16 books in series

Temeraire

Temeraire is a 12-book series with 16 primary works first released in 2001 with contributions by Cecelia Holland, Jonathan Stroud, Kage Baker, Jane Yolen, Adam Stemple, Liz Williams, Peter S. Beagle, Sam Sykes, Sean Williams, Diana Wynne Jones, Gregory Maguire, Bruce Coville, Tamora Pierce, Mary Rosenblum, Andy Duncan, Harry Turtledove, Garth Nix, Tad Williams, Tanith Lee, Naomi Novik, Diana Gabaldon, George R.R. Martin, Todd Lockwood, Michael Swanwick, Roger Zelazny, Mercedes Lackey, Elizabeth Moon, Harlan Ellison, Robert Silverberg, Barry N. Malzberg, S.P. Somtow, James P. Blaylock, Gordon R. Dickson, Nina Kiriki Hoffman, Margo Lanagan, Elizabeth A. Lynn, Pat Murphy, Robert Reed, Lucius Shepard, Charles de Lint, Ursula K. Le Guin, Patricia A. McKillip, Holly Black, Elizabeth Bear, Anne McCaffrey, C. J. Cherryh, and Orson Scott Card.

Capt. Will Laurence is serving with honor in the British Navy when his ship captures a French frigate harboring most a unusual cargo–an incalculably valuable dragon egg. When the egg hatches, Laurence unexpectedly becomes the master of the young dragon Temeraire and finds himself on an extraordinary journey that will shatter his orderly, respectable life and alter the course of his nation’s history. Thrust into England’s Aerial Corps, Laurence and Temeraire undergo rigorous training while staving off French forces intent on breaching British soil. But the pair has more than France to contend with when China learns that an imperial dragon intended for Napoleon–Temeraire himself– has fallen into British hands. The emperor summons the new pilot and his dragon to the Far East, a long voyage fraught with peril and intrigue. From England’s shores to China’s palaces, from the Silk Road’s outer limits to the embattled borders of Prussia and Poland, Laurence and Temeraire must defend their partnership and their country from powerful adversaries around the globe. But can they succeed against the massed forces of Bonaparte’s implacable army?