![]() Their adventures are engrossing and heart-warming and, fortunately for us, the first of a nine-part series. Soon they find themselves on the front lines protecting their homeland from Napoleon and his dragons. Laurence and Temeraire begin their training with the secretive Aerial Corps. Laurence’s tenderness with Temeraire is all the more impactful given how reserved and composed he is with others. Their relationship is a warm, engaging mix of the love one feels for a cherished pet crossed with the responsibility one feels for a wise, precocious child (assuming that child was larger than a school bus and could fly with 30 men onboard). He quickly becomes besotted with Temeraire. One of the most beautiful parts of this book is that, to Laurence’s surprise, devotion is a two-way street. All future plans of naval promotions and marriage must abruptly be set aside. When the egg hatches and the infant dragon chooses him, Laurence suddenly finds himself bound to the dragon, whom he names Temeraire. ![]() ![]() For Laurence, who is perfectly content with his life at sea, this poses an unexpected conundrum. The dragon’s chosen person will have to forgo any semblance of normal life: The dragon will always come first. Dragons are also exceptionally long-lived (and high-maintenance). In this reality, dragons form a deep emotional attachment to their human partner, the person the dragon chooses when they are first hatched. ![]()
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