For Britain, conditions are grim: Napoleon€s resurgent forces have breached the Channel and successfully invaded English soil. Napoleon€s prime objective is the occupation of London. Unfortunately, the dragon Temeraire has been removed from military service€“and his captain, Will Laurence, has been condemned to death for treason. Separated by their own government and threatened at every turn by Napoleon€s forces, Laurence and Temeraire must struggle to find each other amid the turmoil of war. If only they can be reunited, master and dragon might rally Britain€s scattered resistance forces and take the fight to the enemy as never before€“for king and country, and for their own liberty.