by Naomi Novik · Del Rey · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780345481306
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«Black Powder War» is the fantasy novel by Naomi Novik, published by Del Rey in paperback (400 pages, in English).
After their adventure in China, Captain Will Laurence and his dragon Temeraire receive orders to escort three dragon eggs from the Ottoman Empire to England. The Chinese dragon Lien, who blames Temeraire for the death of her master, allies with Napoleon to sabotage the mission, and the squadron must face an unexpected betrayal.
Third volume of the Temeraire saga. Originally published in 2006 by Del Rey, its plot is set during the Napoleonic Wars.
A read intended for fans of epic fantasy and alternate history, with dragons and battles framed in the Napoleonic period.
Naomi Novik is an American author of speculative fiction. She is known for the Temeraire series (2006–2016), an alternate history of the Napoleonic Wars involving dragons, and her Scholomance fantasy series (2020–2022). Her standalone fantasy novels Uprooted (2015) and Spinning Silver (2018) were inspired by Polish folklore and the Rumpelstiltskin fairy tale respectively. Novik has won many awards for her work, including the Alex, Audie, British Fantasy, Locus, Mythopoeic and Nebula Awards.
