Naomi Novik

The Temeraire novels are a re-imagining of the epic events of the Napoleonic Wars, but with an air force - an air force of dragons, manned by crews of aviators. Peter Jackson has recently purchased the rights to these books for possible future development as feature films. You can find out more about Naomi and her books at http://www.temeraire.org/ She also maintains a LiveJournal blog at http://naominovik.livejournal.com/

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