Temeraire (series)

This article is about the series of books written by Naomi Novik. For other uses, see Temeraire (disambiguation).
Temeraire
AuthorNaomi Novik
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Genre
Publisher
Published2006–2016
Media type
No. of books9 (List of books)

Temeraire is a series of nine alternate history fantasy novels written by American author Naomi Novik.[1] The novels follow the adventures of Captain William Laurence and his dragon, the eponymous Temeraire, and reimagine events of the Napoleonic Wars with "an air force of dragons, manned by crews of aviators".[2] His Majesty's Dragon, the first entry in the series, won the Compton Crook Award in 2007[3] and was nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Novel the same year.[4] Temeraire: In the Service of the King, an omnibus volume collecting the first three novels, won the Locus Award for Best First Novel in 2007.[5] Temeraire was nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Series in 2017.[6]

  1. ^ "Uchronia: Temeraire Series". www.uchronia.net.
  2. ^ "Temeraire: the official website of Naomi Novik". Archived from the original on 15 June 2006. Retrieved 9 June 2006.
  3. ^ "Compton Crook Award: Past Award Winners". Baltimore Science Fiction Society. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
  4. ^ "2007 Hugo Awards". The Hugo Awards. 9 August 2007. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
  5. ^ "2007 Locus Awards Winners". Locus Online. 16 June 2007. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
  6. ^ "2017 Hugo Awards". The Hugo Awards. 31 December 2016. Retrieved 23 May 2021.