I love Temeraire I like to read novels. It was 'The Chronicles of Narnia' that I read first in english. It was very impressive to my younger times. Hope and Interesting adventures filled with mixed values of fantasy fairy tails in Europe and Christian view of the world. I read it seven times ^^ Twice fiction was 'The Golden Compass' (I used to read novels in English because It's easier than other kinds of books.) that was so amazing. Though I'm a christian and It has many elements highly anti christian, It is an undeniable fact that the imagination of the author is so attractive. And I read 'The fellowshinp of the ring'. it was too hard for me to read :-0 Next.. Harry potter... And Now I'm a fan of Temeraire series. I can't read this in English so I read in Korean. Temeraire is an alternative history mixed with fantasic factors. In fact the alternative history is not a unique genre but Temeraire is concidered a newborn genre beacause of that factors. The ordinary alternative history fiction is what just be changed in some parts that doesn't affect in real history. They couldn't combine imagination and hisroty succesfully. In the ages of the Napoleonic War there were no airforces in England and France. But Temeraire's author entroduced a squadrone contains drgons and their pilots in her book. The dragons can not only speak and think like human with high intelligence but also have very various characteristics. She restored the Inca empire and africa's many tribes have unique way to live with dragons. The culture of China half - created by her is highly probable. Though it is little weird that she nammed dragons in chana lungtianchien or lungtianshang. This means their first name is lung-daragon. It is unfamillier for eastern peaple like me. Inspite of them, I think Naomi Novic has a good understanding about easten world that is far better than usual western people. These are why I like it. Review(?)'s over hahahahaha Someday I'd like to read specialty publications,,