#40 by the way by Naomi Novik This book, the first in the Temeraire series, has a rare and wonderful quality to it. It takes a familiar world (especially right now after reading Napoleon's Pyramids ) and grafts the unfamiliar onto it: What if dragons were real, and were a real part of war? The hero of the book appears to be strong-jawed, a man of character, and yet kind and caring in an odd way. He reminds me a bit of a Horatio Hornblower type or maybe Captain Picard. The dragon - Temeraire... read more
