Blood of Tyrants

A brilliant combination of fantasy and history that reimagines the Napoleonic wars as fought with the aid of intelligent dragons. is a twenty- first-century classic.

Shipwrecked and cast ashore in Japan with no memory of Temeraire or his own experiences as an English aviator. Laurence finds himself tangled in deadly political intrigues that threaten not only his own life but Englands already precarious position in the Far East. 

Age-old enmities and suspicions have turned the entire region into a powder keg ready to erupt at the slightest spark -. a spark that Laurence and Temeraire may unwittingly provide. leaving Britain faced with new enemies just when they most desperately need allies instead.