put out to pasture in Australia--and it seems their part in the war has ended just when they are needed most. The French have invaded Spain, forged an alliance with Africa's powerful Tswana empire, and brought revolution to Brazil. With Britain's last desperate hope of defeating Napoleon in peril, the government that sidelined Laurence swiftly offers to reinstate him, convinced that he's the best man to enter the fray and negotiate peace. So the pair embark for Brazil, only to meet with a string of unmitigated disasters that forces them to make an unexpected landing in the hostile territory of the Incan empire. With the success of the mission balanced on a razor's edge, an old enemy appears and threatens to tip the scales toward ruin. Yet even in the midst of disaster, opportunity may lurk--for one bold enough to grasp it.

Former Aerial Corps captain Will Laurence and his faithful dragon, Temeraire, have been put out to pasture in Australia--and it seems their part in the war has ended just when…

This alternate version of the Napoleonic War--with dragons!--ramps up as the eighth and penultimate Temeraire novel takes us to Japan, where a shattered Captain Laurence is washed up on the shores remembering nothing of his past save as the captain of the navy ship Reliant. He struggles to remember why he is in Japan, and why he has a startling knowledge of the Chinese language. He has no memory whatever of his dragon Temeraire--which distresses Temeraire greatly when they are finally reunited. But so great is their bond that this pair once again find themselves at the forefront of the war against Napoleon...and just when all looks most hopeless.

This alternate version of the Napoleonic War--with dragons!--ramps up as the eighth and penultimate Temeraire novel takes us to Japan, where a shattered Captain Laurence is washed…

The deadly campaign in Russia has cost both Napoleon and those allied against him. Napoleon has been denied his victory…but at a terrible price. Lawrence and the dragon Temeraire pursue the fleeing French army back west, but are demoralized when Napoleon makes it back to Paris unscathed. Worse, they soon learn that the French have stolen Termeraire and Iskierka’s egg. Now, it is do or die, as our heroes not only need to save Temeraire’s offspring but also to stop Napoleon for good!

The deadly campaign in Russia has cost both Napoleon and those allied against him. Napoleon has been denied his victory…but at a terrible price. Lawrence and the dragon Temeraire…