by Naomi Novik · ALFAGUARA · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788420473000
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«La guerra de la pólvora» is the historical fantasy novel by Naomi Novik, published by Alfaguara in paperback (448 pages, in Spanish).
Captain Will Laurence and his dragon Temerario set out from Macao towards Turkey along the decadent Silk Road to escort to England the dragon eggs purchased from the sultan. The Chinese dragon Lien, allied with Napoleon, threatens the mission and the crew ends up facing Bonaparte's army.
Third installment of the Temerario series. Work originally published as Black Powder War, translated by José Miguel Pallarés Sanmiguel.
For readers of historical fantasy and adventures with dragons.
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.
