"In autumn, a white dragon looks over the wide river." Throne of jade -- Black powder war -- "In autumn, a white dragon looks over the wide river."
Summary:
Capt. Will Laurence is serving with honor in the British Navy when his ship captures a French frigate harboring a most 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.
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