Combate en la fuerza aerea mas poderosa de la Historia. El joven capitan Will Laurence sella su destino al capturar el precioso cargamento de la fragata Amitie. El tesoro es un huevo de dragon imperial, regalo del emperador chino a Napoleon. Cuando la fantastica criatura salga del cascaron, elegira al capitan como su criador. Este pronto descubrira que entrenarlo es una aventura fascinante. Juntos tendran que aprender las peligrosas tacticas de la guerra aerea, pues Francia, dirigida por un Bonaparte mas audaz que nunca, ha reunido a sus criaturas para transportar sus tropas sobre suelo britanico. Laurence y Temerario se preparan para sufrir su bautismo de fuego! ENGLISH DESCRIPTION Aerial combat brings a thrilling new dimension to the Napoleonic Wars as valiant warriors rise to Britain’s defense by taking to the skies … not aboard aircraft but atop the mighty backs of fighting dragons. When HMS Reliant captures French frigate Amitie and seizes its precious cargo–an unhatched dragon egg, a gift from the Chinese Emperor to Napoleon Bonaparte– fate sweeps Capt. Will Laurence from his seafaring life into an uncertain future-and an unexpected kinship with a most extraordinary creature. Thrust into the rarified world of the Aerial Corps as master of the dragon Temeraire, he will face a crash course in the daring tactics of airborne battle. For as France’s own dragon-borne forces rally to breach British soil in Bonaparte’s boldest gambit, Laurence and Temeraire must soar into their own baptism of fire.